https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons en-us 2016-09-12 18:35:25 UTC 2016-09-14 18:40:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png leeminj001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123573188 Constantinople is located on the Bosporus which is the strait that marks the division between Europe and Asia.This means that the city is based upon the border between the western and eastern worlds. During the late Roman Empire it was one of the wealthiest and largest urban centers in the Eastern Mediterranean due to its strategic position commanding the trade routes between the Aegean sea and the Black sea]]> 2016-09-13 18:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123573188 leeminj001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123574827 Constantinople has played an important role its entire lifespan. The area was settled by the Thracian around the 13th century B.C. and was colonized by the Greeks 600 years later. In 150 B.C.E. the city was peacefully acquired by the Roman Empire, only to be razed in 200 CE. It was rebuilt by the Emperor Constantine in the following years, who gave the city its name. The city quickly became the most prominent city in the empire, and eventually the capital. When the Roman empire split into east and west, Constantinople headed the eastern empire for almost an entire millenia after the fall of the west. It was not until 1204 that the crusaders sacked the city and made it a part of their very own "Latin Empire". This weakened the city, and made it vulnerable to the Ottoman empire, who captured the city in 1453, ending 1500 years of western hold on the city.

]]> 2016-09-13 18:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123574827 mcbreaa001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123575310 Constantinople was a prime hub in a trading network that at various times extended across nearly all of Eurasia and North Africa. Citizens benefited from unhindered commerce, free from heavy taxation. 
Ottoman control over much of Asia and the Near East facilitated the exchange of not only goods but also ideas, crafts, skills and customs along the trade routes that passed through Istanbul, bringing new influences and cultures together and promoting innovation in the Ottoman arts.]]> 2016-09-13 18:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123575310 baronen001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123575617  accounts from people who moved to Constantinople, describe the city as a place where one can find:
-Rest and happiness
-Great fortune
-No heavy taxation
-Free Commerce
-No oppression
-Cheap and affordable products to buy
-Freedom of religious expression
-Everyone lives in peace and freedom
 ]]> 2016-09-13 18:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123575617 mcbreaa001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123575944 At the time, Constantinople was the most multicultural city in the world. After severe depopulation, thed Sultan made arrangements to repopulate the city and it became a great center linking Europe and Asia. Citizens were encouraged to construct their own places of worship, use their own language and follow their own  customs and traditions. Different religions joined together to create an urban culture of commerce, wealth, and learning.

]]> 2016-09-13 18:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123575944 basmatd001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123583796 2016-09-13 18:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123583796 basmatd001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123584458 2016-09-13 18:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123584458 basmatd001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123585873 2016-09-13 18:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123585873 basmatd001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123586559 2016-09-13 18:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123586559 barones001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123588362 The 53 Day Siege and the Fall of Constantinople]]> 2016-09-13 18:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123588362 barones001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123867515 The most impressive piece of architecture is the Church of Holy Wisdom or more popularly known as Hagia Sophia which was later turned into a mosque.]]> 2016-09-14 17:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123867515 barones001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123870352 2016-09-14 17:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123870352 leeminj001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123876480 St. Constantine]]> 2016-09-14 18:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123876480 leeminj001 https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123882791 Jackson, Sarah, Ava, Nicolas, Dmytro]]> 2016-09-14 18:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/barones001/1500cons/wish/123882791