| 1 | The Bishop of Constantinople was important because it was Constantinople. | |
| 2 | Well, eventually the ottoman Turks attacked Constantinople, it eventually fell. | |
| 3 | In the mid 18th century the wife of the British ambassador in Constantinople described this in her letters,which were published after her death. | |
| 4 | The initial construction began in 1459, when Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Byzantine Constantinople made the call. | |
| 5 | The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 was a pivotal reason for European exploration. |