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Constantinople - LoveToKnow 1911 (7242 words) |
 | Roman law, Greek literature, the theology of the Christian church, for example, are intimately associated with the history of the city beside the Bosporus. |
| According to Zosimus, the line of the landward walls erected by Constantine to defend New Rome was drawn at a distance of nearly 2 m. |
| In Stamboul: (I) Sultan Bayezid, (2) Sultan Mehemet, (3) Djerah Pasha (Psamatia); on the European side of the Bosporus and the northern side of the Golden Horn: (4) Beshiktash, (5) Yenikeui, (6) Pera, (7) Buyukdere; on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus: (8) Anadol Hissar, (9) Scutari, (io) Kadikeui. |
| Bosporus - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (462 words) |
| The Bosporus or Bosphorus (Turkish Boğaziçi or İstanbul Boğazı) is a strait that separates the European part (Rumeli) of Turkey from its Asian part (Anadolu), connecting the Sea of Marmara (Marmara Denizi) with the Black Sea (Karadeniz). |
| Bosporus means in Greek "ox ford" or "ox passage"; the name comes from a Greek myth about Io's travels after Zeus turned her into an ox for her protection. |
| The Bosporus formed about 5600 BC when the rising waters of the Mediterranean/Sea of Marmara breeched through to the Black Sea, which at the time was a low-lying body of fresh water. |
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