What effect did the Compromise of 1877 have on Reconstruction in the South? O It protected African Americans from discrimination.
O It gave African Americans greater civil rights.
It brought an end to Reconstruction.
It prolonged it for several years.

Constantinople was a main trading center.

Constantinople sat between Europe and Asia making it geographically perfect to become a trading center.

Constantinople became a city of wealth and the center of Byzantine trade. Due to its prime location, the city was a target of military siege in particular by the Ottoman Empire. Eventually the city was taken by the Ottoman Empire and was changed in name to Istanbul.