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Which Ottoman sultan took Constantinople in 1453?
Mehmed II (reigned 1444–1446 and 1451–1481) was 21 when he led the 53-day siege of Constantinople in spring 1453. The Ottoman artillery train — including the great Hungarian-built cannon Orban — breached the Theodosian Walls on 29 May. Mehmed earned the epithet *Fatih* (the Conqueror) and made Constantinople his capital. He died in 1481. Suleiman the Magnificent did not reign until 1520.
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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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