Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Areas of Istanbul' has mentioned 'History' in the following places:
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| Founded as Byzantion by Megarian colonists in 657 BCE,[9] and renamed by Constantine the Great first as New Rome (Nova Roma) during the official dedication of the city as the new Roman capital in 330 CE,[9] which he soon afterwards changed as Constantinople (Constantinopolis),[9][10] the city grew in size and influence, becoming a beacon of the Silk Road and one of the most important cities in history. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Toponymy 2 History 2.1 Rise and fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire 2.2 Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic eras 3 Geography 3.1 Climate 3.1.1 Climate change 4 Cityscape 4.1 Architecture 5 Administration 6 Demographics 6.1 Religious and ethnic groups 7 Politics 8 Economy 9 Culture 9.1 Leisure and entertainment 10 Sports 11 Media 12 Education 13 Public services 14 Transportation 14.1 Air pollution from traffic 15 International relations 16 See also 17 Notes 18 References 18.1 Bibliography 19 External links | WIKI |
| History | WIKI |
| See also: Timeline of Istanbul history | WIKI |
| Throughout most of its history, Istanbul has ranked among the largest cities in the world. | WIKI |
| Istanbul has been a cosmopolitan city throughout much of its history, but it has become more homogenized since the end of the Ottoman era. | WIKI |
| Istanbul's first water supply systems date back to the city's early history, when aqueducts (such as the Valens Aqueduct) deposited the water in the city's numerous cisterns. | WIKI |
| Strategically located on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Istanbul was successively the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire and has been associated with major events in political history, religious history and art history for more than 2,000 years. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Throughout history the monuments in Istanbul have exerted considerable influence on the development of architecture, monumental arts and the organization of space, both in Europe and the Near East. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The city is an outstanding set of monuments, architectural and technical ensembles that illustrate very distinguished phases of human history. | UNESCO |