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[jerusalem1002]

Byzantium Lives !!!!!

[Hazelrat10]

Turkey should give Istanbul (Constantinople, or Byzantium) back to Greece. It was created by Greeks, it was part of Greece for 2,000 years, and it should remain Greek. So why does a country from Asia minor get to control what is probably the most important city in history, second only to Rome?

[Lhein33]

@Strongholddg The papist Crusades caused a lot of disasters and destructions to the world. We don't another one. The Roman state, the greatest empire on Earth during that age, lost much of its power because of the Crusaders. The sack of Constantinople in 1204 bears withness to this truth.

Do you know what Loukas Notaras said about them? "It's better to see in the midst of the City a turkish turban reigning than a Latin mitre". That was the horror the Crusaders left behind them.

[Hellasfe1]

very good!!!

[unfukkkmee]

BYZANTIUM IS GREEK

CONSTANTINOPLE IS GREEK

[tonymas004]

@ctimur please write something about anatolia if you have time.it's very interesting.

[tonymas004]

@ctimur my respect to you man.my name is anatoly

[Strongholddg]

@sasagavric i agree

[Strongholddg]

THe last crusade will free those lands....

[AegeanKing]

@ctimur The name Byzantium comes from the Greek King Byzas.

[AegeanKing]

@ctimur the word "Rum" comes from the Arabic word for Roman Empire. Just google it. Mehmed himself called himself "Kaiser-i-Rum" meaning Caesar of Rome. Why would you bring the Hittites into this conversation??? They disappeared before the Roman Empire. The Lydians, lycians, leleges and Phrygians were ALL HELLENIZED. Hence the disappearance of their language. The name Constantinople is GREEK. the name Hagia Sophia is Greek. The name Anatolia is Greek.

[AegeanKing]

@ctimur No, you are WRONG! During the Byzantine Empire there was no such thing as Phrygian, Hittite or Lydian. Pontians are GREEK. Lastly, the Hittites DISAPPEARED a long time ago way before the Roman Empire and the Lydians were HELLENIZED. The Byzantine Empire means HELLENIC CULTURE AND HELLENIC LANGAUGE. Understand?? Rum means Roman, not Anatolian. That is why the Greek language is called RUMCA. The Sultanate of Rum refers to the "Roman lands". Anatolia was eastern Roman land.