Anatolia, more commonly known as Asia Minor, is currently controlled by the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, the , since 1923, when the Ottoman Empire finally collapsed after centuries of political and economic failures.The and succeeded the decaying Eastern Roman Empire, which took centuries to die.The Eastern Roman Empire was founded in . and finally destroyed in 1453 AD, which was also one of the dates for the end of the medieval period in Europe.All these political entities failed and succeeded due to Antonia’s geopolitics, which made that region such a powerhouse for the Eastern Roman Empire. founded Constantinople because of the ancient Silk Road.

In the fourth century, the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire were much richer than their Western counterparts, and the Eastern parts of the Empire faced greater threats from Persia/Iran.In an age before modern shipbuilding technologies, which helped the Spanish and Portuguese conquer the massive sways of the Americas, the only way to move trade from the Far East to the West was through the Silk Road.This meant that in its time, the city of Constantinople, which has since been renamed Istanbul, was one…