Timeline
330 Constantine decides to move the capital of the empire from Rome to Nova Roma 337 Constantine dies and the city is named after him Hagia Sophia 537 Hagia Sophia was built by Justinian 8 th Century The Orkhon inscriptions These are two memorial installations erected by the Göktürks written in Old Turkic alphabet in the early 8th century in the Orkhon Valley in Mongolia . They were erected in honor of two Turkic princes, Kul Tigin and his brother Bilge Khagan . [1] 1204 Latin invasion 1204-1261 Latin Kingdom Ottoman Empire Osman 1 (d.1323) Orhan Murad 1 Bayezid 1 (1360-1403) Bayezid I held captive by Timur , painting by Stanisław Chlebowski Mehmet 2 Mehmet the Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet) 1432 -1481 1453 Conquest of Constantinople Roumeli Castle -Istanbul Topkapi Palace Selim 1 A painting depicting Selim I dur...