<u><em>Byzantium was never a city-state of great influence like that of Athens, Corinth or Sparta</em></u>, but the city enjoyed relative peace and steady growth as a thriving commercial city lent by its prominent position.
<u><em>The site was astride the land route from Europe to Asia and the sea route from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean</em></u>, and was in the Golden Horn. An excellent and wide port.
Already then, in the Greek and early times of Rome, <u><em>Byzantium was famous for its strategic geographical position that made siege and capture difficult, </em></u><u><em>and its position at the crossroads of the Asian-European </em></u><u><em>trade route on land and as the gateway between the Mediterranean and the Black Seas</em></u>, they turned it into a settlement too valuable to be abandoned.
I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is the first option. This pose is known as Contrapposto. <span> It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day.</span>
Because in England the population was rising rapidly and many people were going jobless and and homeless. So they thought that colonizing in the New world would help make jobs and help with space problems.
