B. It was a center of trade on the Mediterranean
For more than 1000 years Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine empire. It had an strategic position for trade, and many trading routes passed through there. It was the biggest and richest city in all of Europe.
The Purpose of Government Regulation of Business. The U.S. government has set many business regulations in place to protect employees' rights, protect the environment and hold corporations accountable for the amount of power they have in a very business-driven society.
Answer:
They opposed the European colonization.
Explanation:
The Europeans invaded, raided, explored, and sometimes even enslaved the native people from the lands that they colonized. There's no way that such a behavior was seen as something good and people did not like at all what was happening to them and to their lands.