On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...
The Ottomans likewise used this tactic to increase their land across Anatolia and the ... rank or opportunity to Muslim ...
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