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The Great Transition
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| 2nd Reign (1451-1481) | His father Murad II passed away in the year 1451. Mehmed was still in Manisa. At the age of 19, he was crowned Sultan for the second time. |
| Death | He died at the age of 49 while embarking on a new military campaign. He is buried at the Fatih Mosque complex which he constructed in the period (1463-1470). |
Mehmed II: Major Achievements
• The Conqueror: He successfully led many military
campaigns. He conquered Constantinople (1453), the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Then he conquered the Kingdom of Bosnia (1463) and asserted Ottoman dominance over the Crimean Khanate (1475).
• He codified the Ottoman law, centralizing power
under the Sultan and creating a formal administrative structure that lasted for centuries.
• He constructed the Fatih Mosque and complex
including a school, library, and hospital. It was the first imperial mosque in the Ottoman Sultanate.
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