MUHAMMAD II
1429 - 1481

Muhammad II, or Mehmet II, was also called Muhammad the Conqueror.

He was sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1444 - 1446 and again from 1451 - 1481.

1453 - Constantinople was taken, and the Roman empire of the East
was destroyed by the Turkish Sultan Mahomet II (Muhammad).

Here is a map of Muhammad's conquests:

Ottoman Conquest 1451 - 1566
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Constantinople's Wall by Constantine
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