This well the reading we did about the Fall of Constantinople was very interesting. Out of three, my guesses were all wrong. The first I thought was from the point of view of an Ottoman soldier, I was close because it was someone under the Sultan’s rule but it was a Greek. The Greek man clearly had loyalties to both sides, which is evident by the critical description he has for the Ottoman soldiers and the way they behaved. But a point I found important was the loyalty the Greek man had to the Sultan. However badly the soldiers behaved had no influence on this mans vision of the Sultan. He clearly found him to be compassionate and educated (this is evident by his high esteem of the city the conquered). The second paragraph was written by an Ottoman Officer 40 years after the fall of Constantinople. I thought this paragraph was written by a history teacher or someone very removed. Clearly someone with an interest in military behavior wrote this because it was very technical and descriptive of the city. It also explained properly how both sides acted and reacted. The clue that it was from someone on the Ottoman side was when he described how the poor became rich because he is clearly describing his own side, from the losing side it could be seen as the rich become poor. The last paragraph was from the viewpoint of a German in during the 1700’s I originally thought it was someone on the Greek side. The German writer was very harsh and judgmental of the Ottoman behavior and I question the validity of the Sultan’s quote. Although I am sure many of the facts are not 100 percent true all three paragraphs put together really do help give an understanding of people’s feelings and behaviors during the fall of Constantinople.