Describe the city of Constantinople. … The city was rich and successful for so long
because it was well protected by water on three sides and had land and sea walls
. It was also at the center of trade which gave it wealth. It had trade routes to Europe and Asia and it had accesses to the Mediterranean and Black seas.
How was Constantinople wealthy?
Constantinople sat in the middle of a trade route,sea and land.
Its wealth came from trade and its strong military
. Constantinople remained secure and prosperous while cities in western Roman empire crumbles.
Why was Constantinople the richest city in the world?
Constantinople became a rich and powerful city
because it sat strategically on the Bosporus Strait, which cuts the city in half
, giving easy access to…
What made Constantinople a successful capital city?
First settled in the seventh century B.C., Constantinople developed into a thriving port thanks to its prime geographic location between Europe and Asia and its natural harbor. In 330 A.D., it became the
site of Roman Emperor Constantine’s “New Rome
,” a Christian city of immense wealth and magnificent architecture.
What religion were the Byzantines?
Byzantium was almost always a Christian empire, but over the centuries its Greek-speaking church developed distinct liturgical differences from the Catholic, Latin-speaking church in the West.
What two physical features allowed Constantinople to be easily defeated?
What is one physical feature that makes Constantinople easily defended from invaders?
It was on a peninsula and it had walls surrounding the city
. The spread of culture through trade, geography, and language.
What is Constantinople called today?
In 1453 A.D., the Byzantine Empire fell to the Turks. Today, Constantinople is called
Istanbul
, and it is the largest city in Turkey.
What made Constantinople easy to defend?
What made Constantinople easy to defend? It was situated on top of a very high mountain.
It was surrounded on three sides by water
. It was located in a remote location far from enemies.
Why is the location of Constantinople ideal?
Constantinople was an
ideal location for the capital of the Byzantine Empire and it allowed for the wealth and extravagances of the Roman Empire to endure for a thousand years after the fall of
the city of Rome. This central location allowed for a tremendous degree of wealth for the city.
What race were the Byzantines?
During the Byzantine period, peoples
of Greek ethnicity
and identity were the majority occupying the urban centres of the Empire. We can look to cities such as Alexandria, Antioch, Thessalonica and, of course, Constantinople as the largest concentrations of Greek population and identity.
What language did the Byzantines speak?
Byzantine Greek language, an archaic style of Greek that served as the language of administration and of most writing during the period of the Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, Empire until the fall of Constantinople
Are there any Byzantines left?
Some families gained relatively widespread recognition, such as the Angelo Flavio Comneno, supposed descendants of the Angelos dynasty.
Some “Byzantine” claimants are still active today
, despite the lack of formal Byzantine succession laws making finding a ‘legitimate’ heir impossible.
Why was Constantinople so valuable in ancient times?
Constantinople was important
for the expansion of the Ottoman Empire
. When the Ottoman Turks took the city, it was a symbol of the rise of Islam and the fall of the center of Christianity, making the Ottoman Empire the most powerful in all of South Eastern Europe and marking the end of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Do the walls of Constantinople still stand?
Initially built by Constantine the Great
What happened to Constantinople after it was conquered by the Ottomans?
After the conquest, Sultan Mehmed II transferred the capital of the Ottoman Empire from Edirne to Constantinople. Constantinople was transformed into an Islamic city:
the Hagia Sophia became a mosque
, and the city eventually became known as Istanbul.
Who ruled Turkey before the Ottomans?
From the time when parts of what is now Turkey were conquered by
the Seljuq dynasty
, the history of Turkey spans the medieval history of the Seljuk Empire, the medieval to modern history of the Ottoman Empire, and the history of the Republic of Turkey since the 1920s.
