Your task is to write a letter to a friend and describe the greatness of the city. Imagine that you are a citizen of the Byzantine Empire living in Constantinople. Think of all the great things in the city that you would see and experience. Your letter must be at least two paragraphs long. It must be written in complete sentences that are free of grammatical errors.

Be sure to include at least one detail about each of the following areas:
A. trade
B. religion
C. government
D. art
E. architecture

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.