Trade routes, the sea, and land made Constantinople attractive to traders. It was a strong military city that prospered from trade. At the same time, western Roman cities began to crumble while ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

Much like these historic trade constraints shaped the movement of goods, data gravity dictates how digital assets are stored, accessed and processed in today’s cloud environments.

In 330AD, Emperor Constantine split the Roman Empire into two eastern and western halves. Rome remained the capital of the ...

International trade really began to pick up after two specific major events. In 969, Constantinople regained control of Eastern Mediterranean. Later, in 1082, Venice helped stall a Norman invasion ...