Constantinople

The mid-18th century, the British ambassador to Constantinople in his letter that his wife has described.

Istanbul, once known as Constantinople, has for centuries been a meeting place between East and West.

The conquest of Egypt had given the Moslim a fleet, and for a time it looked as though they would take Constantinople.

The crown Christ wore when he was crucified was said to have been carried from Jerusalem to Constantinople.

The court at Mistra, far from the atmosphere of Constantinople, developed a free and highly original style.

When Constantinople, the last survival of antiquity, was captured by the Turks, Greek refugees in Italy were welcomed by humanists.

From the very beginning, Constantinople really sizzled. New religion new state new government everything here was up for grabs.

Leonardo was also commissioned to design a bridge that would span the great harbor of Constantinople.

Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe.

Theodora participated in making Constantinople one of the world's most sophisticated cities and promoting women's rights.

The objective was to gain control of the Dardanelles Strait, and then to press on and take Constantinople.

In 1054, the Christian church in Constantinople refused to accept the supremacy of the Roman Pope and was thus excommunicated by the latter.

In 1453 Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks, and the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque.

The emperor Constantine the Great dedicated this column when he founded Constantinople in the year 330.

Perched on a tasseled divan, swathed in silks, her face demurely veiled, this elegant Constantinople lady just might not be a lady.

a Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem.

The palimpsest is believed to have been created by Byzantine monks in the 13th century, probably in Constantinople .

The British army was directed from Scutari, a large village near Constantinople .

We know from fairly good sources that two conjoined twins were brought from Armenia to Constantinople in 945 to be shown as curiosities.

The originals were stolen from Constantinople's hippodrome, or chariot racing arena, during the Fourth Crusade.

They must have raped me on the boat because I don't remember coming to Constantinople.

And the very fact that Constantinople had fallen was partly due to this discovery.

Early March 1453, Mohammed II siege mortar bombs began to arrive outside the city Constantinople.

j. Manuel favored Latins in Constantinople and his court was influenced by Frankish culture and chivalry.

The names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara, respectively.

In 1462, Constantinople received Turk's attack, the German collarktranslitk count is ordered to subjugate the Turkish armed force.

The bubonic plague slipped into Constantinople from China in 541 AD killing up to 10, 000 people a day at its peak.

Over much of the western world there still hung the shock of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, an event which seemed the more pregnant.

Well, eventually the ottoman Turks attacked Constantinople, it eventually fell.

He had promised to secure Alek's consent to the Constantinople plan, but he was not sure now.

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 was a pivotal reason for European exploration.

The beans leaving the Yemeni port of Mocha for trade with Alexandria and Constantinople were highly guarded.

Publication of the Acta Diurna stopped when the seat of the emperor was moved to Constantinople.

Bad weather prevented the Turks from returning to Constantinople, and Franç ois provided winter shelter at Toulon.

As far as we know, it was discovered in a monastery in Istanbul, Constantinople that is, now Istanbul.

"From East to West" follows the trail of relics from Jerusalem to Constantinople and then to Venice.

In Rome and Constantinople, palaces reached their peak as centres of power.

1923 - Ankara replaces Constantinople as the capital of Turkey.

In 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested some 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople.

Turks occupy Constantinople in the 15th century, make this holy Sophia church into the mosque.

Italy developed a large domestic silk industry after 2000 skilled weavers came from Constantinople.

Eleanor became a key figure in developing trade agreements between Western Europe, Constantinople, and the Holy Land.

The historic Silk Road starts in Chang'an and goes to Constantinople.

The Bishop of Constantinople was important because it was Constantinople.

You will have heard of Constantinople, friend?

If Rome was supposedly "doomed" by the 5th century AD, why did the Eastern Empire at Constantinople last another 1, 000 years?

By 1475, people in Constantinople were enjoying a cup of coffee in the world's first coffee shop.

In 1554 in Constantinople, two coffeehouses opened. They did very well. Soon there were many.