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[young Mehmed] I will repeat myself.

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Can any of you fetch me the red apple,

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without setting foot on the carpet?

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Selim Pasha...

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the esteemed general of the North,

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what is your plan?

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Just as I expected.

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[clears throat]

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And how about you,

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the great grand vizier,

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Candarli Halil Pasha?

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For a sharp mind such as yours,

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a riddle like this
should be easy to solve.

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I haven't time for childish games,

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my prince.

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Perhaps it takes a child
to solve this riddle.

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You are fortunate...

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I am not yet sultan.

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[crunches]

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[narrator] Every empire has a beginning.

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Forged of blood, steel,
fortune and conquest.

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In 1453,

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Roman Emperor Constantine XI,

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and Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II,

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wage an epic battle for Constantinople.

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Twenty three armies have tried
to take the legendary city,

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all have failed.

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Out of the carnage one ruler
will emerge victorious

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and change the course of history
for the next 300 years.

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For one empire to rise,

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another must fall.

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Sultan Mehmed II's siege of Constantinople

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enters its third week.

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Mehmed's artillery teams continue
their relentless bombardment

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of Constantinople's walls.

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After his navy suffers
a devastating defeat...

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Prepare to board!

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Yah!

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...at the hands
of an incoming Genoese fleet

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bringing soldiers and supplies
to Constantinople,

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the Genoese find safe harbor
inside the Golden Horn,

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a narrow inlet that runs
along Constantinople's seaward walls.

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Constantinople is gifted
because it has this huge protected harbor,

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which is the Golden Horn.

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It has a very narrow entrance

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and it has two towers on each side,

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but if an enemy fleet enters
the Golden Horn

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there's only one line of walls
and it's not well protected.

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Because they didn't make it as tough
as those all looking towards the West,

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where any besieging army
would have come from.

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This is an area where loads of Christian
ships are all kind of moored up in there.

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It was like a soft underbelly.

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If they can only get in there,

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they can then set up operations
against that side of the walls.

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That's why Mehmed II would go
to great lengths in order to open a...

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another front against
the most vulnerable part of the city.

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This definitely underscores in his mind

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"I've got to get into the Golden Horn."

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[narrator] But the harbor is protected
by a massive cast-iron chain.

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The chain spans half a mile
from Constantinople to Galata

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and weighs over 30 tons.

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It has protected the harbor
for over seven centuries.

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Newly reinforced by order
of Emperor Constantine,

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it is virtually impenetrable.

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[Brownworth] Mehmed, he's got a very
active mind and he's always thinking,

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and so he concocts this brilliant,

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out of the blue, wild plan.

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[Goodwin] It's not clear
how the idea comes to Mehmed,

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but clearly, under the pressure of time

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and with a sort of genius

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for both strategic thinking and good PR,

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he comes up with this idea
that they can turn the whole flank

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of the attack by dragging ships
overland from the Bosporus

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and then drop them back down
into the Golden Horn.

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[man] It's falling!

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[narrator] The 76 ships will be hauled

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across a one-and-a-half mile stretch
of woods

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above the Genoese colony of Galata.

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[Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan] Warfare is
about engineering, most of the time.

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It's not about valiance
or it's not about bravery,

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it's all about different techniques.

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[Dr. Marios Philippedes]
It was a stroke of genius.

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Brilliant.

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[horse neighs]

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[narrator]
The success of Mehmed's audacious plan

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hinges on secrecy
in a land riddled with spies.

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Mehmed's plan to move his ships takes on
even greater urgency,

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as rumors of a large incoming
Christian fleet from Venice reach camp,

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along with hints of unrest
among his soldiers.

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Forgive me, Sultan.
The guard told me you were due back.

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Has the brazier gone cold
in your own tent, Pasha?

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Candarli Halil is always welcome.

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You wish to speak with me?

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Yes, Sultan.

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There are troubling rumors
circulating through camp.

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What sort of rumors?

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Reports of the Venetians sending
more ships and men imminently.

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These reports you speak of,

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who are they from?

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Our spies in Constantinople have been
hearing rumblings of this for days now.

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I see.

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If true,

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even word of this could be disastrous
for the morale of our troops

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and our plans to take the city.

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Are you still considering terms for truce?

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I am considering options, Pasha.

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I will inform you once
I've made my decision.

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Forgive me, Sultan,
but we are in peril here.

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[Mehmed] Hence my endeavors.

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You must trust me, teacher,

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as I have always trusted you.

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I should check on my men.

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I want those ships in the Golden Horn now.

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We need to move before word gets out.

