Sultan of Turkey (1451-1481) and founder of the Ottoman Empire. He conquered Constantinople in 1453 and made it his capital. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harc...
Mehmed II, Ottoman sultan (1444–46 and 1451–81) who expanded the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia and into the Balkans, capturing Constantinople along the way. He first took the throne at the age of 12 when his father, Murad II, abdicated. Murad was later re
12Roman History 4th century, the emperor Constantine Capital: Rome—Byzantium Constantinople (modern Istanbul) After 395, the empire was divided into East and West; In 476, West Roman Empire fell;West Roman Empire fell; In 1453, East Roman Empire ended. ...