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In what year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Empire, ending the Byzantine Empire?
Sultan Mehmed II's army captured Constantinople on 29 May 1453, ending the thousand-year Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. The city was renamed Istanbul and became the Ottoman capital. 1204 was the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade. 1517 was the Ottoman conquest of Mamluk Egypt. 1683 was the failed Ottoman siege of Vienna — the high-water mark of Ottoman expansion.
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The Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was a Turkish-Muslim state that ruled much of southeastern Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa from approximately 1299 to 1922. It was one of the longest-continuous empires in world history and the dominant Islamic power for most of its existence.
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