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[quacking]

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[narrator] In Constantinople,
the victory at sea

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and rumors of a 40-ship Venetian fleet
sent by the pope

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lift the city's spirits for a moment.

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But many citizens have already fled,

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knowing the battle is far from over.

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Where are you going?

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You thought I was going
to lay here all day,

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watching you sleep like an angel?

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Come back to bed.

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We don't have to sleep.

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Don't you have a war to fight?

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[sniffs] Isn't there anything I can do
to convince you otherwise?

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[Therma] There is one thing.

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You have only to name it.

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Take me with you when you leave the city.

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Have you been talking to your father?

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Or that slippery bootlick, Notaras?

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You'd do well to keep an eye on that one.

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I'll tell you what I told them.

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I don't intend to leave
until I see this siege through.

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You can tell them I will honor my word.

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[Therma] I don't care what they say.

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Take me from this city.

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You're speaking of marriage?

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-How would your father--
-I don't need a husband.

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Just passage to Italy.

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I will pay you.

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Think about my offer.

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[narrator] In the hills above Galata,

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Mehmed's daring plan
to bring more than 70 ships across land,

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and drop them into the Golden Horn
is progressing.

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The massive operation is dependent
upon complete secrecy.

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Mehmed was very secretive,

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and he used to say,

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"If one hair in my beard

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knew what I really think,

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I would pull it out."

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Everywhere they were surrounded by spies.

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Anything Mehmed said in the council

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was reported to the Romans.

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Anything that the Romans decided
was reported to Mehmed immediately.

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So there was a lot of that.

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[narrator] Galata, the Genoese
trading colony across the Golden Horn

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from Constantinople,

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sits just below Mehmed's planned route
for his ships,

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and is a hotbed of spying.

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A growing concern for the sultan.

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The Genoese are merchant states.

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They don't have a kind of dramatic
religious policy,

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they don't have a kind of plan
except to get rich.

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It's like, "We'll stay here,
behind our walls,

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and we'll talk to Mehmed,
we'll talk to whoever we need to

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but we'll say to Mehmed,
'don't worry, we won't interfere.'"

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[Philippedes]
Genoese also had a little problem.

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They supplied the Ottoman forces.

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But at night, we're told,

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they used to go and help Giustiniani
and the defense.

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So they were trying
to play every possible side.

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Sultan,

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the Genoese Governor of Galata
is here to see you.

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[Mehmed] Lord Lomellini.

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Thank you for coming.

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I only have a few minutes,

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as you can imagine
there is much to keep me busy these days.

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Yes, of course, Sultan.

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There is a matter which requires
the sort of confidence

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which can only be had
between good neighbors.

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Our humble little colony in Galata

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has always been a friend
of the Ottoman people.

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And of the Romans.

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Perhaps.

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But we simply seek to ply our trade
and make a living.

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A neutral friend to all.

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And?

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We have repeatedly shown
our support of the sultan,

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supplying grains and goods to your army,

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and ships when asked.

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We helped your father, rest his soul,

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at the Battle of Varna,
when he needed to cross the straits.

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If your spies...

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were to see something
that I wished to remain unseen,

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and if that was reported to the Romans,

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that would make me very unhappy.

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Hm.

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You can be sure
I will not speak of anything.

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If there were to be something
like you suggest.

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But?

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People from all parts of the world
come through our gates to trade,

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with many different agendas.

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The Genoese in Galata have trafficked
in information for centuries.

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But discretion might be more profitable
in the coming weeks.

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I will certainly try my best, Sultan.

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You have my thanks, Lord Lomellini.

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[Sengör]
Wherever necessary, you instill respect.

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Wherever necessary, you instill fear.

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But you have an aim.

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To reach that aim,
you do whatever is necessary

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and that is a sign of genius.

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[narrator] Mehmed orders his cannons
fired directly over Galata,

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at the ships moored in the Golden Horn.

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The bombardment obscures
the sounds of his men

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clearing the overland path
for the Ottoman ships...

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and sends a clear message
to Governor Lomellini...

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"You could be next!"

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[distant chatter]

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Hundreds of miles to the West,

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trouble could be brewing for the Ottomans

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in the form of their old adversaries,

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the Hungarians and Serbs.

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[door opens, closes]

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Still working?

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Always, my dear.

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Some warmth?

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I saw General Stefan was here again.

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He's been making frequent visits.

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It's always good to keep
friendly relations with the Hungarians.

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And what of Rome?

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Rome will always drag its feet
when it comes to Orthodox Christians.

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We are no friends of the pope.

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Meaning?

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What are you after, Mara?

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Are you sending an army
to attack the Turks?

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That is a matter I cannot discuss.

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Do you not trust me?

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I trust you.

