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

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