On this day in royal history: Constantinople attacked by an invading sultan
Initial attempts to reach the city were repelled but the Ottomans prevailed and the emperor Constantine XI was killed in the ...
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how did constantinople become a rich and powerful city?
The only reason Constantinople was the richest city in the world was that it was the center of trade. At the end of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was the largest and richest city in the ...
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1453: The Fall of Constantinople & the Rise of an Empire
Constantinople. The City of the World’s Desire. The largest city in Christendom for nearly a thousand years. Surprisingly few remember this grand city, capital of two of history’s greatest ...
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On This Day in 1930, Constantinople Was Renamed Istanbul, Both Greek Words
Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.