HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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its location on a great river and surrounded by high mountains
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its location on a strait between seas and on key trade routes
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its location far from trade routes and close to threatening tribes
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its location beside a huge lake and bordered by two vast deserts
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Detailed explanation-1: -Constantinople lays on the Bosporous straight which separates Europe and Asia. The Bosporous straight also linked the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea-important for trade. This allowed the city to control all trade routes between Europe and Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -What factor gave Constantinople the biggest advantage for trade? It was located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia linking major trade routes between East and West. Which event led Justinian I to start a major public works program?