MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · May 29 · 1453
ON THIS DAY · 29 MAY 1453
Constantinople falls to Mehmed II after eleven centuries of Roman…
Constantinople falls to Mehmed II after eleven centuries of Roman rule. Scholars flee west with their libraries.
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