Match the name of the place with the description.

Constantinople/Byzantium

Timbuktu

Mecca

1.

located near network of caravan routes, seaways and paved highways; easier to defend the Byzantium empire; near fertile land to grow crops.

2.

holiest city of Islam, House of Wisdom research library located in the Muslim Empire

3.

formed by Mansa Musa of the Mali Empire; an architectural showplace; great center of learning