can someone explain to me why istanbul looks so much like constantinople?
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
can someone explain to me why istanbul looks so much like constantinople?
This mornings music
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This mornings music
shouldn't that be Constantinople?
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
shouldn't that be Constantinople?
Yeah, except the production designer clearly said "sure George" and then made the actual style 50% Constantinople and 40% Renaissance Italy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yeah, except the production designer clearly said "sure George" and then made the actual style 50% Constantinople and 40% Renaissance Italy.
as is Constantinople getting the proverbial 'works'
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
as is Constantinople getting the proverbial 'works'
i was napping with the window open earlier and bolted awake thinking i’d been isekai’d to the siege of constantinople
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
i was napping with the window open earlier and bolted awake thinking i’d been isekai’d to the siege of constantinople
Weiter gehts...
Zum Tag des Zungenbrechers die #WochenendOhrwuermer dieses Mal mit
🫦🤕🎶 Lyrics mit Stolpergefahr 🎶🥴👅
🗣️ They Might Be Giants
🔊 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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Zum Tag des Zungenbrechers die #WochenendOhrwuermer dieses Mal mit
🫦🤕🎶 Lyrics mit Stolpergefahr 🎶🥴👅
🗣️ They Might Be Giants
🔊 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Weiter gehts...
Zum Tag des Zungenbrechers die #WochenendOhrwuermer dieses Mal mit
🫦🤕🎶 Lyrics mit Stolpergefahr 🎶🥴👅
🗣️ They Might Be Giants
🔊 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Mitmachen?
Ganz einfach.
Ein Hashtag.
Ein Thema.
Eure Posts.
Das ganze Wochenende.
#MusicChallenge
Zum Tag des Zungenbrechers die #WochenendOhrwuermer dieses Mal mit
🫦🤕🎶 Lyrics mit Stolpergefahr 🎶🥴👅
🗣️ They Might Be Giants
🔊 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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An earthquake destroyed large parts of the Walls of Constantinople #OnThisDay in AD 447. Their rapid reconstruction in 60 days may have saved the city from invasion by Attila the Hun.
#ThrowbackThursday to #Archaeology from 1937 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
📷 Preussische Messbildanstalt
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#ThrowbackThursday to #Archaeology from 1937 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
📷 Preussische Messbildanstalt
🏺
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
An earthquake destroyed large parts of the Walls of Constantinople #OnThisDay in AD 447. Their rapid reconstruction in 60 days may have saved the city from invasion by Attila the Hun.
#ThrowbackThursday to #Archaeology from 1937 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
📷 Preussische Messbildanstalt
🏺
#ThrowbackThursday to #Archaeology from 1937 (£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
📷 Preussische Messbildanstalt
🏺
And they thank you for stopping it at Constantinople. Very helpful of you.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
And they thank you for stopping it at Constantinople. Very helpful of you.
The Vavassore Woodcut (c.1535) is I believe the earliest surviving full visual depiction of Constantinople
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Vavassore Woodcut (c.1535) is I believe the earliest surviving full visual depiction of Constantinople
I like her. She would have done REALLY well in 2nd Century Alexandria, or 6th Century Constantinople. 😁
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I like her. She would have done REALLY well in 2nd Century Alexandria, or 6th Century Constantinople. 😁
PS I don't know who needs to know this, but the fall of Constantinople was 1451, and while not at its peak, the Renaissance was already humming along in Italy.
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
By Adam Serwer
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
By Adam Serwer
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
PS I don't know who needs to know this, but the fall of Constantinople was 1451, and while not at its peak, the Renaissance was already humming along in Italy.
Best songs: a dazzling Black Rider, a stately Desolation Row and a magnificent When I Write My Masterpiece which is now, absurdly, set to the tune of Istanbul (Not Constantinople). And of course - Every Grain Of Sand. And I cried helplessly through It Ain’t Me Babe.
Truly life-alteringly lovely.
