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
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The frontier posed many dangers to the pioneers. There were indians, brutal winters, outlaws, and many more. Having neighbors gave the pioneers help if there was a situation that couldn't be handled alone. Neighbors could help each other with workd that needed to be done. Much of the time the nearest town was 50-100 (or more) miles away. When you had neighbors you had friends. You had someone that could ride for help when you couldn't go yourself
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President Jackson was strongly against the Second Bank of the US, because of that he vetoed it.
He vetoed it because he saw the Bank as a bank only for the privileged ones, as the President saw himself as a spokesman for the common people against the elite.
The President saw this as a way to increase his popularity among his voters.
- Germany and Italy. -
Neither became independent,sovereign nations until the second half of the 19th century (1861 and 1871 respectively). Neither had a powerful navy when they became unified,so it took time to build up both a sufficiently large surface fleet and merchant marine to make imperial acquisitions overseas viable and defensible. A combination of these factors meant that,by the time both were ready and eager for imperial colonies in Africa,much of the continent (and certainly all the best bits) had long since been claimed by others.
