HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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It was able to prosper despite having no harbor
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It was vulnerable to attack
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It commanded key trade routes between Europe and Asia
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It cut cultural ties with Rome
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Detailed explanation-1: -What about Constantinople’s location made it an ideal capital of the Byzantine Empire? Constantinople was located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and the many sea and overland trade routes linking east and west. Under the Byzantines, this location helped make the city, and some of its citizens, it was wealthy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fall of Constantinople also broke trade routes between Europe and Asia, which led to exploration for new routes to Asia and the “Age of Exploration.” This image is sourced from Wikimedia Commons and is public domain.
Detailed explanation-3: -(Constantinople’s location on the Bosporus Strait was one reason that the Byzantine Empire was able to control key trade routes between Europe and Asia.)
Detailed explanation-4: -Constantinople was a prime hub in a trading network that at various times extended across nearly all of Eurasia and North Africa. Some scholars argue that, up until the arrival of the Arabs in the 7th century, the Eastern Roman Empire had the most powerful economy in the world.