what is some facts about Constantinople?

Answer 1

Was the capital of the Roman Empire. It was officially renamed to its modern Turkish name Istanbul in 1930. This name was already in common use among the city's Turkish inhabitants for nearly five centuries. Throughout the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, known as the Queen of Cities.

Answer 2

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

Answer 3

I am learning about constantinople in school

I got this from yahoo education:




(kŏn´´stăn´´tĭnō´pl) , former capital of the Byzantine Empire and of the Ottoman Empire, since 1930 officially called Istanbul (for location and description, see Istanbul). It was founded ( 330) at ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine I, after whom it was named. The largest and most splendid European city of the Middle Ages, Constantinople shared the glories and vicissitudes of the Byzantine Empire, which in the end was reduced to the city and its environs. Although besieged innumerable times by various peoples, it was taken only three times–in 1204 by the army of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades), in 1261 by Michael VIII, and in 1453 by the Ottoman Sultan Muhammad II. Defended by Greek fire, it was also well fortified. An early inner wall was erected by Constantine I, and the enlarged Constantinople was surrounded by a triple wall of fortifications, begun (5th cent.) by Theodosius II. Built on seven hills, the city on the Bosporus presented the appearance of an impregnable fortress enclosing a sea of magnificent palaces and gilded domes and towers. In the 10th cent., it had a cosmopolitan population of about 1 million. The Church of Hagia Sophia, the sacred palace of the emperors (a city in itself); the huge hippodrome, center of the popular life; and the Golden Gate, the chief entrance into the city; were among the largest of the scores of churches, public edifices, and monuments that lined the broad arcaded avenues and squares. Constantinople had a great wealth of artistic and literary treasures before it was sacked in 1204 and 1453. Virtually depopulated when it fell to the Ottoman Turks, the city recovered rapidly. The Ottoman sultans, whose court was called the Sublime Porte, embellished Constantinople with many beautiful mosques, palaces, monuments, fountains, baths, aqueducts, and other public buildings. After World War I the city was occupied (1918—23) by the Allies. In 1922 the last Ottoman sultan was deposed and Ankara became (1923) the new capital of Turkey.

Answer 4

Why did Constantinople get the "works"? That's nobody's business but the Turks.

Answer 5

Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople.

Answer 6

istanbul was constantinople now it's istanbul not constantinople so if you have a date in constantinople she'll be waiting in istanbul...

(it's a song by they might be giants)

:) LOL

Answer 7

You can't go back to Constantinople.

Why not?

Because it's Istanbul. :-D

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That's from a song... look it up. Named for the Emporer Constantine, in the 300's, who was the first Christian Emporer of the Roman Empire. He held a council in Nicea of religious scholars to put together the Bible.

Const./Istanbul is a city that is in Turkey (duh) but Turkey is half in Asia, half in Europe, divided by the Bospherus (sp?) River.

Answer 8

It's now called Istanbul.

Answer 9

'some facts about Constaninople ' sounds like a topic for an essay.

Answer 10

bid capital in turkey, now istanbul wink*