According to this quotation, President Kennedy wanted to "(1) assert United States leadership in world <span>affairs" as he evokes somewhat of a moral responsibility. </span>
Answer: a sacrifice consumed by fire
Explanation:
Today Constantinople is known to the world as Istanbul: the biggest and most western (both culturally and geographically) city in Turkey.
For some time it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire (before it was the capital of the Ottoman Empire) - so the correct answer is Byzantium