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This is one question that has been plaguing my head for quite a while. Suppose that the Marmara area which connects Europe to Asia Minor is uninhabited, and you are tasked with choosing the capital of a state centered in this location. The question is, which of these two straits is more feasible for placing the capital of a byzantine-like state to be created from scratch, in terms of defensability and strategic commercial positioning? Would you choose the Dardanelles or the Bosphorus? Or would you choose a city right in the middle of the inner Marmara sea?
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