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When you arrive in the heart of old Istanbul (the area that the locals call ?Sultanahmet?) you?ll notice that it?s on a peninsula ? the sea surrounds it on three sides. A millennium-and-a-half ago, an...


When you arrive in the heart of old Istanbul (the area that the locals call ?Sultanahmet?) you?ll notice that it?s on a peninsula ? the sea surrounds it on three sides. A millennium-and-a-half ago, another guy noticed this: the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. As well as being the emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Empire, he also moved the capital. He built a new city on the shores of the Bosphoros strait, the stretch of water that links the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. He chose the peninsula as the city?s site because it was easy to defend. Then he named the new town after himself. That?s the kind of thing you get to do if you?re emperor.

Anyhow Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping , a couple of hundred years after Constantine the Roman Empire fell apart. It?s eastern half soldiered on, with Constantinople at its heart, for another thousand years until it was conquered in 1453 by the Turks. It?s been a Turkish city ever since. They cal ax[/url] Wholesale Air Max Shoes Wholesale Nike Shoes Wholesale Nike Shoes Free Shipping Wholesale Air Jordan Shoes Wholesale Nike Shoes Online