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Crossword Answer:
→17. BYZANTIUM
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- BYZANTIUM (noun)
- a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
- an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
- ISTANBUL (noun)
- the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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