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But?

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Some in the council feel your allegiance
is with the sultan.

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And what about you?

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These are complicated times, my dear.

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[Gürkan] It was quite possible,
if the siege took too long,

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that the Hungarian king could come
with a major relieving force

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then you would have been doomed.

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If there's a Hungarian army
waiting at your side

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and you are in a besieging position,

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then your entire army
could be annihilated.

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Attacking the Ottomans would be
a grave mistake.

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Do not mistake youth for weakness.

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If even a whisper of this gets to him,

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you will have the Ottoman army
at the gates

255
00:18:10,672 --> 00:18:12,299
and they will crush your army.

256
00:18:14,134 --> 00:18:15,928
You mean our army?

257
00:18:19,723 --> 00:18:22,643
Father, please,

258
00:18:23,811 --> 00:18:27,689
I beg you to reconsider your plan
before it's too late.

259
00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:34,822
You have always been wise
beyond your years.

260
00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,116
Like your mother.

261
00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:40,702
I fear now...

262
00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:44,998
you are blinded by the sultan.

263
00:18:49,419 --> 00:18:51,463
Mehmed is like a son to me.

264
00:18:53,048 --> 00:18:54,800
Murad is dead,

265
00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:59,138
and your time in Adrianople has passed.

266
00:19:01,223 --> 00:19:02,224
Perhaps...

267
00:19:04,852 --> 00:19:07,855
you should consider another marriage.

268
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,694
Certainly a suitable husband can be found.

269
00:19:34,214 --> 00:19:37,676
Sultan, the Governor Lomellini
is here to see you.

270
00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:45,058
[Lomellini] Sultan Mehmed.

271
00:19:45,893 --> 00:19:48,061
I did not mean to interrupt your meal,

272
00:19:48,145 --> 00:19:49,771
but I come on urgent business.

273
00:19:51,565 --> 00:19:52,774
Signore Lomellini.

274
00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:54,651
[speaking Italian]

275
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:55,903
[speaking Greek]

276
00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,323
[in English] You're kind, but I don't
intend to trouble you for long.

277
00:20:01,116 --> 00:20:03,493
What could possibly be so urgent,
Angelo Pasha?

278
00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:05,829
[Lomellini] I'm here about our ships,

279
00:20:05,913 --> 00:20:09,416
specifically the merchant ship
your cannons sank in the harbor today.

280
00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:13,003
-I'm certain it was just an accident--
-Hm.

281
00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,506
Yes, it went down very fast.

282
00:20:19,968 --> 00:20:22,471
That was a Genoese trade ship from Galata.

283
00:20:23,305 --> 00:20:26,850
It was loaded with cargo
worth 100,000 ducats.

284
00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:28,685
But it was inside the chain,

285
00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,230
was it not?

286
00:20:32,773 --> 00:20:33,649
Yes.

287
00:20:35,776 --> 00:20:36,944
My dear governor,

288
00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:41,740
I was not aware there were friendly ships
still in the harbor.

289
00:20:42,616 --> 00:20:46,370
You were warned before the siege
to move all your ships outside the chain.

290
00:20:46,787 --> 00:20:48,497
It is our assumption that

291
00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:51,959
all vessels still inside the Horn
are there with hostile intent,

292
00:20:52,292 --> 00:20:54,002
including that of the pirate,

293
00:20:54,461 --> 00:20:55,504
Giustiniani.

294
00:20:55,837 --> 00:20:58,298
But, you're telling me those are yours?

295
00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:02,594
-A misunderstanding.
-Good.

296
00:21:02,678 --> 00:21:04,805
-It will be addressed at once.
-Good.

297
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,309
There's one other matter.

298
00:21:09,393 --> 00:21:10,477
[sighs]

299
00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:12,688
Yes?

300
00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:13,939
[Lomellini] Your new cannons,

301
00:21:14,022 --> 00:21:17,150
they have been firing
directly over our city all day.

302
00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:18,819
[explosion]

303
00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:22,614
The constant firing overhead is...

304
00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:24,658
unnerving.

305
00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:28,745
My brother's wife went into labor
from the distress

306
00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:30,872
and there's growing concern

307
00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:33,667
that another errant shot
could hit a house or a school.

308
00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:39,631
That would be terrible.

309
00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:43,427
But we are in the middle of a battle.

310
00:21:46,930 --> 00:21:47,931
Governor,

311
00:21:48,348 --> 00:21:50,225
you're wise in all matters of business

312
00:21:51,059 --> 00:21:52,686
so I have a proposal.

313
00:21:53,186 --> 00:21:56,815
I will silence my cannons
in exchange for your silence.

