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Following an eighteen-year period of civil war, Uzun Hasan emerges as the ruler of the Turkmen Ak Koyunlu dynasty, which controls lands including Iran, Iraq, and Armenia.
29 May Sultan Mehmed II captures Constantinople, thereby ending the Byzantine Empire. He renames the city Istanbul, promotes learning, and institutes Islam in the city.
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