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Mehmed
Bob Venables' regular feature in All About History Magazine continues with a piece on the Turkish leader Mehmed.
Mehmed was known as the Ottoman Caesar, a leader who conquered Constantinople and brought an end to Christendom in the East during the fifteenth century. Bob has caught a moment in time as the powerful figure leads his army.
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