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constantinople::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | first council of constantinople |
| Type of | ecumenical council |
constantinople::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | second council of constantinople |
| Type of | ecumenical council |
constantinople::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | third council of constantinople |
| Type of | ecumenical council |
constantinople::noun | Spocien Dictionary
the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | fourth council of constantinople |
| Type of | council |
constantinople::noun | Spocien Dictionary
the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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| Synonyms | istanbul, stamboul, stambul |
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Constantinople was located on important east-west and north-south trade routes.
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Constantinople however remained the main mint, providing the bulk of the coinage.
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Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans after a two-month siege on 29 May 1453.
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Constantinople was not officially renamed Istanbul until 28 March 1930.
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Constantinople was subjected by the rank and file to pillage and massacre for three days.
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Constantinople was second in precedence as the new capital of the empire.
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Constantinople fell in 1453, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire.
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Constantinople was also wracked by religious and political conflict.
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Constantinople became highly important after Constantine moved his capital there in 330 AD.
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- Istanbul: the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- The council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
- The sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
- The fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
- The second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
- The city of Istanbul has been known through the ages under a large number of different names. The most notable names besides the modern Turkish name are Byzantium, Constantinople and Stamboul. Different names are associated with different phases of its history and with different languages.
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a swing-style song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. The tune is similar to and possibly based on the music for "Puttin' on the Ritz," written by Irving Berlin in 1929.
- Name of present-day Istanbul from 330-1930 CE. Previously known as Byzantium
- Standing at the southern end of the narrow straits known as the Bosphorus, Constantinople controlled access to the Black Sea and was a commercial crossroads between Europe and Asia. ...
