"(2) conquest of Constantinople" was by far the event that most marked the rise in power of the <span>Ottoman Empire in 1453, since this became a thriving city. </span>
I would go with Brown v Board of Education. It gave more rights to African Americans and made them one step closer into beating segregation. Through the court case, segregation in schools was deemed unconstitutional, and so was segregation in other public places.
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