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Constantinople

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{{Era|Brotherhood|Revelations|PL|DYL|Rbook}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{WPlocations}}
{{Quote|Many generations of men have ruled the city. But they have never subdued her. She always bounces back.|[[Yusuf Tazim]] regarding Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Location infobox
|name = Constantinople ( Istanbul )
|image = Constantinoplepic.png
|hidep =
|state = [[Ottoman Empire]]
|rulers = Sultanate
|factions = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Assassins]]
|hideh =
|founded = {{Wiki|Constantine the Great|Constantine I}}
|date = c. 671 - 662 BC (as {{Wiki|Byzantium|Byzantium}})
|abandoned =
|hidea =
|landmark = [[Topkapı Palace]] [[Hagia Sophia]] [[Galata Tower]]
|flags =
|targets = [[Vali cel Tradat]] [[Cyril of Rhodes]] [[Georgios Kostas]] [[Lysistrata]] [[Mirela Djuric]] [[Odai Dunqas]] [[Halim]] [[Tarik Barleti]] [[Ahmet]]
}}
'''Constantinople''', also known at various times as '''Byzantium''', '''Kostantiniyye''' or '''Istanbul''', was the capital of the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}} and its successor - the [[Ottoman Empire]] - following the conquest of 1453. The only pan-continental city in the world; during the [[Renaissance]], it was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, consisting of four distinct districts; [[Constantine District|Constantine]], [[Bayezid District|Bayezid]], [[Imperial District|Imperial]], and [[Galata District|Galata]].

== History ==
In 1204, the city was visited by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who had hopes of introducing the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] to the city. However, mass riots followed by the arrival of {{Wiki|Fourth Crusade|European Crusaders}} who sacked the city, forced him to retreat.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

In 1258, [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] established an Assassins Guild in Constantinople, after returning from the Assassin Fortress of Masyaf, thus forming the [[Turkish Assassins]] branch. They hid the five [[Masyaf Keys]] given to them by Altaïr in the [[Yerebatan Cistern]] entered by a secret door in Polo's old trading post; the [[Maiden's Tower]]; and beneath [[the Forum of the Ox]], [[Galata Tower]] and what would become [[Topkapı Palace]].<ref name="Revelations"/>

During the [[Renaissance]], at some point between 1501 and 1507, the Doge of [[Venice]], along with 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. The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] dispatched a force of [[mercenaries]] to disrupt the agreement, but they were quickly intercepted by members of the [[Italian Assassins]], who set their ship aflame before they could depart.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

By 1509, the Templars had started to relocate themselves to Constantinople due to their defeat in Italy and the disruption of their activities throughout Western Europe. The Templars formed a faction known as the [[Byzantines|Stewards of Byzantium]] and attempted to seize control of the city in the wake of Bayezid's absence, due to his civil war with his son [[Selim I|Selim]].

An {{Wiki|1509 Istanbul earthquake|earthquake}} uncovered the Key hidden beneath Topkapı Palace. Two years later, after traveling to Masyaf to reveal his Assassin heritage, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], Mentor of the Italian Assassins, arrived in Constantinople to retrieve the other Keys before the Templars. His leadership enabled the Assassins to reclaim their [[Assassin Dens|dens]] from the Byzantines and liberated most of the shops from their control, much as he had in Rome, as well as training several Assassins to the rank of [[Master Assassin]], through the assassination of key Templar agents. However, when Selim took control of the throne, he banished Ezio from Constantinople, though allowed him one final visit to the city to sort out his affairs, by request of his son [[Suleiman I|Suleiman]].<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref><ref name="Revelations novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)]]''</ref>

== Trivia ==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', the city is slightly smaller than [[Rome]] was in Brotherhood, but it has more buildings, and is more densely populated.
*[[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", citing the fact that half of Constantinople was in Europe, and the other in Asia.
*It is also stated by [[Darby McDevitt]] that Constantinople would be a meaningful meeting of Ezio and Altaïr as the city itself was formerly under Christian control, then Muslim, which suits Altaïr and Ezio as the former hails from a Muslim culture in [[Syria]] and the latter hails from a Christian [[Italy]].

