<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKutoka mahali hapo, mji huo ulitawala meli zilizopita katika Mlango-Bahari wa Ziwa Zaha na pia meli zilizokuwa zikisafiri kutoka Ulaya hadi Asia Ndogo.  <response>: From this vantage point the city could control not only the ships that passed through the strait on the important trade route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, but also the overland traffic travelling from Europe in??to Asia Minor, which used the narrow strait as a crossing point. 