Konstantinoupolis

By sundown the heat of the day faded and the first slow night breeze moved over the Black Sea to Konstantinoupolis, its light touch heralding the coming darkness.

In August 1261, a month after the Latins were expelled from Konstantinoupolis, Mikhael entered the city in a magnificent procession and was crowned emperor at Hagia Sophia.

Crusaders, who single handedly destroyed Konstantinoupolis, one of the most ancient and profound civilizations of mankind.

From the 4ᵗʰ century C.E. on, when the capital of the empire was transferred to Konstantinoupolis (then known as Byzantium, hence the term Byzantine for the Eastern Roman Empire), the influence of Roman glassmakers was felt in Persia; some may have settled there.