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In 565 AD, Constantinople stood at the peak of its power. With nearly half a million inhabitants, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was the largest and most magnificent city of its age. Entering ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

At the height of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople was the jewel of the Christian world, a city of breathtaking palaces, sprawling forums, and magnificent churches like Hagia Sophia. Its walls had ...

On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.

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Archbishop says Church won't give up the name 'Macedonian' to a secure a 'tomos', or decree of independence, from head of global Orthodoxy in Constantinople. The head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church ...