Constantinople

:This article details the history of Constantinople before the Turkish Conquest of 1453. For details on the city since 1453, see ?stanbul.

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Turkish Conquest of 1453 - ?stanbul

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Constantinople{{ref|name}} was the historical name of the modern city of ?stanbul in Turkey in its role over more than a millennium as capital, first of the Eastern Roman Empire, subsequently of the Byzantine Empire. The last imperial designation reveals the city's even more ancient Greek name: Byzantium. Constantinople was located strategically between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe met Asia, its signficance as successor to ancient Rome and one of the great cities of Christendom until its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, unable to be over-estimated.

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Turkey - Millennium - Eastern Roman Empire - Byzantine Empire - Greek - Golden Horn - Sea of Marmara - Europe - Asia - Rome - Christendom - Ottoman Turks - 1453

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