itsaihistory on Instagram: "🏰 The Fall of Constantinople | 1453 The largest bombards—such as Orban’s 27-foot bronze gun—could fire stone balls of up to ~1,300 lb. While the stated range was over a mile, practical use put many of these guns within ~200–250 yards of the Theodosian Walls as the Ottomans built ramps and batteries close to the walls to maximise effect. Who were the Ottomans? A Turkic dynasty whose ancestors came from the Central Asian steppes (modern-day Mongolia and Kazakhstan regi