3 Ottoman Empire

ottoman empire  The Ottoman Empire was founded c 1299 by Osman I as a small beylik in northwestern Asia Minor just south of the Byzantine capital Constantinople  In 1453, the city of Constantinople , the capital of the Byzantine empire, was captured by the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II

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