The Byzantine Empire

Marston, Elsa.

The Byzantine Empire Elsa Marston. - New York : Benchmark Books, 2003. - 80 pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm. - Cultures of the past .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77) and index.

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.

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.

0761414959

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Byzantine Empire--History

DF 552 / .M359 2003