Assassin's Creed Revelations primarily takes place in Constantinople in 1511.
The game follows an older Ezio Auditore as he travels to Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to search for keys connected with Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's memories and the Masyaf library. The historical storyline is set during the early sixteenth century and includes political tensions involving Ottoman succession.
Constantinople's districts include Galata, Constantin, and Imperial, and the city is presented as a major crossroads linking European and Asian influences. Ezio also encounters Prince Suleiman, who would later become Suleiman the Magnificent.
The date is sometimes confused with the timeline of Assassin's Creed II or Brotherhood. Those games focus on Ezio's earlier years in Renaissance Italy, while Revelations advances his story into 1511. The title also includes playable sequences featuring Altaïr and a modern-day storyline involving Desmond Miles.