Had Constantinople not fallen in 1453, it would have fallen the year after that. You may be right, but this would make for a really boring video, as nothing would change in the grand scheme of the world. This is your realistic answer.
This is what could have happened had Byzantium held out the 1453 siege of Constantinople, where the Ottoman Empire gives up and decides to try later, perhaps in 10 years.
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00:00 - Video Intro
01:04 - How could Byzantium hold Constantinople?
04:05 - Venice and Genoa help Byzantium
06:57 - Anti-Ottoman Coalition
10:38 - Alternate way Byzantium Survives
11:23 - Byzantines on the Decline
12:22 - Rise of Venice
15:30 - Ottoman-Venetian Wars
18:24- Decline of Venice