Fall of Constantinople
Fall of Constantinople
Home Activities:
- The result of the Crusades. Build a castle of blocks and knock it down.
- Constantinople was the City of Constantine; review the stories of Constantine, of Helen and the Elevation of the Cross, and of the Fall of Rome.
- “Visit” Turkey in the library; see the culture and the architecture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul.
- Look at pictures of Hagia Sophia today; what’s missing?
- Try a “harem” day; little girls will love to dress in silk scarves and bathing suits and practice “belly dancing” to music you can pick up at the library.
Prayer: Lord, bring freedom to Your people still struggling in Your great City of Constantine.
The Fall of Constantinople: The City of Constantine
City of Constantine
Greatest Eastern Emperor
Turkish General
Geographical Defense of the city
New Invention of war
New country's name
Fate of Haggia Sofia
Unscramble each of the clue words.
Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number to discover a hidden fact.