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Constantinople is closer to Arlington National Cemetery than to Çatalhöyük.

Constantinople is nearer Arlington National Cemetery than Çatalhöyük by 6,029 years. Counting a generation as 25 years, that is less than one generation one way and about 241 generations the other.

The world between Çatalhöyük and Constantinople

7500 BC–1922 one continuous scale
7500 BCÇatalhöyük1922Constantinople

Çatalhöyüksettled 7500 BC to 5700 BC

Constantinoplefounded 330, ended 1922

6,029 yearsbetween Constantinople and Çatalhöyük

7500 BC

Çatalhöyük

Archaeological site in Konya Province, Turkey. Settled 7500 BC to 5700 BC.

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Arlington National Cemetery

national cemetery in Virginia, United States

Arlington National Cemetery is a war cemetery, an United States national cemetery and a cemetery dating to 1854. Its location is recorded as United States and Arlington County.

Çatalhöyük

archaeological site in Konya Province, Turkey

Çatalhöyük was a Neolithic settlement, a tell and a proto-city that lasted from 7500 BC to 5700 BC, a span of 1,800 years. Its location is recorded as Turkey, Konya Province and Meram district.

Constantinople

capital of the Eastern Roman, Latin and Ottoman Empires, currently Istanbul, Turkey

Constantinople was a city, an administrative territorial entity and an ancient city that lasted from 330 to 1922, a span of 1,592 years. Its location is recorded as Turkey.

Across 53 guesses, most people put Constantinople at about 2640 BC. The answer is 330, so the crowd was 2,969 years early.

People who play a game about time are unusually interested in history, so these guesses are not a sample of the general public.