Earthquake destroys Constantinople

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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  • The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.1.1.01: Turkish Writing and Culture: Ottoman Period, 1453-1922.
An earthquake, with its epicentre in the Sea of Marmara, destroys Constantinople. The city suffers 45 days of aftershocks, and some accounts also detail a tsunami. Somewhere between 1000 and 13 000 people die in this natural disaster.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Earthquake destroys Constantinople". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=14147, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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