314
00:21:57,357 --> 00:22:00,569
But I already assured you I will try
to contain any speculation--

315
00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:02,279
[Mehmed] Let me show you something.

316
00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:12,831
Once I take Constantinople,

317
00:22:13,373 --> 00:22:15,375
we will be even closer neighbors.

318
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,049
I will build the new capital
for my empire there.

319
00:22:23,592 --> 00:22:26,011
It will make Rome seem like
a small village.

320
00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:32,601
For a trading colony like yourselves,
there will be plenty of business.

321
00:22:33,643 --> 00:22:35,312
All I'm asking in the meantime is

322
00:22:35,395 --> 00:22:37,647
you control your countrymen,
my dear friend.

323
00:22:40,901 --> 00:22:41,943
Understood.

324
00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:44,112
Good. Good.

325
00:22:44,613 --> 00:22:46,865
Thank you for bringing your concerns
to me, Governor.

326
00:22:46,948 --> 00:22:48,200
It would have been a tragedy

327
00:22:48,617 --> 00:22:51,536
if one of our cannons mistakenly hit
your beautiful tower.

328
00:23:07,135 --> 00:23:09,262
[men sawing]

329
00:23:12,599 --> 00:23:14,476
[narrator] In the hills above Galata,

330
00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:17,312
thousands of Ottoman soldiers

331
00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:20,524
have nearly finished clearing the path
for the sultan's ships.

332
00:23:25,112 --> 00:23:27,364
[Dr. Michael Talbot]
We need to think about the human labor

333
00:23:27,447 --> 00:23:29,074
and effort involved in this exercise.

334
00:23:29,157 --> 00:23:31,159
You need loads and loads of tallow,

335
00:23:31,660 --> 00:23:33,078
so that's animal fat,

336
00:23:33,161 --> 00:23:36,456
to help grease these various trees

337
00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:38,708
that have been chopped down
to help roll the ships along.

338
00:23:42,337 --> 00:23:45,298
The fact that
they then are able to take these ships

339
00:23:45,382 --> 00:23:48,385
across from one body of water
into the other,

340
00:23:48,468 --> 00:23:50,971
to surpass the Roman's trap,

341
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:55,225
it's a credit to some of the visionaries
in the Ottoman armed forces

342
00:23:55,308 --> 00:23:58,311
to think
around a really practical solution

343
00:23:58,395 --> 00:24:00,188
to a seemingly impassable problem.

344
00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:15,662
They built that road for many days,

345
00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:20,709
and they did it
behind the mountains of Pera

346
00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:24,880
from a place where they couldn't see
from Constantinople or from Galata.

347
00:24:29,217 --> 00:24:33,221
And they started transporting the ships
to the Golden Horn

348
00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,473
in one night.

349
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:39,269
The Romans look out from their walls

350
00:24:39,352 --> 00:24:42,147
and they're initially thinking,
"What's all this noise? What's going on?

351
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:45,984
What infernal machine is going
to come at us now?"

352
00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:53,241
Once this roadway has been built,
greased and everything is ready to roll,

353
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:57,162
the ships are dragged up out of the water

354
00:24:57,245 --> 00:25:00,165
with ropes with men and... and oxen.

355
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,542
[men shouting]

356
00:25:08,757 --> 00:25:12,594
And then they get to the top of this hill
and they just come sliding down

357
00:25:13,136 --> 00:25:16,306
and they sploosh into the...
into the water of the Golden Horn.

358
00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:30,445
[praying in Latin]

359
00:25:51,424 --> 00:25:53,176
[church bells ringing]

360
00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:03,186
[woman screams]

361
00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:08,984
[Walla] Turkish ships are in the harbor!

362
00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:21,121
[Emperor Constantine] Is it true?

363
00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:26,876
[Giustiniani]
The bastards are in the Horn.

364
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,504
How could this be?
Did they break through the chain?

365
00:26:30,338 --> 00:26:31,548
They went around it.

366
00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:33,758
Dear God.

367
00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:35,760
If you're standing there
watching this happening

368
00:26:35,844 --> 00:26:38,972
from the walls of Constantinople,
you must lose a bit of heart.

369
00:26:39,055 --> 00:26:42,392
Everything we're trying,
they're clever enough to get around us.

370
00:26:45,729 --> 00:26:49,441
Zaganos Pasha, move your artillery
from Galata to the harbor below.

371
00:26:49,524 --> 00:26:52,444
Keep them in sight of the city
and have them ready to fire.

372
00:26:52,819 --> 00:26:55,697
In the meantime, a salute for the emperor:

373
00:26:56,072 --> 00:26:58,408
Fire all the cannons we have
on the land walls.

