HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Detailed explanation-1: -Its greatest strengths were a strong central government and a wealthy economy. Trade and industry grew in cities like Constantinople, the capital. The bezant, the Byzantine gold coin, was used in places from England to China. By the 1000s, the Byzantine Empire was weakening.
Detailed explanation-2: -Its position between Europe and Asia gave it a strategic and powerful stance. Plus, there was only one seaway, the Bosphorus, connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Byzantium-turned-Constantinople was right in the middle of the trade line between Europe and the Silk Road.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trade. Aside from agriculture, trade was an important element of the Byzantine economy. Constantinople was positioned along both the east-west and north-south trade routes, and the Byzantines took advantage of this by taxing imports and exports at a 10% rate.
Detailed explanation-4: -This eastern half, or Byzantine Empire as it was later called, remained the strongest power in Europe throughout the rest of late antiquity and even during parts of the middle ages.