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Fall of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople was the capture of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II in 1453, after a siege in which heavy artillery played a major role. It ended the Byzantine Empire and made the city the Ottoman capital. The Ottoman recovery that made it possible followed the empire's defeat by Timur in 1402, a link noted in the Timurid Empire profile.
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