374
00:26:58,491 --> 00:26:59,451
Yes, Sultan.

375
00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:08,209
[man shouting]

376
00:27:10,712 --> 00:27:12,213
That's all I have!

377
00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:13,256
Hey!

378
00:27:15,550 --> 00:27:16,926
[explosion]

379
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:17,886
[screams]

380
00:27:25,852 --> 00:27:28,480
All of a sudden, these guys
that were over there are now over here

381
00:27:28,563 --> 00:27:31,191
and they're also shooting at you
and unloading troops.

382
00:27:31,274 --> 00:27:33,360
That must have been very terrifying.

383
00:27:41,242 --> 00:27:42,661
[people screaming]

384
00:27:44,079 --> 00:27:46,998
Not only is it a strategically
useful thing to have done,

385
00:27:47,082 --> 00:27:49,834
but it's one of those things
where everyone goes, you know,

386
00:27:49,918 --> 00:27:52,837
"Oh, Mehmed really knows his business,"

387
00:27:52,921 --> 00:27:54,756
you know, "That's a stroke of genius."

388
00:27:58,051 --> 00:27:59,678
[men screaming]

389
00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:03,473
[Goodwin] It's about morale.

390
00:28:03,556 --> 00:28:07,894
Everyone's spirits are flagging
and suddenly this amazing event occurs

391
00:28:07,977 --> 00:28:10,772
and the news of it spreads like wildfire
and everyone, you know,

392
00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:12,774
the man's a genius,
you know, let's follow him.

393
00:28:14,484 --> 00:28:17,904
[narrator] Mehmed's gambit swings
the momentum of the siege.

394
00:28:17,987 --> 00:28:21,324
The Romans are caught off guard,
and are now vulnerable.

395
00:28:29,457 --> 00:28:31,918
We need to send soldiers
to the harbor walls.

396
00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:33,294
Now.

397
00:28:35,797 --> 00:28:36,840
Do it.

398
00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:42,554
This is a severe blow because the Roman
defenses are stretched thin as it is.

399
00:28:42,637 --> 00:28:46,558
They have less than 7,000
to patrol 14 miles of wall.

400
00:28:46,641 --> 00:28:47,809
And now, suddenly,

401
00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,978
because there's Turkish ships
inside the harbor,

402
00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:53,189
that's an additional
three-and-a-half miles of sea walls

403
00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:57,026
they have to defend which stretches
their limited resources even further.

404
00:28:58,486 --> 00:29:00,363
But even worse, now,

405
00:29:00,447 --> 00:29:02,323
even if a relief force arrives,

406
00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:04,743
where are they gonna sail in?

407
00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:22,260
Are you hurt?

408
00:29:22,343 --> 00:29:24,679
[sobbing]
No, no but there are many who are.

409
00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:27,474
My lord, you must do something.

410
00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:29,851
-I can take a message to your friend--
-Shh.

411
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,646
-It's too late, Ana.
-But the city is falling.

412
00:29:34,189 --> 00:29:37,358
-Your Ottoman friend might--
-Shh. You must not speak of it again.

413
00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:38,443
It's gone too far.

414
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:41,321
Anything now would be treason
on both our parts.

415
00:29:41,905 --> 00:29:42,822
My lord...

416
00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:44,908
It's out of my hands now.

417
00:29:45,658 --> 00:29:46,826
Now clean your face,

418
00:29:46,910 --> 00:29:49,704
attend to your duties and pray.

419
00:29:57,754 --> 00:30:00,006
How did we not get word of this
from Galata?

420
00:30:01,007 --> 00:30:02,342
This is open betrayal.

421
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:05,303
[Giustiniani] If they knew about it,

422
00:30:05,386 --> 00:30:06,888
they would have told us.

423
00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:08,389
If they knew about it?

424
00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:09,891
You think they didn't notice

425
00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:12,477
the Ottoman fleet passing over the hills
behind their city?

426
00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:16,272
Why haven't they attacked us
from the harbor yet?

427
00:30:16,356 --> 00:30:18,358
They have us pinned down on both sides.

428
00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:20,735
If I were them,

429
00:30:21,444 --> 00:30:22,570
I would wait,

430
00:30:23,238 --> 00:30:24,656
slowly choke us...

431
00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:29,035
then finish the job in one blow.

432
00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:31,621
[scoffs]

433
00:30:31,955 --> 00:30:35,333
I see you've thought quite a bit
on how to end us.

434
00:30:37,293 --> 00:30:39,921
We can't allow them to stay in the harbor.

435
00:30:40,421 --> 00:30:43,424
They expecting us to hide
behind the walls in fear.

