The capital of the Byzantine Empire was Constantinople. They specifically chose that capital because it was centered between the Aeg and Black sea which would increase it's trade and also assert their dominance. Furthermore, it was the largest and richest's cities at that time.
They used Opium in 1700 for cigars/cigarettes in was a ingredient.
Athens was ruled by a king
Answer:1. They both werent in it much until a country they saw as no harm to them attacked them and they both retaliated.
2. It did give more jobs but it also took homes as it would've been a decent sized plant
3. During ww2 the nazis gave the germans a scapegoat to fall back on which was the jews and the communists and hitler also promised them a bigger and better germany so they were all for it when he said the germanic peoples wouldnt recognize germany when he was done with it
4. Due to japan having this social structure it gave tgem the idea that you must fight to the end and that it was a great honor to die in battle so they didnt give up and this affected the war effort as in they would just keep going on and on and on and just kept getting killed
5. They just didnt give up so we had to cripple them take them out at a weakpoint and destroy their economy
6. They had the same enemies and allies so they just fell in line with eachother and fought together
