Hi everyone,
Suppose that the Ottoman Turks never took over Asia Minor and thus
never conquered Constantinople in 1453. Suppose also that the
Byzantine Empire, by that time, was extremely weak (like in OTL).
Which empire would have attacked and conquered Constantinople - the
Venetians? The Serbs? The Bulgarians? Or even some Muslim/Arab
empire? What ramifications would any of these scenarios have had on
the Balkans and on the Middle East (including OTL Turkey)?
Yosef