436
00:30:44,217 --> 00:30:46,219
Which is exactly why we must attack now,

437
00:30:46,302 --> 00:30:47,679
before they settle in.

438
00:30:47,929 --> 00:30:50,431
Could we launch our ships against theirs?

439
00:30:50,807 --> 00:30:52,684
We can turn this into an advantage.

440
00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:54,644
Their ships are in the harbor, yes.

441
00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:56,396
But they are also cornered.

442
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:59,774
You have seen our naval superiority
against them.

443
00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:02,318
With one well planned ambush,

444
00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:04,863
we can sink every ship they have.

445
00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:09,200
I agree with Lord Giustiniani, Emperor.

446
00:31:10,118 --> 00:31:12,412
If we wait, we give them what they want.

447
00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:15,206
But if we catch them off guard,

448
00:31:17,375 --> 00:31:19,127
we can end the naval threat.

449
00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:27,844
Very well.

450
00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:29,971
It's decided.

451
00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:34,309
Prepare for an attack
as quickly as possible.

452
00:31:35,018 --> 00:31:37,061
And burn every Turk on those ships.

453
00:31:48,197 --> 00:31:50,658
[woman] No, please don't leave me!

454
00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,702
[woman sobbing]

455
00:32:13,389 --> 00:32:14,933
[fire sizzles out]

456
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,949
[indistinct chatter]

457
00:32:41,584 --> 00:32:42,710
[Ana] Let me go!

458
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:45,129
[shouts in Turkish]

459
00:32:45,213 --> 00:32:46,589
[soldier] Enough!

460
00:32:46,673 --> 00:32:48,091
[Ana] You're hurting my arm!

461
00:32:48,174 --> 00:32:49,550
Let me go!

462
00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:50,802
[Ana screams]

463
00:32:51,844 --> 00:32:52,971
Let me go!

464
00:32:54,597 --> 00:32:55,848
Bring her to me.

465
00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:57,892
[Ana groans]

466
00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:02,105
[Ana shouting in Turkish]

467
00:33:02,188 --> 00:33:04,315
[in English] Let go of me I can walk!

468
00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:07,318
Let me go, you're hurting--

469
00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:08,695
[Ana groans]

470
00:33:18,705 --> 00:33:19,831
[in Greek] What is your business here?

471
00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:23,209
[in English] Yes,

472
00:33:24,127 --> 00:33:26,129
the devil himself speaks Greek.

473
00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:35,013
You're safe here.

474
00:33:39,434 --> 00:33:42,145
And have nothing to worry about.

475
00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:46,899
Unless you're a spy.

476
00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:54,532
Mehmed comes across as
an extraordinarily complicated character.

477
00:33:54,615 --> 00:33:57,618
He spoke many languages, he spoke Turkish,

478
00:33:57,702 --> 00:33:59,662
he spoke Arabic, he spoke Persian,

479
00:33:59,746 --> 00:34:03,166
he spoke Greek,
and he spoke a Slavic dialect.

480
00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:07,336
He is fascinating
because he comes across as a warrior,

481
00:34:07,420 --> 00:34:10,631
but he also could be generous
to foreigners.

482
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,341
What business have you here?

483
00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:14,927
I have a message for someone.

484
00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:16,846
A warning.

485
00:34:16,929 --> 00:34:17,805
Who?

486
00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:19,182
My master's friend.

487
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:20,933
I don't know his name.

488
00:34:22,143 --> 00:34:23,394
And your master is?

489
00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:25,897
[breathing heavily]

490
00:34:30,610 --> 00:34:32,612
Do you know the punishment for spying?

491
00:34:34,947 --> 00:34:36,532
-Death.
-[Mehmed whispers] Yes.

492
00:34:36,949 --> 00:34:40,453
It would be a slow and horrible death.

493
00:34:42,163 --> 00:34:44,373
And it would give me no pleasure to exact.

494
00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:46,918
God will be waiting.

495
00:34:49,337 --> 00:34:50,379
What's your name?

496
00:34:56,135 --> 00:34:57,178
Ana.

497
00:34:57,428 --> 00:35:00,765
Ana...
What are you doing outside the city, Ana?

498
00:35:00,848 --> 00:35:02,058
It's dangerous.

499
00:35:02,558 --> 00:35:04,852
It's dangerous inside the city.

500
00:35:07,897 --> 00:35:09,816
I heard you speak Turkish to my men.

501
00:35:11,150 --> 00:35:12,610
My parents were Turkish.

502
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,948
They moved to Constantinople
to find a better life.

503
00:35:17,156 --> 00:35:20,326
Surely they wouldn't approve of you
running through the woods at night?

