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The 64 pages that link to Constantinople, each with the reason it gives.

• Benjamin of TudelaRelated: Benjamin described the city’s size, institutions, and Jewish population.

• Maiden’s TowerRelated: The tower’s history follows the transformations of the city across the Bosphorus.

• Venetian–Genoese WarsRelated: Its markets and straits made access to the eastern Mediterranean strategically valuable.

• Abu Ayyub al-AnsariNarrower topic: Its walls and strategic position defined the campaign in which Abu Ayyub died.

• Byzantine Empire under the Amorian dynastyNarrower topic: Its court and strategic position anchored the dynasty’s government and succession.

• Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynastyRelated: The city was the dynasty’s political center and principal setting for its building projects.

• Constantine the Great and ChristianityBroader topic: Its foundation gave the emperor’s Christian patronage a lasting urban center.

• East ThraceCompared with: The name is often used for the city within East Thrace in historical contexts.

• History of IstanbulBroader topic: The name marks the city’s long imperial phase between Byzantium and modern Istanbul.

• John KoukouzelesRelated: Koukouzeles is associated with the capital's musical and ecclesiastical world.

• Joseph the HymnographerNarrower topic: Joseph’s career and church service are closely linked to the empire’s capital.

• Route from the Varangians to the GreeksBroader topic: It was the route’s principal southern destination and a major market.

• Star and crescentRelated: Ottoman adoption of the motif followed the conquest of this city in 1453.

• StobaeusRelated: Stobaeus's collections circulated in the intellectual world of the eastern Roman Empire.