Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
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The Ottomans began their final siege of the city of Constantinople on 2 April 1453, attacking in waves. On 29 May 1453 the Ottomans, under the command of Sultan Mehmed II, conquered Constantinople. The city was renamed Istanbul, and it remained capital of the Ottoman Empire until the empire's dissolution in 1922.
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The Chuckchi and Bering seas.
It is, by 2 inches (5.2cm) longer than the "Oasis of the Seas"
it was originally named Constantinople after king constantinople. When it was taken they changed the name.
He wasn't "Mohammed 2" he was "Mehmed 2". He was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1451 to 1481. He was 21 years old when he conquered Constantinople.
Constantinople became a great center of business and trade because of its physical location. This city is located on 2 continents: Europe and Asia. The European part is on the very Southeastern Balkan Peninsula, and the Asian part is part of the Anatolian Peninsula(Asia Minor). During Roman times, it was a large trading center and the Silk Road greatly contributed for hundreds of years. It became the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, which lasted until the year 1453! In that final year, Turks who been moved in the 1200s from their original home in Northwestern China by Genghis Khan had gotten out of control and formed an Empire stretching from Austria to Greece; Turkey to Iraq; Egypt to Saudi Arabia, and was called the Ottoman Empire. By the 1600s, the crumbling Byzantine capital had become the Ottoman capital and had been transformed from dying ruins into a great center of trade, learning, architecture, philosophy, and culture. After the collapse of the Ottomans in 1918, the country of Turkey was formed and the city was once more renamed as "Istanbul". Today it is a thriving city full of history and you can visit it anytime when in Turkey. Constantinople was an imperial capital of the Roman Empire, together with Milan. Constantinople was the capital of the eastern part and Milan was the capital of the western part. When the western part of the empire fell, Constantinople became the capital of the surviving part of the empire, which continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years. In the Middle Ages, as the seat of the emperor and the central imperial administration, and with the decay of Rome, Constantinople grew into the biggest city in Europe. It also became the main seat of the religion of this empire, Orthodox Christianity. The patriarch of Constantinople was one of the main patriarchs of the church and the emperor was the supreme head of the church. Constantinople needed to import large quantities of grains, mainly from Egypt, to feed its large population. It also imported consumption and luxury items. These factors combined to make Constantinople a centre for business and trade.
Rome and when the empire was divided up into east and west Rome and Byzantium (later called Constantinople and now called Istanbul)
Constantinople became a great center of business and trade because of its physical location. This city is located on 2 continents: Europe and Asia. The European part is on the very Southeastern Balkan Peninsula, and the Asian part is part of the Anatolian Peninsula(Asia Minor). During Roman times, it was a large trading center and the Silk Road greatly contributed for hundreds of years. It became the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, which lasted until the year 1453! In that final year, Turks who been moved in the 1200s from their original home in Northwestern China by Genghis Khan had gotten out of control and formed an Empire stretching from Austria to Greece; Turkey to Iraq; Egypt to Saudi Arabia, and was called the Ottoman Empire. By the 1600s, the crumbling Byzantine capital had become the Ottoman capital and had been transformed from dying ruins into a great center of trade, learning, architecture, philosophy, and culture. After the collapse of the Ottomans in 1918, the country of Turkey was formed and the city was once more renamed as "Istanbul". Today it is a thriving city full of history and you can visit it anytime when in Turkey. Constantinople was an imperial capital of the Roman Empire, together with Milan. Constantinople was the capital of the eastern part and Milan was the capital of the western part. When the western part of the empire fell, Constantinople became the capital of the surviving part of the empire, which continued to exist for nearly 1,000 years. In the Middle Ages, as the seat of the emperor and the central imperial administration, and with the decay of Rome, Constantinople grew into the biggest city in Europe. It also became the main seat of the religion of this empire, Orthodox Christianity. The patriarch of Constantinople was one of the main patriarchs of the church and the emperor was the supreme head of the church. Constantinople needed to import large quantities of grains, mainly from Egypt, to feed its large population. It also imported consumption and luxury items. These factors combined to make Constantinople a centre for business and trade.
Istanbul was the capital city of Ottoman Empire. Under the name Constantinople, it was the capital city for Roman and Byzantine Empire, beginning with Constantine the Great.When the empire became the nation of Turkey after World War I, the capital was relocated to Ankara (in Anatolia, or eastern Turkey).
what?! there are no 3 seas just south of europe! there are 2! gosh!