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In 334 AD, the city was invaded by Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, an act that was to shape the city’s destiny for the next 1000 years. Constantine crossed the Bosphorus to Chyrsopolis, now Üsküdar. He gained control of the city and declared it Nova Roma, or New Rome, the second capital of the Roman […]
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Istanbul was founded in the 7th century BC on a natural spot, from which trade over the Bosphorus could be controlled. For over 16 centuries it has been a large capital, first of the Byzantine Empire and afterwards of the Ottoman sultans. If the Earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital. Napoleon […]
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