ISB engine model, 305HP @ 2900RPM, 550 lb-ft. @ 1400RPM. 2004 dodge ram 5.9 l cummins diesel 2500 3500 engine 24 valve. 5.9L Common Rail diesel engine, VIN C 8th digit - 24 valve.
The Byzantine Empire, and its capital of Constantinople, held a strategic geographical significance. Constantinople is located right between the Black Sea and the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. As a result most trade between Asia, Europe and North Africa had to pass through the Byzantine Empire.
For Europeans, that power was the Ottoman Empire. The fall of the Byzantine Empire and the earlier fall of the crusader states had given the Muslims a larger share of the trade headed for Europe. Thus Europe's disadvantageous geographic position provided an incentive to find another way to the Far East.