On May 29, 1453 the Ottoman Turkish army, under the leadership of Mehmed II (Mahomet II) broke Constantinople’s defensive walls, captured Constantinople and killed the Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos. …
May 1453 Read More →Ottoman Empire
1299-1922 Founded by Turkish tribes under Osman Bey in north-western Anatolia in 1299. In 1453 Mehmet II conquered Constantinople. During the 16th and 17th centuries, at the height of its …
Jan 1299 Read More →The Growth
Islam expanded rapidly beyond Arabia and established empires and a substantial civilisation. 711 – 1492 Moors in Southern Spain. 1299 – 1923 Ottoman Empire. 1526 – 1857 Mughal Empire. Images …
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