<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fall of Constantinople">Fall of Constantinople</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> armies under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan" id="mwTA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sultan">Sultan</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_the_Conqueror" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mehmed the Conqueror">Mehmed II</a> capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> after a 53-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege">siege</a>, ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> after over 2,000 years.<sup about="#mwt30" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_29#cite_note-4" id="mwUQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwUg">[4]</span></a></sup>
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