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Istanbul: Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. ArchNet. "Istanbul". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Nil Tuzcu (ed.). "Istanbul Urban Database". Mapping platform ...that blends a wide range of historical data
Timeline of Istanbul. Prehistory and origin of Istanbul; Byzantium. The history of the city proper begins when Greek settlers from Megara establish Byzantium on the European side of the Bosphorus (660 BC) Byzantium officially becomes a part of the Roman Empire (73 AD) Emperor Constantine I presents a representation of the city of Constantinople.
The World Heritage site covers four zones, illustrating the major phases of the city's history using its most prestigious monuments: the Archaeological Park, which in 1953 and 1956 was defined at the tip of the peninsula; the Süleymaniye quarter, protected in 1980 and 1981; the Zeyrek quarter, protected in 1979;
Depiction of Istanbul, then known in English as Constantinople, from Young Folks' History of Rome by Charlotte Mary Yonge. Neolithic artifacts, uncovered by archeologists at the beginning of the 21st century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 6th millennium BCE. [1]
II) and 24 Shawwal (Chev.) 1274, in 1858; the organisation of the central city in the city walls, "Stamboul" (Turkish: İstanbul), was not affected by these laws. All of Constantinople (all of which today is now Istanbul) was in the Prefecture of the City of Constantinople (French: Préfecture de la Ville de Constantinople). [12]
Throughout most of its history, Istanbul has ranked among the largest cities in the world. By 500 CE, Constantinople had somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 people, edging out its predecessor, Rome, for the world's largest city. [183]
Military history of Istanbul (4 C, 26 P) P. Phanariotes ... Timeline of Istanbul; ... Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453–1924; H. Historic Areas of ...
Map of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), designed in 1422 by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonti. This is the oldest surviving map of the city, and the only surviving map that predates the Turkish conquest of 1453. The Bosporus is visible along the right-hand side of the map, wrapping vertically around the historic city.
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