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    Constantinople was founded in 330 AD by the Roman Emperor Constantine as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was strategically located on the Bosporus Strait, providing access to trade routes. Constantine built the city with Christian influences but classical Roman design, including dividing it into 14 districts around two major streets. Constantinople became the wealthiest city in the world for over five centuries due to its role as a hub for trade along the Silk Road, bringing riches from China, India, and Africa. It was a center of Orthodox Christianity and home to many important churches. The city helped the Byzantine Empire flourish economically and culturally until invasions from groups like the Huns, Goths,

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    Constantinople was founded in 330 AD by the Roman Emperor Constantine as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was strategically located on the Bosporus Strait, providing access to trade routes. Constantine built the city with Christian influences but classical Roman design, including dividing it into 14 districts around two major streets. Constantinople became the wealthiest city in the world for over five centuries due to its role as a hub for trade along the Silk Road, bringing riches from China, India, and Africa. It was a center of Orthodox Christianity and home to many important churches. The city helped the Byzantine Empire flourish economically and culturally until invasions from groups like the Huns, Goths,

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    Constantinople was founded in 330 AD by the Roman Emperor Constantine as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. It was strategically located on the Bosporus Strait, providing access to trade routes. Constantine built the city with Christian influences but classical Roman design, including dividing it into 14 districts around two major streets. Constantinople became the wealthiest city in the world for over five centuries due to its role as a hub for trade along the Silk Road, bringing riches from China, India, and Africa. It was a center of Orthodox Christianity and home to many important churches. The city helped the Byzantine Empire flourish economically and culturally until invasions from groups like the Huns, Goths,

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    CONSTANTINOPLE

    CONSTANTINE
    Roman Emperor (diocletians successor) who ordered to built a huge, new city in 330 wich
    became the capital of the Roman Eastern Empire.
    The Roman Eastern Empire became the Byzantium empire and by this moment the capital
    changed its name in honor to his fundator to constantinople.

    LOCATION
    It was in a very profitable location; one’s of the most important advantages where:
    1. It was surrounded by wáter, meaning it was easier to defend
    2. It was pretty close to the central point of the empire
    3. It had an exellent point for harbor (because of the Golden horn)
    4. Easy access to the Danube river region and the Euphrates frontier
    ORGANIZATION/ INFRASTRUCTURE
    Was inspired in the Christian god, but with his own classical way. It was built in 7 hills and
    divided in 14 districts. It was full of statues not only of his founder (who was dressed as
    apollo) but of Caesar, Alexander the Great, and others… The city also centered on two
    colonnaded streets, wich where marked by the tetraphylon there we could have found
    the library in the north arch, and the Chalke Gate (massive entrance to the city) in the
    south part… The city maked many transformations that finally marked the importance and
    the richness of the modern aged city.
    Problems in the providing of water where faced because of the intense drought’s in
    summer and autom and altought aqueducts and tunnels to bring wáter existed there was
    still a lack for some of the citizens. This was solved with the Binbirderek Cistern
    constructed in 330.

    RELIGION/CULTURE
    Religion took importance and a different meaning, Constantine constantly supported
    christianity and altought people doubted whether he converted or not, Constatinople
    became the point where the greek classics and Christian ideals focused and “developed”
    Many Christian churches and temples where build up, one of the most important was
    named Hagia Irene. Later in middle ages it becomes the keeper or ancient Roman and
    Greek texts.

    WITHIN BYZANTINE EMPIRE


    This city was considered Christendom and was the richest city in the world for more than
    5 centuries not only in the economical aspect but in the religious relics too. Was one of
    biggest cities in the world.
    Famous for his gold objects, gorgeous purple cloth and his assorted products wich where
    brought from the silk roads (china, india, africa) this helped the byzantine empire to
    finance trade and a grew of wealthy taxes the empire collected from the high standariced
    families. The arts and architecture prospered; due to this the great chain across the
    Golden horn repeled the attacks and invations from Huns, Slaves; Goths and others.

    REFERENCES:
    http://factsanddetails.com/russia/People_and_Life/sub9_2b/entry-5002.html
    https://www.ancient.eu/Constantinople/

    IMAGES:
    https://sites.google.com/site/coepediaworld/byzantine-empire-russia
    http://romeartlover.tripod.com/Murter.html

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