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15th Century: A ruler of Malacca converted to Islam while one of their ports was becoming a frequent and important stop on the China-Indian Ocean trade routes. From there, the people of Malacca spread Islam in the Malay peninsula and other neighboring islands.

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15th Century: A ruler of Malacca converted to Islam while one of their ports was becoming a frequent and important stop on the China-Indian Ocean trade routes. From there, the people of Malacca spread Islam in the Malay peninsula and other neighboring islands.

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The spread of Islam in Malacca started when a ruler converted after learning it from trade through the Chinese-Indian Ocean trade routes. It then started to spread through neighboring cities and islands that wanted to join all of the others in converting to Islam.

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1453 Ottoman forces conquered the city of Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire. 

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1453 Ottoman forces conquered the city of Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire. 

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In the year 1453 the Ottoman empire tried to take control of Byzantine territory and it worked.  At the time the Byzantine were Christian and the Ottoman were Islam.  The Islam forces then took over and spread Islam to people.  People from the Ottoman also migrated to the taken over area over time so they also spread Islam.  https://www.theottomans.org/english/campaigns_army/1453-the-conquest.asp

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The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Army, under the command Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II on 29th May 1453. With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires, The Eastern Roman Empire fell and lasted. After the Constantinople conquest, 21 years old Ottoman Sultan II. Mehmed also took the title "The Conqueror" added to his name.

Altough his early age, Sultan II Mehmed, started to prepare siege for İstanbul. He wanted to be the commander as Prophet Hz Muhammed mentioned the conqueror of Constantinople; "One day, Constantinople will be conquered. How wonderful and blessed are the commander of its conquest and his soldiers!" decades ago. First he took precautions with strategic tactics in both inside and outside of the state. After this, he moved to conquer Constantinople.

Constantinople had been an imperial for many years. The city were bombarded by cannon fires which was designed by Mehmed the Second himself. Constantinople had been attacked in the past many times, but its great walls always prevailed. Sultan Mehmed, II changed this with the use of cannons forever. Sultan's massive cannon fired on the walls for weeks.

Baltaoglu Suleyman Bey launched the first attack to enter the Golden Horn gulf on 9th April 1453 and failed to break the chains which was placed at the mouth of the horn. This chain, which floated on wooden logs, was strong enough to prevent any Ottoman ship from entering Golden Horn. The victory of the Pope's Christian and Genoese ships decreased the morale of the Ottoman army.

During this chaos and widespread feeling of lose, with the Sultan's spiritual menthor Aksemseddin promised certain success about the conquest. Sultan Mehmed improved a new type of cannon as called as "humbara", today known as "howitzer" which is taken an aim for shooting the target. It is an important discovery for the world's army history. Cannons were not enough to take the city. Encouraged by spiritual support, Sultan II Mehmed, decided plan for his navy. the Ottoman fleet anchored in Dolmabahce would be moved to the Golden Horn gulf by land as an element of surprise. Several ships and galleys carried by soldiers via rope were slid over slipways. In the morning of 22th April, Eastern Roman Empire woke up with a surprise and terrified when they saw Ottoman galleys in the horn.

On 29th May, the Ottoman army attacked for the final assault. The siege lasted from Friday, 6 April 1453 until 29 May 1453 Tuesday when the city was conquered by the Ottomans under the command of Sultan II. Mehmed. A new era started on the world and a new balance came through by the conquest of Constantinople.

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1453 The Conquest | Discover The Ottomans | TheOttomans.org

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The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Army, under the command Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II on 29th May 1453. With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires, The Eastern Roman Empire fell and lasted.

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1085-1492 Spanish Christian forces carried out Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula. 

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1085-1492 Spanish Christian forces carried out Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula. 

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The Reconquista began with the Battle of Covadonga about 718, when Asturias engaged the Moors, and it ended in 1492, when Ferdinand and Isabella conquered Granada. Islam spread rapidly from Mecca and to much of Northern Africa.

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1495 Muslims and Jews were expelled from Spain, while others were forced to convert to Christianity. 

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1495 Muslims and Jews were expelled from Spain, while others were forced to convert to Christianity. 

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In 1495, all Muslims and Jews were forced out of spain and the people had to switch from whatever religion they were and become Christian. This hurts the spread of Islam because it is making people become Christian in Spain which is really bad because spain had lots of materials that people would want to trade for.