"Britain was at the edge of a vast trade network driven by Constantinople."
"Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks...the Ottoman dynasty certainly has a good claim on being the true successors of the original Roman Empire."
"Constantinople had fallen, and with it, the fate of an empire."
"Abdullah ibn Sa’d revealed himself to be a veritable sea wolf compared to his feeble reputation on land, crushing Constans II’s navy in the first true Muslim naval triumph and clearing the way for an attack on Constantinople."
"The Black Death had arrived in Constantinople in May 1347."
"Constantinople fell due to one gate left open."
"Constantinople became the largest and most wealthy city in Europe, an international trade center."
"Some cities have humble beginnings, Constantinople was only a minor city in the Bosphorus before it caught the attention of Constantine the Great."
"By the sack of Constantinople, Western civilization suffered a loss greater than the sack of Rome in the fifth century or the burning of the library of Alexandria in the seventh."
"The only place in the world that at that moment seemed like a place of safety, the refuge of strangers, the city of Constantinople."
"The city of Constantinople remained the impregnable fortress that the Emperor Theodosius had hoped."
"For the Byzantine people, the city of Constantinople was a source of constant pride; they called it the eye of all the world."
"For on earth there is no such splendor or such beauty; we only knew that God dwells there among men."
"When you get to the period right before the Reformation, you have something really important that happens in world history, and that is the collapse and the defeat of the city of Constantinople."
"Travelers from the West were utterly shocked by how advanced Constantinople was."
"He left for Constantinople as a refugee."
"the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in the year 1453 might have signaled the end of the Byzantine Empire by no means however did it Mark the end of the patriarchate of Constantinople or the end of Eastern Orthodoxy."
"The palace at Constantinople overlooked the straits between Europe and Asia, and so occupied perhaps the most strategic place in the ancient world."
"Constantinople was the greatest city in the world, the Greeks that lived here said it was the eye of all cities."
"The siege of Constantinople is a gem of a book."
"Theodosian walls... are the great walls of Constantinople that would hold out against barbarian foes for most of the Middle Ages."
"Istanbul was formerly Constantinople."
"The city on the Bosphorus stood defiantly, protected by the mighty Theodosian walls."
"Modern Greek begins, again arbitrarily, circa 1450, that's the fall of Constantinople."
"The founding of Constantinople took place in the fourth century, in 330 A.D., by Constantine the Great."
"Constantinople is the first Christian city that was founded."
"Constantinople was important in terms of meaning, not just commerce or politics."
"Constantinople could be said to be mystical for several reasons."
"Constantinople is still the jewel of the world."
"The last real Roman Emperor, Constantine XI, was gone, his army destroyed, and the Ottoman Empire captured the city of Constantinople."
"Constantinople is this amazing fortified city surrounded by water, having fast amazing walls."
"1453 is a must-know AP date; it is the year that the Byzantine capital of Constantinople falls to the Ottomans."
"Constantinople... carried on the legacy of Rome throughout the entire Middle Ages."
"How did Constantinople fall? They just shot that wall like a hundred million times until it fell down."
"Constantinople very much was a wonder of the world during its prime, and it's not hard to see why."
"Next time we'll look at the decay of Roman cities as the Empire falls, and then we will look at the last sort of great Roman city, Constantinople."
"The city of Byzantium was later renamed Constantinople after him, like the city of Constantine."
"When we talk about the fall of Constantinople, it has a very clear date in 1453."
"Throughout history, Constantinople had been impregnable. What was different in 1204?"
"Constantine moved his capital from Rome 800 miles east, to the city of Byzantium, and named the city after himself, Constantinople."
"Constructed in 330 A.D., Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in the world."
"Why did a harbor so important to Constantinople's growth as a world empire simply disappear?"
"The establishment of the University of Constantinople in 425... was designed to compete with schools in Alexandria and Athens in terms of prestige."
"The fall of Constantinople on the 29th of May 1453 was a pivotal moment in world history."
"Mehmed declared himself Caesar of the Roman Empire, a title based on his control over Constantinople."
"Theodosian walls were built as a series of fortifications outside Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire."
"Constantinople was called the new Rome or the second Rome and for a thousand years it was the biggest and most exciting city on earth."
"He adorned Constantinople with many beautiful buildings, including the great church called the Hagia Sophia."
"It spreads over an area the size of 10 football fields and dates back to precisely the period of history from the 4th to the 15th centuries when Istanbul was called Constantinople."
"At its zenith, Constantinople was known as the New Rome and the New Jerusalem."
"No city on Earth was better defended than Constantinople, but the same couldn't be said for the Byzantine provinces."
"But Constantinople wasn't just a Roman capital: it was the keystone city of the Mediterranean, a Cosmopolis where people from all over could come, trade, work, and live."
"The more impressive achievement was not in retaking Constantinople, but in keeping it."
"I end the first part of this list at 330 AD which is the date of the foundation of Constantinople."
"The sack of Constantinople in 1204 was a shocking event brought about by one of the most colossal cock-ups in European history."
"Constantinople is the largest city in the world and the most beautiful city in the world, which is the cultural center."
"...if there were a god it dwelt in Constantinople."