#Byzantium & #constantinople (now Istanbul) was once the wealthiest & most cosmopolitan crossroads in the world 🌎- between Asia and Europe, it welcomed all as a refuge. Destroyed and broke by centuries of internecine war, however, it was toppled by the Turks & ransacked & destroyed. TRISTA4CHANGE.COM - Trista is honors graduate of Oxford university, UC Berkeley & Taipei Medical University; she has traveled 🧳 extensively around the world 🌍 & written many travel & history articles, some in conjunction with #DiscoveryChannel.
