I'm experimenting with some new editing styles - this one was inspired by the channel 'Horses', I like the simplicity of it, and it allows me to spend slightly more time writing and researching, and slightly less time editing! I hope you enjoy, and thank you for watching.
I can completely see the Horses impression on your presentation work - I am so pleased to see you directly confirm it! Your channel is *fantastic*. I’ve gobbled it up the past few days. Please continue the excellent work. You are spectacular.
I'm an American who taught English to university and high school students in Istanbul, Turkey for 4 years in the early 2000s. As a child obsessed with all things medieval (Crusader history, early lives of Christian saints, Ottoman/Moorish history, epic stories/poems/legends of Vikings, Knights and Pirates), everyday riding the city bus to work past ancient churches, mosques, and relics of walls and aqueducts was a delightful dream come true!! When you live in a city like that, everyday you walk out your house you'll find a new secret from the past!! Thank you for this.
This is the kind of extremely rare yet very important information for anyone who wants to understand the Romans or any other civilization or culture. The capital was the seat of power and was designed to show it. And given the importance of any capital city it is really surprising to me that details about its founding and or development over time are so often completely overlooked. (Of course not many cities from antiquity have left us with as much data as Rome or Constantinople but most have at least some) And as you pointed out before, I too have never seen a presentation about the city itself. So hats off to you for an outstanding job!
This is extremely underrated. Great quality and very informative. It's weird how little is there on Constantinople's layout throughout the ages and even weirder that videos like yours don't appear when you search on TH-cam. It's definitely one of a kind and a great pleasure to watch! Looking forward to more videos on the city with even more exhausting detail, subscribed without second thoughts.
Jesus, as someone who studies the history of Constantinople and had made works concerning it, this video was a blast! I'm suprised at how little subscribers your channel has considering the quality of your content. Albeit having some minor mistakes (like saying that the hunnic invasion was in the late 4th century and not the 5th), the video was accurate for the most part an was paced and edited wonderfully. Cheers!
This is really great editing, and so informative! I'm really enjoying your channel, the subjects are so interesting and your style is very relaxing and entertaining! I hope you keep them coming! :)
I just found the channel. Phenomenal content. You’ll definitely go far so long as your facts and the like are on point! I’d recommend adding sources to your description as it really adds to your validity and image. Otherwise great content, immediate subscription.
Wow, I wasnt expecting this quality since the views were so little. I am an Anatolian Turk, they teach us about the Ottomans and Byzantium since middle school and I just realised that the information they gave us about Byzantium and Rome were so superficial, my teachers always said Byzantium was very weak when Siege of Constantinople happend and I remember they tought us about the West Rome and all that but like I said I didnt knew how developed Constantinople was at the year 1000. Its suprising for a city with a 500k population just collapse like that. It probably would be imposible for Ottomans to siege it if the decline never happend.
That is really interesting, I always like hearing about what elements of their own national history people were taught about in school! In Britain history teaching tends to completely skim over the medieval period, and go straight to the early modern.
The Venetians sacked the city during the crusades and stole most of the valuable possessions. Black plague erased the population. Fatih came and found a very poor city
It wasnt called İstanbul until much later. In fact the official name of the city was "Konstantiniyye" which means the city of Constantine in Arabic and Turkish, until 1935 well into 20th century. Constantinople still stands as does Rome and Athens and almost all Alexandrias.
Kolay Gelsin from NYC. I'm an American who taught English to university and high school students in Istanbul, Turkey for 4 years in the early 2000s. As a child obsessed with all things medieval (Crusader history, early lives of Christian saints, Ottoman/Moorish history, epic stories/poems/legends of Vikings, Knights and Pirates), everyday riding the metrobus (lived in Okmeydani) to work past ancient churches, mosques, and relics of walls and aqueducts was a delightful dream come true!! When you live in a city like that, everyday you walk out your house you'll find a new secret from the past!!
For me personally one of the most difficult questions ‘would you rather see the city of Constantinople as it was in 1000 at the height of the Byzantines or as it was in 1680 at the height of the Ottomans’!
