On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years ...

Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

The 4th and early 6th centuries were a time of active long distance trade. During the year 306 CE, Constantine I became the emperor. renamed Byzantium to Constantinople and changed it from a Greek ...