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Mehmed II raised a large army to invade Southern Italy and push north towards Rome, landing and capturing Otranto, but died the next year and the entire invasion was called off by Sultan Bayezid II. Why did Bayezid cancel this massive invasion while it was already underway?

by /u/quiaudetvincet in /r/AskHistorians

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