504
00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:22,703
They died when I was young.

505
00:35:23,496 --> 00:35:24,539
The plague.

506
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,500
I see you're a Christian now.

507
00:35:28,251 --> 00:35:29,961
I was brought up in an orphanage.

508
00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:32,004
Nuns raised me.

509
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:35,842
So,

510
00:35:36,884 --> 00:35:37,885
here we are,

511
00:35:38,928 --> 00:35:39,929
two orphans,

512
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,932
caught in a war with no end in sight.

513
00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:46,394
But you are the sultan, and I am a slave.

514
00:35:47,478 --> 00:35:49,313
We are all the same in Allah's eyes.

515
00:35:50,189 --> 00:35:51,607
Your Bible says,

516
00:35:52,108 --> 00:35:54,819
"Rich and poor have this in common:

517
00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:57,738
The Lord is the maker of them all."

518
00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,240
You know the Bible?

519
00:35:59,407 --> 00:36:01,576
Yes, I have studied it.

520
00:36:02,451 --> 00:36:06,247
[Dr. Karen Barkey]
Mehmed was a very, very powerful sultan.

521
00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:09,000
He was actually interested

522
00:36:09,083 --> 00:36:12,670
in building something that was larger

523
00:36:12,753 --> 00:36:15,965
than just an Ottoman and a Turkish empire.

524
00:36:16,048 --> 00:36:20,428
Something that was multi-religious,

525
00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:22,513
multi-ethnic,

526
00:36:22,597 --> 00:36:24,056
and expansive.

527
00:36:25,224 --> 00:36:28,728
You, Sultan, have the power to show
mercy before thousands more die.

528
00:36:28,811 --> 00:36:32,273
I offered your emperor mercy and safety
for everyone inside the city walls,

529
00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:34,650
but he refused. His vanity blinds him.

530
00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:37,528
So the siege is for the benefit
of your people, Sultan?

531
00:36:37,612 --> 00:36:38,863
Not for you own glory?

532
00:36:43,951 --> 00:36:47,038
I think it's time you told me
about this "warning" of yours.

533
00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:49,290
I just want to stop the bloodshed.

534
00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:51,542
Then start with yourself,
I could spare you.

535
00:36:54,337 --> 00:36:56,339
Your ships, in the harbor,

536
00:36:56,797 --> 00:36:58,049
have shaken the emperor.

537
00:36:58,132 --> 00:36:59,634
They will escalate things.

538
00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:01,135
Things don't have to escalate.

539
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:02,845
Your navy is in danger.

540
00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:06,349
The Italian mercenaries are gathering
on the sea walls.

541
00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:08,809
They have a plan, and it will be deadly.

542
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:09,852
When?

543
00:37:09,936 --> 00:37:11,854
I don't know when, but soon.

544
00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:15,274
And why would I believe
a little Roman spy?

545
00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:19,028
My only hope was that this news
would see you retreat, Sultan.

546
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:22,281
Spare yourselves, spare us all.

547
00:37:22,365 --> 00:37:23,741
You think I should run?

548
00:37:23,824 --> 00:37:25,243
After coming this far?

549
00:37:25,618 --> 00:37:28,579
The emperor hits you
and you will hit back harder.

550
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,457
I fear it will go on like this
until no one is left.

551
00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:34,919
No Muslims, no Christians,
no Romans, no Ottomans.

552
00:37:35,002 --> 00:37:37,338
-Just death!
-I'm not interested in more death.

553
00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:40,758
Yet here you are encamped outside
the city with thousands of soldiers!

554
00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:43,135
[shouts]
The Romans' time is ending, little spy.

555
00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:46,097
How brutally it ends is
in your emperor's hands.

556
00:37:50,685 --> 00:37:52,270
Fetch me Zaganos Pasha immediately.

557
00:37:52,812 --> 00:37:55,690
I will have my men confirm your story.
If you're lying to me--

558
00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:59,360
If you must execute me for my crimes,
so be it.

559
00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:02,154
But if you take the city,

560
00:38:02,530 --> 00:38:03,614
I beg you,

561
00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:05,491
be kind.

562
00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:08,286
Be the ruler you say you will be.

563
00:38:20,006 --> 00:38:21,549
[indistinct chatter]

564
00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:23,050
[narrator] In Constantinople,

565
00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:25,261
a plan to ambush the Ottoman fleet

566
00:38:25,344 --> 00:38:29,140
is led by Venetian naval officer,
Giacomo Coco.

567
00:38:29,223 --> 00:38:31,267
[Dr. Marios Philippedes]
The problems here come down

568
00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:34,061
between the Genoese and Venetians.

