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Daughter of a bear-keeper in this city, Theodora married Justinian I in 525 & became the Byzantine Empire's most powerful woman |
Constantinople
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HISTORIC WOMEN |
2024-10-29 |
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In 1453 the fall of the city then called this marked the end of the Byzantine Dynasty |
Constantinople
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HISTORY |
2022-07-20 |
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In 1453 Sultan Mehmet II ended the Byzantine Empire by leading the Ottomans to the capture of this capital city, today's Istanbul |
Constantinople
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HISTORY: A LOOK BACK |
2020-12-07 |
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The Middle Ages is usually defined as the period between the fall of Rome & the fall of this Byzantine capital |
Constantinople
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HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE |
2020-10-06 |
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Dateline: this city, April 1453. Mehmed II's forces do have this city surrounded, but it remains to be seen for how long |
Constantinople
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OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT |
2018-04-02 |
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Geoffrey de Villehardouin's "Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade" recounted the sack of this Byzantine capital city |
Constantinople
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BESTSELLERS OF THE 13th CENTURY |
2014-01-07 |
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The Avars Attack the Byzantine Capital City Called This |
Constantinople
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DJ |
7th CENTURY HEADLINES |
2004-02-25 |
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Named for an emperor, this capital of the Byzantine Empire was looted by Crusaders in April 1204 |
Constantinople
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THE UNLUCKY 13th CENTURY |
1999-05-11 |
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In 1204 the Crusaders took this Byzantine city; in 1453 the Turks did |
Constantinople
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THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY, MAN |
1998-05-12 |
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The thousand-year Byzantine Empire ended May 29, 1453 when this city fell to the Turks |
Constantinople
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HISTORIC DATES |
1997-12-17 |
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Theodora helped save the Byzantine throne by keeping Justinian from fleeing this city during the Nika Riots |
Constantinople
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J |
HISTORY |
1996-12-11 |
#2828 |
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On May 29, 1453 this Byzantine city fell to an Ottoman Turkish army under Mehmed II |
Constantinople
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DJ |
HISTORY |
1993-03-12 |
#1970 |
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The Roman emperor Constantine I left Rome & made this city the capital |
Constantinople
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ROMAN EMPIRE |
1988-02-05 |
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