Muhammad II 1429-1481
Turkish
Muhammad II, or Mehmet II,
or Mahomet II, was also called
Muhammad
the Conqueror.
He was sultan of the
Ottoman
Empire from 1444 - 1446 and again from 1451 - 1481.
In
1453, Constantinople was taken, and the Roman empire of the East
was destroyed by Muhammad II.
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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