Why are the contributions of the Athenian Empire especially important to modern western civilization? Summarize Pericles' funeral oration and compare its meaning to modern Western cultures.

the conditions that made the byzantine empire vulnerable to attacks by the muslin turks were the sack of constantinople by western crusaders, the conquests of the sultanate of rum, presence of rival kingdoms and finally the set up of fiefdoms at the empire which were owned by the ghazis (turkish warriors).

a plantation economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops grown on large farms called plantations. plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income.

i hope this : )

i'm pretty sure it would be, the mediterranean sea.