It started as Byzantium in 667 B.C.E. Its spot on the Bosporus Strait made it key for trade between Europe, Asia, and Africa. The city’s population jumped from 60,000 to 70,000 in the 1400s ...
Coin with a depiction of Byzas, the legendary ancient Greek founder of Byzantium, from the second or third century CE. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Byzantium was one of the most important ...
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