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Following the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632, Arab armies, united under Islam, poured out of their homeland, and soon took Egypt, Syria, and Palestine from the Byzantines; Constantinople was besieged from 674 to 678, but survived because of its defences.
The Byzantines tried to protect the Golden Horn from enemy ships by stretching a huge chain across its mouth.
The First Crusade was organized to help the Byzantines recapture the Holy Land from the “infidel” Muslims, and resulted in victory for the Crusaders.
In April 1453 the Sultan’s armies massed outside the city walls, outnumbering the Byzantines ten to one.
Fatih Sultan Mehmet laid claim to all the territories previously held by the Byzantines, so that his empire incorporated most of Greece and the Balkans, as well as Anatolia.