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Ottoman Turks Capture Constantinople

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. …

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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 …

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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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