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古城陷落,威尼斯人渔翁得利1453年5月,横跨欧亚两洲、传承千年的拜占庭帝国走到了穷途末路,帝国的首都——君士坦丁堡(今土耳其伊斯坦布尔)被来自西亚的奥斯曼帝国攻克。对于欧洲的基督教国家来说,信奉基督教的拜占庭帝国的灭亡,对他们是个巨大的打击。拜占庭人本来希望身后的各基督教国家能够派出援兵,特别寄予希望的是当时实力强盛的威尼斯城邦。威尼斯的统治者也曾经信誓旦旦地承诺,要派出战舰救援君士坦丁堡。然而,当陷入重重围困的拜占庭人派出一艘双桅小帆船勇敢地冲出包围圈,驶入爱琴海联络
In May 1453, the Byzantine Empire, which lasted thousands of years across Eurasia and Asia, came to a dead end. The capital of the empire, Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), was occupied by the Ottoman Empire from Western Asia capture. For Christian countries in Europe, the demise of the Christian Byzantine Empire is a huge blow to them. Byzantine people would have hoped every Christian nation behind them would be able to send reinforcements, with particular hopes of being the mighty Venice city-state at the time. The rulers of Venice have also promised solemnly that they will send ships to rescue Constantinople. However, when the besieged Byzantine sent a felucca out of the encirclement into the Aegean