Truly life-alteringly lovely.
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Best songs: a dazzling Black Rider, a stately Desolation Row and a magnificent When I Write My Masterpiece which is now, absurdly, set to the tune of Istanbul (Not Constantinople). And of course - Every Grain Of Sand. And I cried helplessly through It Ain’t Me Babe.
Truly life-alteringly lovely.
Truly life-alteringly lovely.
Go from constantinople to cairo you cowards! Conquer everything.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Go from constantinople to cairo you cowards! Conquer everything.
This is exactly how politics worked in Byzantine Constantinople
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is exactly how politics worked in Byzantine Constantinople
1578 years ago, on the 6th of November 447, an earthquake hit Constantinople destroying much op its walls and 57 towers. Another quake followed next January. The presence of Attila the Hun in the Balkans prompted repairs, supported by chariot-racing factions, to be finished in 60 days. #otd 🗃️
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
1578 years ago, on the 6th of November 447, an earthquake hit Constantinople destroying much op its walls and 57 towers. Another quake followed next January. The presence of Attila the Hun in the Balkans prompted repairs, supported by chariot-racing factions, to be finished in 60 days. #otd 🗃️
sieging Constantinople during the black death sounds like a fantastic idea, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, this is going fantastic for me
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
sieging Constantinople during the black death sounds like a fantastic idea, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, this is going fantastic for me
#TurkeysOfDoom are a separatist group condemned by Erdogan for advocating to rename Istanbul back to Constantinople.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
#TurkeysOfDoom are a separatist group condemned by Erdogan for advocating to rename Istanbul back to Constantinople.
OTD in 1853 the Battle of Oltenita was fought. 1st of Crimea war. Russian troops crossed into European Turkey to "protect orthodox Christians" as excuse to try to capture Constantinople. Lost 20 times as many as the enemy in 1st engagement of a war we'd lose.
It's a tradition.
It's a tradition.
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
OTD in 1853 the Battle of Oltenita was fought. 1st of Crimea war. Russian troops crossed into European Turkey to "protect orthodox Christians" as excuse to try to capture Constantinople. Lost 20 times as many as the enemy in 1st engagement of a war we'd lose.
It's a tradition.
It's a tradition.
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Is it right wing bull or Constantinople
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Is it right wing bull or Constantinople
Historian in me can’t help but remember that for much of the period after the Iberian expulsion, the biggest settlement of Jews in the world was Constantinople. There is nothing unusual historically about the thriving of the Jewish diaspora under Muslim civic leaders.
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Historian in me can’t help but remember that for much of the period after the Iberian expulsion, the biggest settlement of Jews in the world was Constantinople. There is nothing unusual historically about the thriving of the Jewish diaspora under Muslim civic leaders.
"A millennia ago" is 1,000 years ago. Byzantine Emperor Basil II ("Bulgar Slayer") dies in Constantinople after a 50-year reign, according to Wikipedia.
The Chicxulub event that killed off the dinosaurs was 66 *million* years ago.
The Chicxulub event that killed off the dinosaurs was 66 *million* years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"A millennia ago" is 1,000 years ago. Byzantine Emperor Basil II ("Bulgar Slayer") dies in Constantinople after a 50-year reign, according to Wikipedia.
The Chicxulub event that killed off the dinosaurs was 66 *million* years ago.
The Chicxulub event that killed off the dinosaurs was 66 *million* years ago.
Byzantine debuffs seem strong but longer term so far. Their army is big but food production in the Constantinople market collapsed due to Byzantine events + a Serbian invasion of Bulgaria. I'm basically feeding everyone and getting rich of it lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Byzantine debuffs seem strong but longer term so far. Their army is big but food production in the Constantinople market collapsed due to Byzantine events + a Serbian invasion of Bulgaria. I'm basically feeding everyone and getting rich of it lol
Because I was just listening to it: Istanbul (not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Because I was just listening to it: Istanbul (not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants