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The black plague first started in Constantinople in the 6th century. It didn't appear again until the 14th century in Europe. In the 1890s, small outbreaks hit India.
The black plague first started in Constantinople in the 6th century. It didn't appear again until the 14th century in Europe. In the 1890s, small outbreaks hit India.
It was the leading Greek city-state for over a century until displaced by Thebes in 370 BCE.
It was the leading Greek city-state for over a century until displaced by Thebes in 370 BCE.
Control of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire did not occur until 1453. Before that time, Constantinople was controlled by the Byzantine Empire (the Eastern Roman Empire) of Europe. Constantinople rose to prominence in the 6th century A.D. and thereafter, after becoming the seat of the Roman Empire (ever since the fall of Rome in 476 A.D.
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Gothic art and architecture got started sometime in the 12th century in France. It was very popular until the 16th century and was known as opus Francigenum.
In 1453, Constantinople, the then capital of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Ottoman Empire.
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Yes they did. They managed to conquer Constantinople in 1204 and formed The Latin Empire of Constantinople until 1261 when The Emperor of Nicea reconquered the City for The Byzantine Empire.
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It remained Constantinople for many centuries after the Ottoman invasion on 1453 AD. It was not renamed Istanbul until 1923.