29th May 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

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29th May 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

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On the 29th May 1453 the troops of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II successfully took control of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine ...

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29th May 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

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