Answer: <em>Open opportunity allows people to participate in the market of their choice in the manner in which they choose. Legal equality ensures that people in each market has the same economic rights.</em>
Constantinople was able to fight back against the numerous
invasion attempts before 1453, but with each fight it got weakened. This
resulted in the fall of Constantinople in the year 1453, at the hands of
Ottoman Turks. Constantinople was not only fighting against the Turks, but also
against the fellow Christians. The Turks did not care about the Muslim population
living in Constantinople. Constantinople never grew stronger with the
resistance they put up against the several external aggressors. If that has
been the case, then they would not have been defeated by the Ottoman Turks.
I believe the answer is: <span> were forced to pay high taxes.
</span><span>Peter Stuyvesant had the ambition to expand Netherlands colony in order to compete with British Empire.
Because of this, he forced the colonies to pay high taxes in order to improve the state income.</span>
B. It established a blueprint for international cooperation among the major European powers.
East Africa being Egypt, I'm pretty sure and it depends on what time period but the silk Road went right through east Africa so trade was probably really quick thanks to the silk road and the connection between the middle east and Africa...