== Gallery ==
<tabber>
Concept art=
<gallery widths="160" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
constantinople.png|Concept art of Constantinople.
PL MyEnemysEnemy.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
Imageassassinscreedreve (2).jpg|The port of Constantinople.
ACR Constantinople Port.jpg|Concept art of Constantinople's port.
Rich district of Constantinople by Olivier Martin.jpg|Rich district of Constantinople concept art by [[Olivier Martin]].
ACR Street Art HD.png|Ezio walks towards the Hagia Sophia.
ACR Constantniople Port.jpg|Constantinople port concept art.
ACR Street Art 2 HD.png|Ezio walking in Constantinople.
Istanbul Rooftops concept by Donglu Yu.jpg|Constantinople Rooftops concept by Donglu Yu.
ACR Street Art 3 HD.png
ACR Constantinople Gates Art HD.png
78.jpg
Constantinoplepanoramic.png|Constantinople as seen from the Bosphorus.
acr-revelation-map-constantinople-galata.jpg|Map of the city.
</gallery>
|-|
Screenshots=
<gallery widths="160" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
Constantinople at night.jpg|Constantinople at night
Ezio using a view point in ACR.jpg|Ezio surveying Constantinople.
Arcadia district of Constantinople.jpg|Arcadia district of Constantinople.
Constantinople poor district.jpg|Constantinople’s poor district.
Poor district of Constantinople 2.jpg|Poor district of Constantinople.
Poor district of Constantinople.jpg
Constantinople at night - Panoramic.png
</gallery>
</tabber>
{{wide image|PanoramaConstantinople.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Galata during the 16thcentury.
|alt=Panorama of Constantinople}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{ACRevelations}}
[[Category:Constantinople| ]]
[[Category:Cities of Europe]]
[[Category:Cities of Asia]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel) locations]]

Constantinople

2012-12-02T15:08:35Z

92.44.167.157:

{{Era|Brotherhood|Revelations|PL|DYL|Rbook}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{WPlocations}}
{{Quote|Many generations of men have ruled the city. But they have never subdued her. She always bounces back.|[[Yusuf Tazim]] regarding Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Location infobox
|name = Constantinople (Istanbul)
|image = Constantinoplepic.png
|hidep =
|state = [[Ottoman Empire]]
|rulers = Sultanate
|factions = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Assassins]]
|hideh =
|founded = {{Wiki|Constantine the Great|Constantine I}}
|date = c. 671 - 662 BC (as {{Wiki|Byzantium|Byzantium}})
|abandoned =
|hidea =
|landmark = [[Topkapı Palace]] [[Hagia Sophia]] [[Galata Tower]]
|flags =
|targets = [[Vali cel Tradat]] [[Cyril of Rhodes]] [[Georgios Kostas]] [[Lysistrata]] [[Mirela Djuric]] [[Odai Dunqas]] [[Halim]] [[Tarik Barleti]] [[Ahmet]]
}}
'''Constantinople''', also known at various times as '''Byzantium''', '''Kostantiniyye''' or '''Istanbul''', was the capital of the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}} and its successor - the [[Ottoman Empire]] - following the conquest of 1453. The only pan-continental city in the world; during the [[Renaissance]], it was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, consisting of four distinct districts; [[Constantine District|Constantine]], [[Bayezid District|Bayezid]], [[Imperial District|Imperial]], and [[Galata District|Galata]].

