| Well Istanbul,or Constantinople as it was formerly known at the time,was one the most impenetrable citadels in the world.It was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.It was founded by Constantine the Great in 330 A.D. at a town called Byzantium.
The city was famous for it's walls which consisted of three sets,the most notable is the third and final wall which was built by Theodosius II,it stood over 60 feet tall and was invincible to most most barbarians.
Constantinople was taken only three times, once by the treachery of the 4th crusade, the second when it was retaken by the Byzantines under Michael VIII, and finally it fell to the Turks in 1453 under Sultan Mohammed II and his cannons.
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