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The Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2005
ISBN
978-0-230-24364-4, 978-0-230-27395-5
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-27395-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
35 MB (36704554 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
X, 187\193
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01

Description

The dominant Mediterranean power in the fifth and sixth centuries, by the time of its demise at the hands of the Ottomans in 1453 the Byzantine empire was a shadow of its former self restricted essentially to the city of Constantinople, modern Istanbul. Surrounded by foes who posed a constant threat to its very existence, it survived because of its administration, army and the strength of its culture, of which Orthodox Christianity was a key element. This historical atlas charts key aspects of the political, social and economic history of a medieval empire which bridged the Christian and Islamic worlds from the late Roman period into the late Middle Ages.

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