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The black death, The siege of Constantinople ; The conquest of the Incas, a co-production between The Learning Channel, Transatlantic Films, ORF, Teleac, SBS, Disc 3

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The black death

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a co-production between The Learning Channel, Transatlantic Films, ORF, Teleac, SBS

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History's turning points, disc 3

The siege of Constantinople ; The conquest of the Incas

"The black death-1347 AD: When a plague-ridden ship landed in Venice in 1347, it was immediately put into quarantine, but no one could stop the rats from coming ashore. Within three years, a third of Western Europe's population was dead. It was the greatest calamity in history."--Container"The siege of Constantinople-1453 AD: In 1204 crusaders sacked the city, then renamed Constantinople. For the next thousand years, the Byzantine Kings hid safely behind the massive walls of Constantinople. Then in 1453, with the Turkish Ottoman Empire encircling the city, Sultan Mehmet brought the newest technology of the 15th century, the cannon, and finally brought down the walls of the world's most impregnaable fortress."--Container"The conquest of the Incas-1532 AD: When Pizarro, 170 soldiers and a friar arrived, The Inca, scornful of the scruffy Spaniards, invited them to stay in the town. They kidnapped the Inca, collected a ransom and killed him. But the plunder had only begun. The Spaniard's diseases wiped out 90% of the Incas."--Container

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