Brainliesttt ! 1. why was constantinople called "new rome"? constantine the great built the city to resemble rome, the center of the western roman empire. constantinople was geographically close to rome, the center of the western roman empire. constantine the great did not recognize the existence of "old rome" and sought to re-invent it. 2. which of the following best describes the internal political turmoil that contributed to the decline of the byzantine empire? a group of peasants banded together in an attempt to overthrow the imperial family and become the ruling class. church leaders fought with the emperors over who ruled the empire. siblings within the imperial family fought over which one was the true emperor. a group of wealthy landowners attempted to control the empire by gaining control of the military.

1. A. Constantine The Great built the city to resemble Rome, the center of the Western Roman Empire.

2. I don't really know but i would say D. A group of wealthy landowners attempted to control the empire by gaining control of the military

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in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion