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How did Constantinople respond to numerous invasion attempts before 1453?
It fought them off but was weakened.
It fought them off and became stronger.
It fell to the armies of Ottoman Turks.
It fell to the armies of Arab Muslims.
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It fought them off but was weakened.
Constantinople repeatedly resisted sieges and attacks (e.g., Arab sieges in the 7th–8th centuries, Rus' raids, etc.), but the city and Byzantine state were progressively weakened by wars, internal strife (notably the 1204 Fourth Crusade), and loss of territory—conditions that left it vulnerable and led to its final fall to the Ottomans in 1453.
Constantinople repeatedly resisted sieges and attacks (e.g., Arab sieges in the 7th–8th centuries, Rus' raids, etc.), but the city and Byzantine state were progressively weakened by wars, internal strife (notably the 1204 Fourth Crusade), and loss of territory—conditions that left it vulnerable and led to its final fall to the Ottomans in 1453.
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