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Previous Sultans had taken most of the Empire in previous centuries. ... The 1453 conquest of Constantinople is an important turning point in global history because it (1) ushered in Pax Romana (2) began the Middle Ages (3) contributed to the rise of the Ottoman Empire (4) signified the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Yes, enslaved individuals were brought to the British North American colonies and the United States by the African slave trade before it was outlawed in 1808.