 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumasara oUmambo hweRoma, maguta ekare akawana kuzvitonga asi nokukurumidza akarasikirwa navanhu uye kukosha. Nzvimbo yesimba muMadokero yakachinjirwa kuConstantinople uye kunzanga yechiIslam inokwira nemaguta ayo makuru Baghdad, Cairo, uye Córdoba. Kubvira muzana remakore rechi9 kusvikira kumugumo wezana remakore rechi12, Constantinople, guta guru roUmambo hweRoma hwokuMabvazuva, rakanga riri guta guru uye rakapfuma zvikurusa muEurope, rine vanhu vanosvika miriyoni imwe. Umambo hweOttoman hwakava nesimba pamaguta akawanda aiva munharaunda yeMediterranean, kusanganisira Constantinople muna 1453. 