Hagia Sophia - Constantinople's Crowning Glory

The church had been built in the sixth century A.D. by the Byzantine emperor Justinian. The Byzantine Empire, founded in A.D. 330, was the first great flowering of Christian civilization after the fall of the Roman Empire. Its capital city of Constantinople (today Istanbul), on the site of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium, commanded the Bosporus, the narrow strait linking the Black Sea with the Dardanelles and the Mediterranean. The city was the geographical and cultural bridge between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Its crowning glory was to be the Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom).Buy Links for 'Strange Stories, Amazing Facts II':Amazon IndiaAmazon USAAnd don't forget to checkout Historylogy.com for latest book reviews and tidbits from the pages of history.Please feel free to our social media ID's for latest updates. Links below:https://www.facebook.com/historylogy/https://twitter.com/historylogyhttps://www.instagram.com/historylogy/Affiliate Earnings Disclaimer:This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.