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Constantinople

2011-10-19T18:41:41Z

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|name = Constantinople
|image = Constantinoplepic.png
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|state = [[Ottoman Empire]]
|rulers = Sultanate
|factions = [[Assassins]]<br>[[Templars]]<br>[[Byzantines]]
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|founded = [[Wikipedia:Constantine the Great|Constantine I]]
|date = c. 671 - 662 BC (as [[Wikipedia:Byzantium|Byzantium]])
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|landmark = [[Hagia Sophia]], [[Galata Tower]]
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|targets = }}{{Template:Dialogue|[[Yusuf Tazim]]|Many generations of men have ruled the city. But they have never subdued her. She always bounces back.|[[Ezio Auditore]]|It seems a fine place to call home.|Ezio and Yusuf regarding Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
'''Constantinople''', also known as '''Istanbul''' to its Turkish rulers, was the capital of the [[Ottoman Empire]], and the only pan-continental city in the world. During the [[Renaissance]], it was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, consisting of four distinct districts; [[Constantin District|Constantin]], [[Beyazid District|Beyazid]], [[Imperial District|Imperial]], and [[Galata District|Galata]].

==History==
===Fourth Crusade===
In 1204 the city was visited by the [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who had hopes of setting up a Guild in the city. However, mass riots followed by the arrival of [[wikipedia:Fourth Crusade|European Crusaders]] who sacked the city, forced him to retreat.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>
===Renaissance===

During the Renaissance, at some point between 1501 and 1507, the Doge of [[Venice]], and Sultan [[Bayezid II]], sought to ally their considerable naval powers through a free trade treaty. However, the [[Templars]] were wary of any peace between the two, and became intent on interfering with their alliance.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] dispatched a force of [[mercenaries]] to disrupt the agreement, but they were quickly intercepted by members of the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Assassins]], who set their ship aflame before they could depart. Later on, the Assassins established a guild of their own in Constantinople, so as to keep their enemies in check.<ref name="Project Legacy"/><ref name="Brotherhood"/>

By 1511, the Templars had started to relocate themselves to Constantinople due to their defeat in Italy and the disruption of their activities throughout Europe. There they were threatening to destabilize the entire region and ultimately seize the Ottoman Empire for themselves, which was growing in wealth and power. After traveling to Masyaf to rediscover his Assassin heritage, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], Grand Master of the Assassin Order left for Constantinople to retrieve the seals Altaïr had hidden across the city.<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
[[File:Constantinople Concept.jpg|thumb|250px|''Assassin's Creed'' concept art for Constantinople.]]
*Some pictures suggest that Constantinople was intended to be featured in the first ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' game, as some concept arts show Altaïr on horseback overlooking the city. However, featuring the city would not have corresponded with the overall storyline.
*In the [[E3]] Demo Interview for ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations]]'', it is said that Constantinople will be slightly smaller than [[Rome]], but will have more buildings, and be more densly populated.
*In ''Assassins Creed: Revelations,'' it has been revealed that Ezio's main enemies will be the [[Janissaries]].
*[[Alexandre Amancio]], the Creative Director of the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], stated at E3 that Constantinople is a "really cool metaphor for Ezio meeting Altaïr", due to the fact that half of Constantinople was in Europe, and the other in Asia.
• It is also stated by Darby McDevitt that Constantinople would a meaningful meeting of Ezio and Altair as the city itself was formerly under Christian control, then Muslim, which suits Altair and Ezio as the former hails from a Muslim culture in Syria and the latter hails from a Christian Italy.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="220" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" bordersize="medium" captionalign="center">
constantinople.png|Concept art of Constantinople.
PL MyEnemysEnemy.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
41870.jpg|Ezio Auditore in Constantinople.
Revelations Port.jpg|Ezio Auditore, overlooking the port.
Imperial district Hagia Sophia.png|Comparison of Constantinople from real life to in-game.
Image assassin s creed revelations-15930-2281 0004.jpg|Ezio at a Constantinople port.
Imageassassinscreedreve (2).jpg|The port of Constantinople.
Crossroads of the world.jpg|Constantinople, the Crossroads of the World.
assassin_creed_revelations_screenshot_040.jpg|Constantinople Port Aflame.
assassin_creed_revelations_screenshot_016.jpg|Constantinople Port.
Constantinople_Concept_Pre-release.jpg|Concept art by Gilles Beloeil.
Istanbulencyc.jpg|Constantinople in the Assassin's Creed: Encyclopedia
ACR Constantinople Port.jpg|Concept art of Constantinople's Port
ACR_Constantinople.png|Ezio walks towards Hagia Sophia
ACR STORY 01.png
</gallery>

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Hassan-i Sabbāh

2011-09-25T12:36:55Z

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[[File:Hassan-i Sabbah.jpg|thumb|Hassan-i Sabbah.]]
'''Hassan-i Sabbāh''' (Persian: حسن صباح‎) (1050s - 1124) was the founder (historically) and the first [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] during the late 11th and early 12th century in Iran. His main Fortress and Commanding center was The Castle of [[Alamut]] in the Alborz Mountains of northern Iran and was from the Shiite branch of Islam.

Under his leadership, the Assassins became a public organization, attempting to make the people realize that they were not alone in their fight against oppression, and to make them stand up for themselves - though the Assassins' practices remained unknown. He also sought to protect the Nizari Muslims from the larger Sunni group and the even larger Crusaders.

==Source==
*[http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/File:AC_Timeline.jpg ''Assassin's Creed'' Timeline]

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Ottoman Empire

2011-05-15T18:41:54Z

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The '''Sublime Ottoman State''' (''Ottoman Turkish'': دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه), also known as the '''Ottoman Empire''', was Sunni Muslim and Turkic dominion that ruled the Eastern Mediterranean for an excess of six hundred years.

In 1299, the Byzantines had lost most of the Anatolian provinces, and as a result, Turkish Anatolia was divided into numerous Ghazi emirates. One of these Ghazi emirates was led by Osman, which the empire would be later be entitled by.

== Heading west==
After Osman's death, the Ottomans rapidly conquered the areas of the Byzantine Empire. Their victory at the Battle of Kosovo ended Serbian power in the region and paved the entrance to Europe. In time, the Ottomans had conquered all the lands around [[Constantinople]], though trouble struck when Timur of the Timurid Empire attacked Anatolia in the Battle of Ankara in 1402. He captured the Sultan and part of the Ottoman territories were lost. However, after a period of temporary disorder, Mehmed I became the Sultan and restored Ottoman power.

==Conquest of Constantinople==

The grandson of Mehmed was known as Mehmed the Conqueror. He reorganized the military and state. Using his skills he conquered Constantinople in 1453.

==Aftermath==
Ottoman people used various names for Constantinople including İstanbul, Konstantiniyye and later on İslambol (Turkish: lots of İslam). But Konstantiniyye (Arabic: city of Konstantin) was the name accepted and used by the state at the early years of the city's conquest. It officially took its final name, İstanbul, under the Republic of Turkey reign in 1930.
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