@@Edithaeit was a relatively small city (albeit growing) and still under construction, plus most of the iconic monuments were still missing. A city worth visiting under Constantine would be Trier.
I'm a Turkish guy born in Germany and live in Constantinople aka Istanbul now. Coming from Germany which was extensively bombed in WWII I'm always amazed to see still living history everywhere. And it's rich & flourishing again. We don't only have amazing churches from medieval and Ottoman era but the government has built even a new Assyrian church for the Syrian refugees. Anyone who hasn't seen Constantinople has wasted his life. And I want to point out that the city's name didn't change. My ancestors were just mispronouncing the Greek term "stampoli" meaning "to the city" or something. Please correct me if I either wrongly transliterated or translated it.
I live in Constantinople (Istanbul) in the neighborhood of Yedikule (7 towers) which was built in 1458 by Mehmed II ''Conqueror'', this neighborhood has its semi citadel's walls and towers connected to the actual theodosian walls of the city.
@@ucnurut5706it was called Constantinople for a millennium and a half until 1930. Meanwhile New York was called new Amsterdam for only fifty years. Get over yourself
A majority of the important people in the remains of the Byzantine empire fled to Italy and Europe and also there wasn’t much a need for architecture right before the fall.
I'm experimenting with some new editing styles - this one was inspired by the channel 'Horses', I like the simplicity of it, and it allows me to spend slightly more time writing and researching, and slightly less time editing! I hope you enjoy, and thank you for watching.
Horses is a great channel for sure!
I can completely see the Horses impression on your presentation work - I am so pleased to see you directly confirm it!
Your channel is *fantastic*. I’ve gobbled it up the past few days. Please continue the excellent work. You are spectacular.
I'm an American who taught English to university and high school students in Istanbul, Turkey for 4 years in the early 2000s. As a child obsessed with all things medieval (Crusader history, early lives of Christian saints, Ottoman/Moorish history, epic stories/poems/legends of Vikings, Knights and Pirates), everyday riding the city bus to work past ancient churches, mosques, and relics of walls and aqueducts was a delightful dream come true!! When you live in a city like that, everyday you walk out your house you'll find a new secret from the past!! Thank you for this.
Your production quality and writing are superb. I was surprised to see you dont have a couple hundred thousand views, but you're definitely on the way
This is the kind of extremely rare yet very important information for anyone who wants to understand the Romans or any other civilization or culture.
The capital was the seat of power and was designed to show it.
And given the importance of any capital city it is really surprising to me that details about its founding and or development over time are so often completely overlooked.
(Of course not many cities from antiquity have left us with as much data as Rome or Constantinople but most have at least some)
And as you pointed out before, I too have never seen a presentation about the city itself.
So hats off to you for an outstanding job!
This is extremely underrated. Great quality and very informative. It's weird how little is there on Constantinople's layout throughout the ages and even weirder that videos like yours don't appear when you search on TH-cam. It's definitely one of a kind and a great pleasure to watch! Looking forward to more videos on the city with even more exhausting detail, subscribed without second thoughts.
Jesus, as someone who studies the history of Constantinople and had made works concerning it, this video was a blast! I'm suprised at how little subscribers your channel has considering the quality of your content. Albeit having some minor mistakes (like saying that the hunnic invasion was in the late 4th century and not the 5th), the video was accurate for the most part an was paced and edited wonderfully. Cheers!
This is really great editing, and so informative! I'm really enjoying your channel, the subjects are so interesting and your style is very relaxing and entertaining!
I hope you keep them coming! :)
You have been missed, welcome back 🙏🏼
I just found the channel. Phenomenal content. You’ll definitely go far so long as your facts and the like are on point! I’d recommend adding sources to your description as it really adds to your validity and image. Otherwise great content, immediate subscription.
This video is very well made and the contents of it are extremely intriguing. You definitely deserve more views.
Wow, I wasnt expecting this quality since the views were so little. I am an Anatolian Turk, they teach us about the Ottomans and Byzantium since middle school and I just realised that the information they gave us about Byzantium and Rome were so superficial, my teachers always said Byzantium was very weak when Siege of Constantinople happend and I remember they tought us about the West Rome and all that but like I said I didnt knew how developed Constantinople was at the year 1000. Its suprising for a city with a 500k population just collapse like that. It probably would be imposible for Ottomans to siege it if the decline never happend.
