HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Rome was the capital of the Western Roman Empire; ____ was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and eventually the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
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Alexandria
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Constantinople
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Carthage
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Crete
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Byzantine Empire lasted for a millennium after the fall of the Roman Empire, ending with the Ottoman conquests in 1453. While the Roman Empire’s capital was Rome (for most of its history), the Byzantine Empire’s capital city was Constantinople, which was previously called Byzantium, and today is Istanbul.
Detailed explanation-2: -Constantinople endured for more than 1, 100 years as the Byzantine capital in large part due to the protective wall completed under Theodosius II in 413.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 402, the Emperor Honorius moved the court from Milan to Ravenna, making it the capital of the Western Roman Empire and one of the greatest cities of Europe.
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