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TITLE: |
The Byzantine Empire / Elsa Marston. |
AUTHOR: |
Marston, Elsa. |
SERIES: |
Cultures of the past |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : Benchmark Books, c2003. |
DESCRIPTION: |
80 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm. |
NOTES: |
Traces the history, society, culture, and lasting influences of the Byzantine Empire, which grew from the decaying Roman empire and ruled from Constantinople from the fourth to the end of the fifteenth century. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 77) and index. |
NOTES: |
1. The empire of the East -- 2. The heavenly kingdom on earth -- 3. How the heavenly kingdom worked -- 4. Life in Byzantium -- 5. Glimmers of the golden empire today. |
SUBJECT: |
Byzantine Empire--History. |
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