How to pronounce “constantinople” in English

Christian Romans in Constantinople who at first sight might have little to do with Latin-speaking, you know, non-Christians or worshiping the ancient gods, Romans from a

populace of Constantinople out to rally, to you know, maybe go to Hagia Sophia, the, the church, and just create a big crowd and call for the

Whereas in Constantinople, we don't have those kinds of institutions.

There's a kind of convention in Constantinople, like if you...

was captured during the Crusades from Constantinople or something like that at that time.

The printing press comes along just as Constantinople falls, flooding Europe with all these texts which people want to translate.

- And the Hippodrome is this big gathering place in Constantinople, which I guess a lot of people gathered at and did this kind of cheering or not cheering based on policy and-

And who we have here is the Ottoman sultan in Constantinople, Sultan Murad III,

Something like 46% of the emperors of Constantinople are overthrown through violence.

We've had a Constantinople-- now Istanbul.

And what happened there, particularly in Constantinople, is they connected with the great trade routes, the Silk Road, and all of these spices coming in from the east.

- Yeah, so Constantine is the guy who moved the capital of the empire from Rome to Constantinople, thereby giving a lot more focus to the east.

And the Islamic invasions of the seventh century, they couldn't get past that choke point of Constantinople.

- So its founding, 753 BC, to let's say the fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD.

Very broadly, we can divide that into two phases, one where the center of power is in Rome, and one where it's in Constantinople.

In the 8th the Arab siege of Constantinople fails.

And then the Crusades, and then eventually leading to Constantinople falling in 1453 AD.

And then there's the Fourth Crusade, 1204, when the armies from mostly France sack, conquer Constantinople, and dismember the empire as much as they could.

That doesn't necessarily have to happen in Constantinople.

- And we should say, going to Perplexity here, the Hippodrome of Constantinople was the main stadium and social center of the Byzantine capital,

- So if we can, before we go to Emperor Constantine the First and the founding of Constantinople, can we look at some

And so a century later, when Constantinople is created, this is, it's created, right, like, in, in the Bosporus, so, like, where modern Istanbul is,