@ai.historychannel: Constantinople, founded as Byzantium and later renamed by Emperor Constantine the Great, served as the capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and later the Ottoman Empire. Strategically located on the Bosporus Strait, it connected Europe and Asia and became a major center of trade, culture, and religion. The city was famous for its massive walls, which defended it for centuries, and for architectural marvels like the Hagia Sophia, a symbol of Byzantine art and engineering. Constantinople thrived as a cultural and intellectual hub until its fall in 1453 to the Ottomans, marking a pivotal moment in world history and the end of the medieval Byzantine Empire.

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