To: Junior
Is that about the same time Istanbul fell into Turkish hands?
To: Joe 6-pack
Yes.
4 posted on
05/28/2003 7:17:09 AM PDT by
EggsAckley
( Midnight at the Oasis)
To: Joe 6-pack
It wasn't Istanbul at the time -- it was Constantinople.
5 posted on
05/28/2003 7:18:16 AM PDT by
Junior
(Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Istanbul and Constanople are the same city. Even earlier it was called Byzantium.
34 posted on
05/28/2003 8:07:28 AM PDT by
laredo44
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