✦ Time paradoxes · Still around
Moscow first mentioned: 1147; Byzantium: 330–1453 — that is 306 years later.
When Moscow was first mentioned in the chronicles, the Byzantine Empire still existed.
Who and what
- First mention of Moscow1147 · Moscow. Yuri Dolgoruky invites an ally to a future capital
- Founding of Constantinople330 · Byzantium. Constantine moves the capital to the Bosporus for 1,000 years
- Fall of Constantinople1453 · Constantinople. The Ottomans end the thousand-year Byzantine Empire
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