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What other names has the city of istanbul have?
Byzantium, Constantinople
What current city was once known as Constantinpole?
Constantinople is the former name of the city of Istanbul which is the capital of Turkey. The name change was after the Republic of Turkey was established in 1923.
What modern city stands on the site of the ancient greek city of Byzantium?
constantinople better known now as istanbul but it was once called byzantium hence the name the byzantine empire
What is the modern name for the Turkish city which was once named Constantinople?
Istanbul
Why is Islam the predominant religious faith in the city once known as Constantinople?
A:Islam had been unable to overrun Constantinople for centuries, until Mehmed II 'the Conqueror' finally conquered Constantinople in 1453, using gunpowder weapons. Constantinople had over four hundred thousand Christians in 1920, but has perhaps only four thousand today. The city's final Greek remnants largely vanished during a sweeping race riot in 1955.
What city was once the center of the byzantine empire?
Constantinople Named after the last of the greatest Emperors Constantine before the Dark Ages.
Which Turkish city was once the capital of the Roman Empire?
Istanbul. Emperor Constantine made it the capital in about 330. It was at first called New Rome and later Byzantium. For many centuries it was also called Constantinople.
Which city was once known as Lutèce?
Paris
What current city was once known as constantiople?
Istambul, the capital city of Turkey
How did trade affect constantinople?
Trade affected Constantinople by increasing foreign affairs. Constantinople began to grow in industry once foreign trade was established.
Which modern Japanese city was once known as edo?
Tokyo was once known as E(h)do.
Istanbul was once called?
Istanbul was once called Constantinople and before that Byzantium.
