LINDA STRICKLAND - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/linda-strickland/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:05:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 LINDA STRICKLAND - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/linda-strickland/ 32 32 103504436 ISTAMBUL: 2500 YEARS OF HISTORY AND A WEALTH OF CONTRASTS https://houstonnewmedia.org/istambul-2500-years-of-history-and-a-wealth-of-contrasts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=istambul-2500-years-of-history-and-a-wealth-of-contrasts Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:05:24 +0000 https://luxcior.com/?p=2672 City of Four Empires Rome and Istanbul are both over two-and-a-half millennia old, but for the majority of the time Istanbul was larger, more influential, and wealthier than Rome. Istanbul has been the capital of four empires: the Roman Empire (330-395), the Byzantine Empire (395-1204), the Latin Empire (1204-1261), the Byzantine Empire (1261-1453) and the…

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