The Wealth and Commerce of Constantinople

This passage comes across as praising the city of Constantinople,discussing the wealth and economic boom saying,"there is none like it in the world except Baghdad". Clearly this is an opinionated statement and there is no actual evidence backing this up. Also the author of this article claims that in the church Hagia Sophia there are, "pillars of gold and silver, and lamps of silver and gold more than a man can count." Once again, this is another opinionated statement and clearly the comment about "more than a man can count" is a clear exaggeration. Also at the end of the passage the author claims, "Wealth like that of Constantinople is not go be found in the whole world", once again this is another opinionated statement that has no evidence to support it. I don't think I can trust this as accurate just because there is way too many positive connotations and it sounds practically like heaven, sounds too good to be true.