BYZANTIUM, CONSTANTINOPLE AND İSTANBUL

The modern city of İstanbul is the sixth largest metropolis in the world. Its beginnings were modest but important settlements dating from the later part of the Stone Age. Recent discoveries have suggested that the area has been inhabited since the 7th millennium BC. Artifacts from the Neolithic period have been discovered on the European side of the city, and nearby remains from the slightly later Copper Age have been found.

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