Answer:
The Byzantine Empire became stronger.
Explanation:
The Byzantine Empire became significantly weaker (which was strongly exemplified during the sacking of Constantinople). With the failures of the Crusades, the empire's borders shrunk, and slowly it was nothing more than just it's city. However, that is not too say that the city itself had survived in it's longevity until it's fall to the Ottoman Empire in the Siege of Constantinople.
b. Mental age levels off around the age of 16 years old and skews computations.
