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may 29, 1453 - Mehmed the Conquerer captures Constantinople

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The defeat of the Byzantine Empire and the true breakthrough and rise of the Ottoman Empire. It became the capital for the rest of the time the Empire existed, later named Instabul.

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may 29, 1453
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~ 573 years ago