Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

Credit: Cobija / Wikimedia Commons To that extensive defensive complex was added another located on the outskirts of Constantinople and its surroundings, consisting of the Anastasian Wall (built by ...

In a superb octavo volume, replete with valuable maps, plans ... existed as the immediate predecessor of Constantinople. The principal gate in the walls of the restored city stood at the extremity ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

Don't expect Assassin's Creed Mirage to have a massive, sprawling map, as it'll be closer in size to game's like Revelations' Constantinople. The more and more that comes out about Assassin's ...

Arnie Reisman’s “Not Constantinople” plays on the notion that things are not what they used to be. “The title refers to a ’50s novelty song,” says Reisman, “but it also refers to ...

So, it seems that eventually no matter how robust, my electronic defenses will fail, as did the great walls of Constantinople. Thus, I fear for those parts of writing, e.g. my family memories ...