Episode 2: History of Istanbul, Early Times & Byzantine Period

Turkish Odyssey, Discover Istanbul and Turkey with Serif Yenen

History of Istanbul, Early Times & Byzantine Period

• Neolithic finds in Istanbul
• Opposite the blind people’s land
• The city of Byzas: Byzantion
• World’s largest medieval shipwreck collection
• Constantine becomes the sole emperor of the Roman Empire
• Roman version of Alexander the Great
• Believer of Christianity or used Christianity for his political propaganda?
• Council of Nicaea
• From a small town to the Roman capital
• Roman, Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire?
• Nika Revolt of 532 AD
• Walls of Constantinople
• Fourth Crusade
• Partitioning of the Byzantine Empire
• Genoese merchants