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Conquest of Constantinople. Fall of Constantinople (Middle Greek: Ἅλωσις τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit. Hálosis tís Konstantinoupóleos; Turkish: İstanbul'un Fethi) was the fall of the Eastern Roman capital Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire led by Mehmed II (better known as Muhammad al-Fatih) the Conqueror on May 29, 1453 (Julian Calendar), a landmark event that marked the end of the Middle Ages. The change of power from the Eastern Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire meant that trade rout...
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