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When did the byzantium empire happen and why?

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The ByzantINE (not Byzantium) Empire was brought to an end by invasions by the Ottoman Turks. First they took over the Byzantine territories in the Balkan Peninsula (southeastern Europe) and then in 1453 captured the capital of the empire, Constantinople.

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