Question

Two answers required. One of these two powers constructed “the Beauteous Fortress” during a campaign in which Marshal de Boucicaut (“boo-see-COH”) aided the other. One of these empires tried to form an alliance with the Ilkhanate ruler Mahmud Ghazan (-5[1])to fight the other after the Battle of Bapheus. Fighting between these two empires destroyed the Hexamilion wall. During an incident between these two empires, one of them refused to follow John Kantakouzenos’s orders by continuing to settle Gallipoli. (-5[1])An emperor supposedly turned to marble after a siege (10[1])between these two empires that caused the fall of the Paleologos dynasty. (10[2])For 10 points, what two empires (10[1])fought each other during the 1453 siege of Constantinople? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Byzantine Empire AND Ottoman Empire [accept Eastern Roman Empire in place of “Byzantine Empire”; accept Turkish Empire or Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye in place of “Ottoman Empire”; accept Byzantine–Ottoman Wars; reject answers that mention “Roman Empire” alone or “Roman Republic”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chase BarrickLehigh APenn A37-5
Olin BoseColumbia BHopkins B76-5
Cooper RohColumbia ARutgers A8510
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins APenn State B9710
Elis ZiyadehPenn BHaverford A9710
Mitch McCullarPenn State ARutgers C10310
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard APrinceton A11210
Danny HanPenn ALehigh A11310
Derrick LiuHopkins BColumbia B11310

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