Zugdidi

City · c. 1468 CE · in Europe

Capital of Principality of Mingrelia (1468–1803).

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Gremi (c. 1468 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Kakheti (1468–1762).
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Sarajevo (1462 CE): Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–today).

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Fall of Constantinople (1453 CE): Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire; the city became the Ottoman capital.
Suleiman the Magnificent (1494 CE – 1566 CE): The longest-reigning Ottoman sultan (r. 1520–1566), under whom the empire reached the height of its power and its legal system was codified.
Safavid Empire founded (1501 CE): Ismail I proclaimed himself shah at Tabriz, founding the Safavid dynasty and making Twelver Shia Islam the state religion of Iran.
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Mehmed II (1432 CE – 1481 CE): Ottoman sultan, born in Edirne, who conquered Constantinople in 1453 and expanded the empire across the Balkans and Anatolia.
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