Evaluate how the geographic placement of Constantinople made it a natural connection point to multiple civilizations. What factors account for this? How did the fall of Constantinople in 1453 affect trade in the West?
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a. mining b. the textile industry c. agriculture d. the railroad industry
It is most accurate to say that in the fifth century the Roman Empire __________
A) ended abruptly B) shifted its capital C) was conquered D) was profoundly transformed
The recession of 1990-1992
A. was blamed on President George H. W. Bush's broken pledge not to raise taxes. B. was helped by the government's debt reduction policies in the late 1980s. C. went mostly unnoticed by middle- and working-class Americans. D. caused an unusually high number of bankruptcies. E. was relatively mild but prolonged.
The centerpiece of Sergei Witte's Russian industrial policy was
A. his plan to emancipate the serfs. B. cooperative trading and intellectual exchange programs with the United States. C. his attempt to copy the rapid industrialization carried out by the Japanese. D. his plan to fund the construction of large factories, initially with money made from exporting opium. E. a massive program of railway construction.