The Fall of Constantinople

What is a choke point?

When did the Turks link Constantinople to the European and Asian parts of the Ottoman Empire?

What did Mehmed II rename Constantinople?

With the Ottoman Empire in control of this important crossroads, Europeans looked to the seas for trading routes to _____?

The Bosporus strait connected what 2 seas?

For centuries many empires fought over Constantinople because of its_____?

Roman Emperor founded Constantinople in ____?

Constantinople was the capital of the ____ half, which became the Byzantine Empire.

What did Emperor Constantine rename New Rome?

When did the Roman Empire split?