== History ==
In 1204, the city was visited by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who had hopes of introducing the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] to the city. However, mass riots followed by the arrival of {{Wiki|Fourth Crusade|European Crusaders}} who sacked the city, forced him to retreat.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

In 1258, [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] established an Assassins Guild in Constantinople, after returning from the Assassin Fortress of Masyaf, thus forming the [[Turkish Assassins]] branch. They hid the five [[Masyaf Keys]] given to them by Altaïr in the [[Yerebatan Cistern]] entered by a secret door in Polo's old trading post; the [[Maiden's Tower]]; and beneath [[the Forum of the Ox]], [[Galata Tower]] and what would become [[Topkapı Palace]].<ref name="Revelations"/>

During the [[Renaissance]], at some point between 1501 and 1507, the Doge of [[Venice]], along with 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. The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] dispatched a force of [[mercenaries]] to disrupt the agreement, but they were quickly intercepted by members of the [[Italian Assassins]], who set their ship aflame before they could depart.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

By 1509, the Templars had started to relocate themselves to Constantinople due to their defeat in Italy and the disruption of their activities throughout Western Europe. The Templars formed a faction known as the [[Byzantines|Stewards of Byzantium]] and attempted to seize control of the city in the wake of Bayezid's absence, due to his civil war with his son [[Selim I|Selim]].

An {{Wiki|1509 Istanbul earthquake|earthquake}} uncovered the Key hidden beneath Topkapı Palace. Two years later, after traveling to Masyaf to reveal his Assassin heritage, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], Mentor of the Italian Assassins, arrived in Constantinople to retrieve the other Keys before the Templars. His leadership enabled the Assassins to reclaim their [[Assassin Dens|dens]] from the Byzantines and liberated most of the shops from their control, much as he had in Rome, as well as training several Assassins to the rank of [[Master Assassin]], through the assassination of key Templar agents. However, when Selim took control of the throne, he banished Ezio from Constantinople, though allowed him one final visit to the city to sort out his affairs, by request of his son [[Suleiman I|Suleiman]].<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref><ref name="Revelations novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)]]''</ref>

== Trivia ==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', the city is slightly smaller than [[Rome]] was in Brotherhood, but it has more buildings, and is more densely populated.
*[[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", citing the fact that half of Constantinople was in Europe, and the other in Asia.
*It is also stated by [[Darby McDevitt]] that Constantinople would be a meaningful meeting of Ezio and Altaïr as the city itself was formerly under Christian control, then Muslim, which suits Altaïr and Ezio as the former hails from a Muslim culture in [[Syria]] and the latter hails from a Christian [[Italy]].

== Gallery ==
<tabber>
Concept art=
<gallery widths="160" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
constantinople.png|Concept art of Constantinople.
PL MyEnemysEnemy.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
Imageassassinscreedreve (2).jpg|The port of Constantinople.
ACR Constantinople Port.jpg|Concept art of Constantinople's port.
Rich district of Constantinople by Olivier Martin.jpg|Rich district of Constantinople concept art by [[Olivier Martin]].
ACR Street Art HD.png|Ezio walks towards the Hagia Sophia.
ACR Constantniople Port.jpg|Constantinople port concept art.
ACR Street Art 2 HD.png|Ezio walking in Constantinople.
Istanbul Rooftops concept by Donglu Yu.jpg|Constantinople Rooftops concept by Donglu Yu.
ACR Street Art 3 HD.png
ACR Constantinople Gates Art HD.png
78.jpg
Constantinoplepanoramic.png|Constantinople as seen from the Bosphorus.
acr-revelation-map-constantinople-galata.jpg|Map of the city.
</gallery>
|-|
Screenshots=
<gallery widths="160" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
Constantinople at night.jpg|Constantinople at night
Ezio using a view point in ACR.jpg|Ezio surveying Constantinople.
Arcadia district of Constantinople.jpg|Arcadia district of Constantinople.
Constantinople poor district.jpg|Constantinople’s poor district.
Poor district of Constantinople 2.jpg|Poor district of Constantinople.
Poor district of Constantinople.jpg
Constantinople at night - Panoramic.png
</gallery>
</tabber>
{{wide image|PanoramaConstantinople.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Galata during the 16thcentury.
|alt=Panorama of Constantinople}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{ACRevelations}}
[[Category:Constantinople| ]]
[[Category:Cities of Europe]]
[[Category:Cities of Asia]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel) locations]]

