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
I’m assuming you’re talking about the Spaniards and the Aztecs. If not correct me and I’ll fix the answer. Basically it was, Disease (smallpox) More advanced weapons. The spanish language. Catholicism. Domestic animals, sugar, grain, and they helped end the practice of human sacrifice.
Yes staff members work directly for the congress