Question

An investigation of the economic importance of Constantinople under the Ottomans might focus on which of the following?(1 point)
Responses

Constantinople’s history of republican government
Constantinople’s history of republican government

Constantinople’s small and homogenous population
Constantinople’s small and homogenous population

Constantinople’s traditional hostility to merchants
Constantinople’s traditional hostility to merchants

Constantinople’s strategic location

Answer 1

Constantinople’s strategic location — its control of the Bosporus and crossroads between Europe and Asia made it a key commercial and transport hub under the Ottomans.