They did not like the idea at all. They wanted land period. The fact that the United States wanted their country to streach from coast to coast and that this land belonged to them anyway (according to manifest destiny) ment that Mexico would have to give up their claims or go to war for that land.
Answer:
Byzantium
Explanation:
Byzantine became an important city and centre of trade near the Black Sea. It was an ancient Greek city that became Constantinople after the Roman emperor Constantine I when he decided to relocate the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Greek colony Byzantium and it is now known as Istanbul. The Byzantine became rich and flourished because of its location because of the centre of a trade route.