569
00:38:34,228 --> 00:38:35,771
An attempt was planned

570
00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:38,607
and Coco was placed in charge of it,
Venetian,

571
00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:42,903
to go burn the Turkish boats
that were in the harbor.

572
00:38:43,279 --> 00:38:45,948
The Venetians planned this,
approved by the emperor,

573
00:38:46,449 --> 00:38:48,784
then the Genoese find out about it

574
00:38:48,951 --> 00:38:50,703
and they wanted to be part of it.

575
00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:54,290
So the operation was postponed
for a number of days

576
00:38:54,790 --> 00:38:56,667
so the Genoese could participate.

577
00:38:57,209 --> 00:39:00,838
We can't keep delaying.
I don't understand the hold up!

578
00:39:00,921 --> 00:39:04,133
[Lomellini] An attack of this sort
must be thought out properly.

579
00:39:05,593 --> 00:39:07,094
There is no room for haste.

580
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,013
One wrong move,

581
00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,766
and it will be the end of all of us.

582
00:39:12,099 --> 00:39:13,601
We don't need your advice.

583
00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:15,770
You are simply here as a courtesy.

584
00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:18,397
An unnecessary one if you ask me.

585
00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:22,443
And how do you plan to get through
my harbor to the Ottoman ships?

586
00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:27,239
If my night watch sees any ship moving
through the harbor,

587
00:39:27,782 --> 00:39:30,576
they will have no choice
but to sound the alarms.

588
00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,916
Now, please,

589
00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:40,044
let us go over
the plans one more time, eh?

590
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:53,015
[in Italian] If there is anything
I need to know, tell me now.

591
00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:56,560
What could there be to know, Lord?

592
00:39:57,728 --> 00:40:00,272
I swear on my dead mother's grave,
if you betray us

593
00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:04,110
I will cut you in half
and string your guts from Galata Tower.

594
00:40:05,653 --> 00:40:09,698
Then it is just as well I am faithful.

595
00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:30,594
[narrator] After several delays,

596
00:40:30,678 --> 00:40:33,347
the secret mission
to destroy the Ottoman fleet

597
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,517
is launched on the night
of April the 28th.

598
00:40:40,813 --> 00:40:43,607
The saboteurs plan to use Greek Fire

599
00:40:43,691 --> 00:40:47,194
to incinerate the 76 Ottoman ships
and sink them.

600
00:40:48,737 --> 00:40:53,993
Greek Fire which is a kind of mixture
of inflammable material and pine resin.

601
00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:55,911
If you were hit by this,

602
00:40:55,995 --> 00:40:59,123
you were going to be burned alive
and there was no, no way out of it.

603
00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,708
It is like medieval napalm.

604
00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:04,920
You're a stubborn-assed
Genoese bastard, Giustiniani.

605
00:41:05,337 --> 00:41:06,380
But you are a warrior.

606
00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:09,800
I'd like to pay you
the same compliment, Coco,

607
00:41:09,884 --> 00:41:12,178
but, unfortunately,
you are not Genoese.

608
00:41:12,261 --> 00:41:13,429
[chuckles]

609
00:41:14,096 --> 00:41:16,098
God willing, we will end this tonight.

610
00:41:18,767 --> 00:41:20,352
But, if I don't come back,

611
00:41:23,105 --> 00:41:25,900
will you make sure that
my wife and daughters get this?

612
00:41:33,199 --> 00:41:34,408
Godspeed, brother.

613
00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:35,701
Ciao.

614
00:41:35,784 --> 00:41:36,702
Ciao.

615
00:41:47,087 --> 00:41:50,591
[narrator] Coco and his men
set out upon the Golden Horn.

616
00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:57,681
If they're able to destroy
the Ottoman fleet,

617
00:41:57,765 --> 00:42:02,102
it could change the entire course
of the battle for Constantinople.

618
00:42:07,775 --> 00:42:10,653
[praying]

619
00:42:45,479 --> 00:42:47,147
[water splashing]

620
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:55,948
[praying]

621
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,093
Prepare the Greek Fire.

622
00:43:41,410 --> 00:43:42,494
Abort!

623
00:43:42,578 --> 00:43:43,871
Abort!

624
00:43:46,373 --> 00:43:47,416
Take cover!

625
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:56,675
No!

626
00:43:57,217 --> 00:43:58,344
We have been betrayed.

627
00:44:00,512 --> 00:44:02,181
[men shouting]

628
00:44:08,771 --> 00:44:11,148
History will reward your loyalty,
my friend.

629
00:44:33,379 --> 00:44:35,047
[dramatic music playing]