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Current Day Turkey – Used to be called Constantinople, named after Constantine. Originally named Byzantium after Byzas from Megara.
by jiggliemon 6y ago
Current Day Turkey – Used to be called Constantinople, named after Constantine. Originally named Byzantium after Byzas from Megara.
- cookie_monsta 6y agoI think you might be talking about Istanbul
- madcaptenor 6y agoThe empire that ruled from Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire, is named after its founder, Osman I. (The modern country, Turkey, isn't named after its founder Ataturk, but rather the other way around.) Therefore, the "Ottoman" footstool is named after a person.