Question 1
Which city served as the long-standing capital of the eastern Roman state?
- Constantinople
- Antioch
- Rome
- Ravenna
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Constantinople
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Byzantine Empire trivia quiz
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- Manzikert
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Question 2
Which Roman ruler established the imperial capital on the Bosporus in 330?
- Theodosius I
- Constantine I
- Diocletian
- Augustus
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Constantine I
Question 3
Which Ottoman sultan captured the imperial capital in 1453?
- Suleiman I
- Selim I
- Mehmed II
- Murad I
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Mehmed II
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