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THEME 3 LEGENDARY FIGURE

1 A READING SPEAKING
Work in pairs. Look at the following list of words and match them to their meanings using a
dictionary.

F a. an old type of big heavy gun, usually on wheels, that fires solid metal or
1. conquer /ˈkɑŋkər/ (v) stone balls
2. besiege /bɪˈsidʒ/ (v) F b. very successful in a way that causes great satisfaction
3. cannon /ˈkænən/ (n) F c. the practice of showing respect for God or a god, saying prayers, chanting
4. surrender /səˈrɛndər/ (v) F d. to take control of a country or city and its people by force
5. triumphant /traɪˈʌmfənt/ (n) F e. to admit that you have lost and want to stop fighting
6. worship /ˈwərʃəp/ (v) F f. to surround a building, city, etc. with soldiers till the people inside give up
defending

1 B
Read the following pairs of sentences about the conquest of Constantinople and guess which
ones are true. Then, read the text to check your answers.

a. Sultan Mehmed II wanted to conquer Constantinople
1 due to its strategic importance.
b. There was not only one reason why Sultan Mehmed II
wanted to conquer Constantinople.

a. He designed the cannons himself.
b. Sultan Mehmed II used traditional cannons of the time to 2
hit the walls of the city.

a. The defensive chain across the mouth of the Golden
3 Horn (Haliç) made the conquest impossible.
b. Sultan Mehmed II found a way to cope with the
defensive chain across the mouth of the Golden Horn.

Siege began on
April 6, 1453.
Mehmed decided to have his ships
dragged from the Bosphorus across
Rumalian land on logs at night, April 21.
a. He relied on his plans, strategies and army. 4 Troops
b. Sultan Mehmed II relied solely on the powerful army. Constantine had his
Mehmed’s Troops block the access to the
men put a chain to
inlet of Golden Horn.
BOSPHORUS

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