Which event signaled the end of the Byzantine Empire?

a. the Great Schism
b. the Mongol invasion
c. the loss of Jerusalem
d. the fall of Constantinople

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The event that signaled the end of the Byzantine Empire was d. the fall of Constantinople. This occurred in 1453 when the Ottoman Turks, led by Sultan Mehmed II, captured the city, marking the definitive end of the Byzantine state.