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may 17, 1453 - The Byzantine Empire ends

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On May 29, 1453, after an Ottoman army stormed Constantinople, Mehmed triumphantly entered the Hagia Sophia, which would become the city's leading mosque. Emperor Constantine XI died in battle that day, and the decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire was complete.

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may 17, 1453
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~ 573 years ago

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