This is for homework.Here are the 4 chioces:
A)the byzantine empire needed a capital city.
B)emperors wanted to build a new rome.
C)it was located where Europe and Asia met.
D)the Eastern Orthodox Church wanted to oppose the Roman Cathlic Church
2007-02-21 09:39:39 · 4 answers · asked by Mandy Smith 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A the byzantine empire needed a capital city...
2007-02-21 09:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by jon f 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Location ideal for controlling trade, esp. in wheat, from Black Sea to Mediterranean. Trading post originally called Byzantium, then Nova Roma, then Constantinople, finally of course Istanbul (see great song about name changes). Trojan war was waged because of access to grain, ruins of Iliad-era Troy being to the south of the present-day Istanbul. City is built on both Europe and Asia.
2007-02-21 10:12:54 · answer #2 · answered by rick c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constantine refounded an existing city. The site has been strategically and commercially important from the earliest times, lying as it does astride both the land route from Europe to Asia and the seaway from the Black or Euxine Sea to the Mediterranean, and being possessed of an excellent and spacious harbour in the Golden Horn.
2007-02-21 09:46:46 · answer #3 · answered by Carl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B Constantine felt that it was more central to the Empire. Also it kept the capital away from the marauding barbarians.
2007-02-21 09:53:21 · answer #4 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