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may 29, 1453 - Fall of Constantinople

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Capture of Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, by the Ottoman Empire. Marked the end of the Roman Empire and the end of the Middle Ages. Ottomans' use of gunpowder and cannons marked a change in siege warfare.

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may 29, 1453
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~ 573 years ago