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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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In 1453 the Ottomans took over which city? what did they name it?
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Istanbul/Constantinople
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Rome/Istanbul
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Constantinople/Istanbul
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Persia/Istanbul
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Fall of Constantinople, (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The great city was called Constantinople by the entire wider world until the 20th century. Although the Ottomans had unofficially called it Istanbul for years, the official name change took place in 1930 after the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic.
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