Constantinople

Based on the information provided by this map, which statement about Constantinople is accurate?

• Africans traded more goods in Constantinople than in any other area.

• Constantinople was a city located on the Mediterranean Sea.

• Gold was the primary commodity that China sent to Constantinople.

• Constantinople was an important trading center.

Constantinople was a thriving city in the 1200s mainly because of its location on a major trade route between

• China and southern Africa

• The Atlantic Ocean and the Baltic Sea

• The Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire

• Asia and Eastern Europe

The map supports which of the following statements?

• Constantinople was a melting pot of cultures due to trade.

• The Byzantine Empire developed a highly organized army.

• The borders Byzantine Empire will reach China.

• Constantinople was owned by Greece for 100 years.

“. . . The circumference of the city of Constantinople is eighteen miles; one-half of the city being bounded by the continent, the other by the sea, two arms of which meet here; the one a branch or outlet of the Russian, the other of the Spanish sea. Great stir and bustle prevails [dominates] at Constantinople in consequence of the conflux [meeting] of many merchants, who resort thither [come there], both by land and by sea, from all parts of the world for purposes of trade, including merchants from Babylon and from Mesopotamia, from Media and Persia, from Egypt and Palestine, as well as from Russia, Hungary, Patzinakia, Budia, Lombardy and Spain. In this respect the city is equaled only by Baghdad, the metropolis of the Muslims. . . .”

— Benjamin of Tudela, a Spanish rabbi who traveled throughout Europe, north Africa, and southwest Asia between 1165 and 1173 CE.

This author would most likely agree with the idea that the

• size of Constantinople limited trade.

• cities of western Europe were more impressive than Constantinople.

• location of Constantinople contributed to its prosperity.

• government of Constantinople failed to provide order.

“. . . The circumference of the city of Constantinople is eighteen miles; one-half of the city being bounded by the continent, the other by the sea, two arms of which meet here; the one a branch or outlet of the Russian, the other of the Spanish sea. Great stir and bustle prevails [dominates] at Constantinople in consequence of the conflux [meeting] of many merchants, who resort thither [come there], both by land and by sea, from all parts of the world for purposes of trade, including merchants from Babylon and from Mesopotamia, from Media and Persia, from Egypt and Palestine, as well as from Russia, Hungary, Patzinakia, Budia, Lombardy and Spain. In this respect the city is equaled only by Baghdad, the metropolis of the Muslims. . . .”

— Benjamin of Tudela, a Spanish rabbi who traveled throughout Europe, north Africa, and southwest Asia between 1165 and 1173 CE.

All of the following were things the visitor noticed about Constantinople EXCEPT

• the meeting of merchants.

• a city that has water on two sides of it.

• the city was not as special as Baghdad.

• people coming from Babylon, Russia and Spain.

“. . . The circumference of the city of Constantinople is eighteen miles; one-half of the city being bounded by the continent, the other by the sea, two arms of which meet here; the one a branch or outlet of the Russian, the other of the Spanish sea. Great stir and bustle prevails [dominates] at Constantinople in consequence of the conflux [meeting] of many merchants, who resort thither [come there], both by land and by sea, from all parts of the world for purposes of trade, including merchants from Babylon and from Mesopotamia, from Media and Persia, from Egypt and Palestine, as well as from Russia, Hungary, Patzinakia, Budia, Lombardy and Spain. In this respect the city is equaled only by Bagdad, the metropolis of the Muslims. . . .”

— Benjamin of Tudela, a Spanish rabbi who traveled throughout Europe, north Africa, and southwest Asia between 1165 and 1173 CE.

Which statement supports the idea that the author was amazed by the city of Constantinople?

• “In this respect the city is equaled only by Baghdad, the metropolis of the Muslims. . . .”

• “. . . The circumference of the city of Constantinople is eighteen miles;…”

• “Great stir and bustle prevails [dominates] at Constantinople in consequence of the conflux [meeting] of many merchants, who resort thither [come there], both by land and by sea,…”

• “…including merchants from Babylon and from Mesopotamia, from Media and Persia, from Egypt and Palestine, as well as from Russia, Hungary, Patzinakia, Budia, Lombardy and Spain.”