2. If Mehmet can take Constantinople, he will control the key routes between east and west, and the city's vast trade in
3. What dried berry makes up two-thirds of the spice trade into Europe?
4. What major obstacle does the Sultan face as he tries to capture Constantinople as the
jewel of a new Islamic Empire?
5. What is the key to the future of war?
6. If the
of Constantinople fall under bombardment by the Turks,
the world will
be the same again.
cannons. Dedicated
working in shifts. Cool. Clean. Reload.
Each cannon packed with up to
stone
balls...Pounding the city, round the clock for
days.
7. True or False. Mehmet captures Constantinople, renames Istanbul, and because he is
hostile to the west, forces Europeans to search for a new route to the riches of the east.