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Nicolo Barbaro provides a detailed eyewitness account of the siege of Constantinople in 1453 from his diary entries. [1] He describes the Ottoman forces led by Sultan Mehmed II arriving and encamping outside the city walls on April 5th with around 160,000 men. [2] Over the following days, the Ottomans positioned their forces and artillery closer to the walls, while the defenders reinforced guard positions. [3] On April 12th, the Ottoman fleet of 145 ships arrived but did not immediately attack, keeping the

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