Ch.13 notes

Kess Ross Ap European History Review of Ch. 13 1340-1492 1453 Ottoman Turks waged war on Constantinople. This marked the end of the Byzantine empire. Sultan Mehmed II renamed the city Istanbul and constructed a new palace. During the next two centuries the Ottomans took over Balkans and Anatolia by both negotiations and arms. They reduced the Byzantine Empire to the city of Constantinople and treated it as a vassal state. The beginning of the Renaissance began in the middle of the 14th century and ended around the late 15th century. French word for ?rebirth? Period of discovering new value in ancient, classical culture. New vocabulary was created as well music and art.