Higher education institutions around the world make use of online proctoring for tens of thousands of exams. The 17 campuses of the University of North Carolina proctor between 30,000 and 40,000 exams online per year. At the fully online Western Governors University, 30,000 exams are proctored online each month.
In the east, it continued as the Byzantine Empire until the death of Constantine XI and the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 CE. The influence of the Roman Empire on western civilization was profound in its lasting contributions to virtually every aspect of western culture.
Best Answer: Because it was the capital of the unified Roman Empire for over 150 years, and it was the capital of the Eastern Byzantine Empire for another 300 years. After the Muslim Ottomans sacked Constantinople they renamed it Istanbul, and made it the capital of the Ottoman Empire (which lasted for 900 years). So ... for the last 1,300 years (or so) it has been the capital of several major European empires. Source(s):