Ottoman Empire

2012-12-01T19:15:48Z

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== [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire]] ==
[[Special:Contributions/92.44.167.157|92.44.167.157]] 19:15, December 1, 2012 (UTC)dd

With the {{Wiki|Fall of Constantinople}} in 1453 at the hands of the [[Ottomans]], the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}} fell. Some time afterwards, the [[Templars]] began opposing the Ottoman Empire to conquer it under the Templar banner. [[Vlad Tepes]], Prince of {{Wiki|Wallachia}}, was one of those that made active attempts at conquering the Ottomans' land, until he was defeated in 1476 by the [[Assassin leader|leader]] of the [[Turkish Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]], [[Ishak Pasha]], and subsequently killed

.

Later in 1509, the Templars returned to the Ottoman Empire under the banner of the Byzantine Empire and the leadership of [[Manuel Palaiologos]], in an attempt to conquer Constantinople from within. While Sultan [[Bayezid II]] fought with his son [[Selim I|Selim]] over the succession of the throne, the Templars managed to gain an easy foothold within the Empire, and Bayezid's eldest son and presumed heir, Prince [[Ahmet]], eventually joined the Templars' cause and easily took over Manuel's place as the leader of the Byzantine Templars.

In 1511, due to the combined efforts of [[Yusuf Tazim]], leader of the Ottoman Assassins, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]], and Prince [[Suleiman I|Suleiman]], the Assassins managed to fight and repel the Templars from the Ottoman Empire, after Manuel's death at the hands of Ezio in [[Derinkuyu]] and Ahmet's death at those of his own brother Selim. he '''Ottoman Empire''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_language Ottoman Turkish]: دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه ''Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-twareekh.com-5 [4]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language Modern Turkish]: ''Osmanlı İmparatorluğu''), also historically referred to as the '''Turkish Empire''' or '''Turkey''', was a state founded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_people Turkish] tribes under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_I Osman Bey] in north-western [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia Anatolia] in 1299.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-6 [5]] With the conquest of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople Constantinople] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II Mehmed II] in 1453, the Ottoman state became an empire. The empire reached its peak at 1590, covering parts of Asia, Europe and Africa. The reign of the long-lived [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_dynasty Ottoman dynasty] lasted for 623 years, from 27 July 1299[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-7 [6]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-8 [dn 2]] to 1 November 1922, when the monarchy in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey Turkey] was abolished.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-9 [7]]

During the 16th and 17th centuries, in particular at the height of its power under the reign of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent Suleiman the Magnificent], the Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world – a multinational, multilingual empire that stretched from the southern borders of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire Holy Roman Empire] to the outskirts of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna Vienna], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hungary Royal Hungary] (modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia Slovakia]) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth] in the north to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen Yemen]and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea Eritrea] in the south; from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria Algeria] in the west to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan Azerbaijan] in the east;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-10 [8]] controlling much of southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-11 [9]] At the beginning of the 17th century the empire contained [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Ottoman_Empire 32 provinces] and numerous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal_and_tributary_states_of_the_Ottoman_Empire vassal states], some of which were later absorbed into the empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-12 [dn 3]]

With [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0stanbul Constantinople] as its capital and vast control of lands around the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea Mediterranean basin], the empire was at the center of interactions between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_world Eastern] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world Western worlds] for over six centuries.

After the international recognition of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey new Turkish parliament] headquartered in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara Ankara], by means of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lausanne Treaty of Lausanne] signed on 24 July 1923, the Turkish parliament proclaimed on 29 October 1923 the establishment of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey Republic of Turkey] as the new Turkish State that succeeded and formally ended the defunct Ottoman Empire, in line with the treaty.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-13 [dn 4]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#cite_note-14 [10]] The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Caliphate Ottoman Caliphate] was abolished on 3 March 1924; the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate Caliphate]'s authority and properties were transferred to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey Grand National Assembly of Turkey].

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
{{ACR}}
[[Category:Former empires]]