On May 29, 1453, the city of Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks. They later named it Istanbul . The city, at the crossing point between Europe and Asia, has -- under various names -- been the capital of these empires: Roman (330-395 A.D.), Byzantine (395-1204; 1261-1453), Latin...

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