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Constantinople - officially renamed to its modern Turkish name Istanbul in 1930.
Constantinople
Constantinople, which later because Islamabad edit: Constantinus decided to make the Greek city of Byzantium the capital of his empire. We should note that Diocletian had already spent much of his time in Nicomedia, nearby. After the final end of the Byzantine empire the Ottomans used the Greek expression Istanbul which had meant "in the city". European statesmen continued to call it Constantinople until the end of the Ottoman empire. Ataturk moved the capital of the new Turkish state to Ankara. Islamabad is the name of the new post-British capital of Pakistan.
The Byzantine Empire did not recover from the fall of Constantinople to the Turks because the Turks were a strong local power which captured all of the remaining byzantine territory. Whereas the 4th Crusaders were few in number after they divided up the empire and they only captured part of the Byzantine Empire, the remainder of the Empire split into independent Byzantine powers, one of which the Empire of Nicaea eventually recaptured Constantinople and restored the Byzantine Empire.
Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in the world.
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The Byzantine Empire was Ruled by the Greek Orthodox Church, centered in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, under Occupation by Turkish Muslims since 1452.
The Capital of the Byzantine Empire was originally called Byzantium before being renamed as Constantinople (which was its name during its control by the Byzantine Empire) and renamed by Ottomans as Istanbul afterwards. Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine empire
Constantinople - officially renamed to its modern Turkish name Istanbul in 1930.
Constantinople
Constantinople, which later because Islamabad edit: Constantinus decided to make the Greek city of Byzantium the capital of his empire. We should note that Diocletian had already spent much of his time in Nicomedia, nearby. After the final end of the Byzantine empire the Ottomans used the Greek expression Istanbul which had meant "in the city". European statesmen continued to call it Constantinople until the end of the Ottoman empire. Ataturk moved the capital of the new Turkish state to Ankara. Islamabad is the name of the new post-British capital of Pakistan.
The Capital of The Byzantine Empire was Constantinople.
Constantinople
the former Ottoman Empire.
the capital of the Byzantine Empire was Constantinople.
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