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Constantinople Fell Because Someone Forgot to Lock the Gate?

For over 1,000 years, Constantinople held out against a never-ending stream of failed attacks. Read more Section:  News Weird Facts Read Later 

Did Constantinople Fall Because Someone Forgot to Lock the Gate?

For over 1,000 years, Constantinople held out against a never-ending stream of failed attacks. Capital of the Byzantine Empire, a.k.a. the Eastern Roman Empire , it was famed for its heavily fortified city walls and ingenious defense. Could it really be true that such a mighty city, the last bastion of Christianity in the East, […]

Constantinople Greeks: The Cosmopolitans of the Byzantine Capital

Arnavutköy was one of the biggest Greek sea-side villages in Bosporus. Credit: Özgür Okkalı, CC BY-SA 2.5/Wikipedia by Matthew John Hadodo, PhD* Most people are aware of the song “Istanbul was Constantinople” and perhaps no better than the Greeks of Istanbul themselves. Although at the turn of the 20th century they numbered hundreds of thousands, […]

Genius Maintenance Secrets of Aqueduct of Constantinople Revealed

Aqueducts have been studied by archaeologists, engineers, architects, and urban planners for centuries. But even now, Roman aqueducts still have fascinating secrets to reveal, as scientists from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany recently discovered when looking at the aqueduct of Constantinople. Seeking to learn more about the aqueduct of Constantinople’s maintenance procedures, a team […]

The Fall of Constantinople: Relentless Ottoman Fire Power Finally Pulverizes the Last Vestiges of the Roman Empire

Constantinople stood against sieges and attacks for many centuries, until finally new technology—the big cannons of the Ottoman Empire —brought down the Byzantine Empire’s capital. The fall of Constantinople in May 1453 was the end of an age for much of Europe and the Near East. After the big guns did their work, Ottoman troops […]

Constantinople & the world – the real story

October 16, 2020 by Giorgi Nektarios Selimos for the Saker Blog Please read my words & think about what has happened.Normal people are not to blame here it is the sin of Greed & Lust for money & power that is responsible. If you truly believe in Christ nothing is lost. But after you read […]

Great Chain of The Golden Horn: Constantinople’s Impenetrable Barrier

For all large capital cities in ancient and modern history, protection was one of the major survival strategies. And what historical capital was bigger than legendary Constantinople? Known as Istanbul today, Constantinople has one of the richest city histories in the world and has long been a cradle of Western civilization. As an imperial capital […]

In 532 AD, a chariot race related riot left thousands dead in Constantinople modern Istanbul. Of course my size and my s

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Jewish Pilgrimage: Rats Go to the Ukraine to Shoot at Goys with BB Gun, Get Pogromed

ZeigerDaily Stormer June 17, 2016 Who would even let these people in their country? White people, when traveling abroad, tend to display their best behavior. On one hand, they want to be respectable representatives of their nations, and pride will make them act more honorably than normal. Also, they understand that as foreigners, they have […]

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