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. Who captured the strategic city of Byzantium in Turkey and renamed it Constantinople?​

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Mehmed II

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Mehmed II. An Ottoman sultan who, at the age of 21, conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Eastern Roman Empire.

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In 324, the ancient city of Byzantium was renamed “New Rome” and declared the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was renamed, and dedicated on 11 May 330.
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Constantinople.
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