Poll of the Day > Istanbul was Constantinople

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Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

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So where's Constantinople?

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MrMelodramatic posted...

So where's Constantinople?

Istanbul was Constantinople

Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

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That song is catchy but I don't know all the words so I just keep repeating the same verse over and over when it gets stuck in my head

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Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam

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Metalsonic66 posted...

That song is catchy but I don't know all the words so I just keep repeating the same verse over and over when it gets stuck in my head

I woke up with it on loop in my head

I know Ive heard it before in passing but I dont think I was consciously aware of it before today. I think it might be a SCP

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Mead posted...

Istanbul was Constantinople

Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

So where'd they move Constantinople? Florida?

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Constantinople and Timbuktu

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papercup posted...

Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam

Why'd they change it I can't say...
People just liked it better that way

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That song was such an odd thing to play during one scene of Umbrella Academy. <_<

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqJXxHi6RwQ

Entity13 posted...

That song was such an odd thing to play during one scene of Umbrella Academy. <_<

Most of that show's music breakdowns were weird but also kinda stylish too

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That's nobodies business but the Turks

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Somebody once told me it used to be called Islambul lol or Islamipole

I think that was bs

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Make Istanbul Constantinople Again

I saw this on a hat before.

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The funny part is, everyone remembers those two, but nobody remembers that it also used to be called Byzantium.
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Metalsonic66 posted...

Most of that show's music breakdowns were weird but also kinda stylish too

Yep. So much "Let's roll with it!"

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you have potential, mead. i want you to be funny. i believe you can be funny. but, come on, we both know you're not getting there by making topics like these, ok?

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Aculo posted...

you have potential, mead. i want you to be funny. i believe you can be funny. but, come on, we both know you're not getting there by making topics like these, ok?

Im not even trying to be funny and Im not gonna tolerate criticism from somebody that thinks its funny to be an online bully

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https://i.imgur.com/YZWeEMP.gif

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

The funny part is, everyone remembers those two, but nobody remembers that it also used to be called Byzantium.

wasn't that the whole state rather than just the city?

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FatalAccident posted...

wasn't that the whole state rather than just the city?

It was both.

The city was founded as a Greek city called Byzantium, then Constantine renamed it after himself after he made it the eastern capital of the Roman Empire. Then the Turks mostly called it something like Kostantiniyye (not sure of the spelling) for years after conquering it, before they eventually officially changed the name to Istanbul.

The Byzantines themselves just referred to their empire as "The Roman Empire" - because from their perspective, they were the direct inheritors of the original empire and it never "fell". At most, they might acknowledge the distinction and refer to themselves as "The Eastern Roman Empire" instead.

But western Europeans tended to be salty about that sort of thing and refused to accept that the Roman Empire still "stood" once Rome itself fell, so they started calling it the Byzantine Empire (named after Byzantium, because "The Constantinian Empire" probably seemed more awkward) or occasionally "The Greek Empire" (because they viewed the Byzantines as being far more Greek than Roman in outlook and heritage).

Stuff like that is part of why the Byzantines were annoyed when Charlemagne was declared Holy Roman Emperor (because in their view he had no right to the title and the Pope had no authority to bestow it), and why they were always sort of annoyed by the later Holy Roman Empire (which, as the old joke goes, was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire).
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^ nice

good to have u back

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Aculo posted...

you have potential, mead. i want you to be funny. i believe you can be funny. but, come on, we both know you're not getting there by making topics like these, ok?

I actually made a very similar topic a week or two ago and no one replied. I wasn't trying to be funny, I literally just wanted someone to say "hey I like that song too"

Okay, the lyrics were kinda funny

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It's possible that they could be large people

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Metalsonic66 posted...

I actually made a very similar topic a week or two ago and no one replied. I wasn't trying to be funny, I literally just wanted someone to say "hey I like that song too"

Okay, the lyrics were kinda funny

no no, i mean, i get it, it's silly. i just believe mead has the potential to be a funny guy... almost as funny as he thinks he is now, but isn't. i guess i'm just trying to say i believe in him, ok?

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Metalsonic66 posted...

I actually made a very similar topic a week or two ago and no one replied. I wasn't trying to be funny, I literally just wanted someone to say "hey I like that song too"

Okay, the lyrics were kinda funny

which song was it?

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Metalsonic66 posted...

I actually made a very similar topic a week or two ago and no one replied. I wasn't trying to be funny, I literally just wanted someone to say "hey I like that song too"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcze7EGorOk
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https://youtu.be/LVuxIdxEwpI

ParanoidObsessive posted...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcze7EGorOk

This is the superior version of the song.

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Metalsonic66 posted...

https://youtu.be/LVuxIdxEwpI

I dont think Ive heard that song before, seems like a great pub song though


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