 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokukunda kwechikepe paCyzicus, mukuru mukuru wekare weAtene Alcibiades angave akavaka chiteshi chetsika chengarava dzaibva kuGungwa Dema padombo duku riri pamberi peChrysopolis Usküdar yanhasi. Muna 1110 Mambo weByzantium Alexius Comnenus akavaka shongwe yematanda yaidzivirirwa norusvingo rwematombo. Kubva pashongwe yacho cheni yesimbi yaitambanukira kune imwe shongwe yakamiswa pamhenderekedzo yeEurope, munharaunda yeMangana muConstantinople. Zvadaro chitsuwa chacho chakasanganiswa nemhenderekedzo yegungwa reAsia nemasvingo okudzivirira, ane zvisaririra zviri pasi pemvura zvichiri kuoneka. Mukati mokukunda kweOttoman kweConstantinople Istanbul muna 1453, shongwe iyi yaigara varwi veByzantine vaitungamirirwa naGabriele Trevisano wekuVenetia. Gare gare, chivako chacho chakashandiswa seimba yokurindira nevaOttoman Turks panguva yokutonga kwaSultan Mehmed the Conqueror. 