That is really interesting, I always like hearing about what elements of their own national history people were taught about in school! In Britain history teaching tends to completely skim over the medieval period, and go straight to the early modern.
The Venetians sacked the city during the crusades and stole most of the valuable possessions. Black plague erased the population. Fatih came and found a very poor city
Turkiyede mi yasiyorsun doc ?
This is really good. Great quality. Reminds me of how LEMMiNO edits videos a bit
It wasnt called İstanbul until much later. In fact the official name of the city was "Konstantiniyye" which means the city of Constantine in Arabic and Turkish, until 1935 well into 20th century. Constantinople still stands as does Rome and Athens and almost all Alexandrias.
Kolay Gelsin from NYC. I'm an American who taught English to university and high school students in Istanbul, Turkey for 4 years in the early 2000s. As a child obsessed with all things medieval (Crusader history, early lives of Christian saints, Ottoman/Moorish history, epic stories/poems/legends of Vikings, Knights and Pirates), everyday riding the metrobus (lived in Okmeydani) to work past ancient churches, mosques, and relics of walls and aqueducts was a delightful dream come true!! When you live in a city like that, everyday you walk out your house you'll find a new secret from the past!!
Love this channel, interesting approach to the topic
For me personally one of the most difficult questions ‘would you rather see the city of Constantinople as it was in 1000 at the height of the Byzantines or as it was in 1680 at the height of the Ottomans’!
Neither. I would rather see it at the height of Constantine's reign.
Definitely at the height of Justinians reign. Definitely smaller at year 1000 and too modern at height of Ottomans.
@@Edithaeit was a relatively small city (albeit growing) and still under construction, plus most of the iconic monuments were still missing.
A city worth visiting under Constantine would be Trier.
I think the city was at its height in the reign of Justinian before the plague, so around the 530s
@@Edithaeyou are a loser
thank you for such a good video. much learned.
Thank you for using the right version of Hagia Sophia in the video. What is the source of the city map and is there a version I can download?
I drew the map so I'll see if there's a way for me to share it!
I'm a Turkish guy born in Germany and live in Constantinople aka Istanbul now. Coming from Germany which was extensively bombed in WWII I'm always amazed to see still living history everywhere.
And it's rich & flourishing again.
We don't only have amazing churches from medieval and Ottoman era but the government has built even a new Assyrian church for the Syrian refugees.
Anyone who hasn't seen Constantinople has wasted his life.
And I want to point out that the city's name didn't change. My ancestors were just mispronouncing the Greek term "stampoli" meaning "to the city" or something.
Please correct me if I either wrongly transliterated or translated it.
Amazing ❤❤❤
Make Constantinople Greek Again 2024
joule of the crown is " Sultan Ahmet" known as blue mosque.
I live in Constantinople (Istanbul) in the neighborhood of Yedikule (7 towers) which was built in 1458 by Mehmed II ''Conqueror'', this neighborhood has its semi citadel's walls and towers connected to the actual theodosian walls of the city.
do you still call new york as "new amsterdam"? bet you are not.
@@ucnurut5706it was called Constantinople for a millennium and a half until 1930. Meanwhile New York was called new Amsterdam for only fifty years. Get over yourself
I have walked the Theodosian Walls!
9:58 that says "Poorhouses" not "whorehouses"
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Fun fact Constantinople and Rome have the same size behind the city walls 14 square kilometres
it got uglier in my opinion. dont understandt why the ottomans didnt hire byzantine engineers to repair the city and keep the architecture.
Probably they slaughtered them that's why.
A majority of the important people in the remains of the Byzantine empire fled to Italy and Europe and also there wasn’t much a need for architecture right before the fall.
Greetings from Istanbul (since 1453) ;)
I S T A N B U L 🇹🇷🙏🏻
Lost to foreigners that will never be capable to even remotely create anything comparable.