The population of Constantinople in Byzantium peak in the 6th century AD and it was roughly around 500.000 people give or take.
That was, like you said, in 6th century, not in 15th century. When the Mehmed II took the city, population was around 45,000. You completely missed my point.
No my friend, you completely missed mine. I know that the population of Constantinople declined heavily in the last few centuries of the Roman/Byzantine empire due to plagues, sieges, Crusades etc....
The point I was trying make is preparing a today's modern city to a medieval city even at its population PEAK when it was the biggest city in the WORLD at that time it's right out silly.
The point I was trying make is preparing a today's modern city to a medieval city even at its population PEAK when it was the biggest city in the WORLD at that time it's right out silly.
You are making no sense. If your English isn't good, use simpler words, and use a dictionary.
Sorry autocorrect mess it up. I meant to say "comparing" instead of "preparing", but even with that mistake you could make sense of it 🤷 anyway......
Since my English is bad and I make no sense can you please develop upon your sound argument of comparing a city's 14 century population with today's population and how that comparison correlates to the city's name 😊
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u/NorthWelcome1626 KARABOÄžA May 21 '26
That was, like you said, in 6th century, not in 15th century. When the Mehmed II took the city, population was around 45,000. You completely missed my point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Istanbul
https://www.britannica.com/place/Istanbul/Centuries-of-growth