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Summarize why Judith Herrin believes the fall of Constantinople was a turning point for Western history.(1 point) Responses It meant that cannons would not work for sieges in the future. It meant that cannons would not work for sieges in the future. Scholars fled with knowledge that sparked the Renaissance in Europe. Scholars fled with knowledge that sparked the Renaissance in Europe. It marked the beginning of the Third Rome in Europe. It marked the beginning of the Third Rome in Europe. It led to the voyages of discovery by Columbus because trade was blocked.

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Judith Herrin believes the fall of Constantinople was a turning point for Western history primarily because "scholars fled with knowledge that sparked the Renaissance in Europe."