Mehmed II

(noun)

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

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Examples of Mehmed II in the following topics:

  • The Fall of Constantinople

    • It ended when Mehmed I emerged as the sultan and restored Ottoman power.
    • When Mehmed I's grandson, Mehmed II (also known as Mehmed the Conquerer) ascended to the throne in 1451 he devoted himself to strengthening the Ottoman navy and made preparations for the taking of Constantinople.
    • On 2 April 1453, the Ottoman army, led by the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II, laid siege to the city with 80,000 men.
    • On the third day of the conquest, Mehmed II ordered all looting to stop and sent his troops back outside the city walls.
    • After the conquest, Sultan Mehmed II transferred the capital of the Ottoman Empire from Edirne to Constantinople.

  • Islamic Architecture

    • Sultan Mehmed II would later even fuse European traditions in his rebuilding programs at Istanbul in the 19th century.

  • Ottoman Empire

    • Sultan Mehmed II would later even fuse European traditions in his rebuilding programs at Istanbul in the 19th century.
    • Commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan between 1569 and 1575, the Selimiye Mosque was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture.

  • Byzantium's Legacy

    • Following the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks in 1453, Sultan Mehmed II took the title "Kaysar-i Rûm" (the Ottoman Turkish equivalent of Caesar of Rome), since he was determined to make the Ottoman Empire the heir of the Eastern Roman Empire.

  • Meiosis II

    • In contrast to meiosis I, meiosis II resembles a normal mitosis.
    • The two cells produced in meiosis I go through the events of meiosis II together.
    • The process of chromosome alignment differs between meiosis I and meiosis II.
    • In prometaphase II, microtubules attach to the kinetochores of sister chromatids, and the sister chromatids are arranged at the midpoint of the cells in metaphase II.
    • In anaphase II, the sister chromatids are separated.

  • Casualties of World War II

  • Europe After World War II

  • Joseph II and Domestic Reform

  • Copper

    • In aqueous solutions, copper(II) exists as [Cu(H2O)6]2+.
    • Copper(II) chloride and copper combine to form copper(I) chloride.
    • In aqueous solutions, copper(II) exists as [Cu(H2O)6]2+.
    • Many other oxyanions form complexes: these include copper(II) acetate, copper(II) nitrate, and copper(II) carbonate.
    • Amino acids form very stable chelate complexes with copper(II).

  • 95% Critical Values of the Sample Correlation Coefficient Table