Talk:Trabzon
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The recapture of Constantinople was in 1261, it fell in 1453. Is that BRIEF???
I removed the following paragraph from the main article. As it stands, it makes little sense, & I could see no way to improve on it:
- Trebizond was an important center in the early history of Christianity, and a number of churches and monasteries were built. They became the center of the power structure of the city for some time, and were in constant battle with Muslim Arabs from 705 onwards. This period lasted until 1098 when they failed to maintain their independence from the growing power of Justinian, and became a part of the re-building Byzantine Empire.
(I could set out a line-by-line critique of this paragraph, but I leave it for someone else to do the necessary research to fix it & return it.) --llywrch 02:38 1 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- I don't know about the first part, but presumably instead of Justinian they meant Alexius I. Maybe the last line refers to the expansion after Alexius, or maybe after the Fourth Crusade? Adam Bishop 02:38, 25 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Why is the greek in the accusative? Τραπεζούντα should be in the nominative.
- Fine point, but I think Τραπεζούντα is actually genitive. Presumably it's to show how the English name drives from the Greek stem Τραπεζούντ- instead of the nominative.
