It affected the trade by not being able to get goods and help the country to get the spices that they needed.
His location between Europe and southst hepled it to become a center of business and trads.
As Constantinople was called the "gate of Europe", its capture by the Turks, in 1453, marked the starting point of the Turkish invasion into Europe. To make them more threatening to the European nations, the Turks were Muslims. Later on they extended their rule over the nations which were on their way to Vienna. It took about 150 years until they were forced to retreat and give up almost all the European territories.
Plague. Black Death.
It had many attacks
Constantinople was on the Bosporus, a strait which divides Europe and Asia and connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. She therefore controlled the land route between these two continents and the naval routes between these two seas. However, the fact that she was the capital of an empire contributed to her growth even more than her location.
It had many attacks
decades of war between Eastern and Western Europe.
Trade affected Constantinople by increasing foreign affairs. Constantinople began to grow in industry once foreign trade was established.
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french nationalism affected the war between france and the powers of europe
the silk road was an important source of cultural diffusion between Europe and Asia.
It crippled the commerce between Europe and the New World.