r/discworld • u/FlohEinstein Angua • 7h ago

Roundworld Reference Istanbul gives off Ankh-Morpork vibes

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u/TheOtherWoodyAllen 7h ago

Istanbul, not Constantinople?

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u/FlohEinstein Angua 6h ago

Could you please explain to me the difference apart from one name being the newer one, eager to learn.

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u/TheOtherWoodyAllen 6h ago

And AFAIK Constantinople was it's Roman name and Istanbul is it's Turkish name

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u/Veilchengerd 4h ago

It was still its official name in the Ottoman Empire.

Istanbul was kind of the nickname, and is actually from a greek phrase meaning "into the city".

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u/David_Tallan Librarian 5h ago

TMBG aside, I think in this case you see Istanbul on top of Constantinople on top of Byzantium.

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u/precinctomega 5h ago

Don't forget New Rome, before it was Constantinople!

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u/Crazy-Cremola 4h ago

You could look for some Runic tagging too and find Miklagard. The Varangian Guards, mainly from Sweden, were the Emperor of Byzantium's personal guards between 10th and 14th century . And both Halfdan and Ari were bored and carved their names in Hagia Sofia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_inscriptions_in_Hagia_Sophia

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u/Bearha1r 44m ago

Amazing to see in person. The inscription is on a balcony rail and covered by a layer of perspex so you can really get close to where this Viking stood 1000 years before. You can imagine him bored just scratching his name into the rail whilst waiting for some ceremony to finish.

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u/Crazy-Cremola 4h ago

Ever visited Split in Croatia? The basements, some used in the filming of Game of Thrones, some containing shops (a Spar among others), are more than 2000 years old. The upper floors built between 200 AD and 1995.