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Byzantium, the successor of Greece and Rome, was a magnificent empire that bridged the ancient and modern worlds for more than 1,000 years. Without Byzantium, the works of Homer and Herodotus, Plato and Aristotle, Sophocles and Aeschylus, would never have survived.
The story of Byzantium is a real-life adventure of electrifying ideas, high drama, colorful characters, and inspiring feats of daring. In Sailing from Byzantium, Colin Wells tells of the missionaries, mystics, philosophers, and artists who, against great odds and often at peril of their own lives, spread Greek ideas to the Italians, the Arabs, and the Slavs.
Their heroic efforts inspired the Renaissance, the golden age of Islamic learning, and Russian Orthodox Christianity, which led to a new alphabet, new forms of architecture, and one of the world's great artistic traditions.
The story's central reference point is an arcane squabble called the Hesychast controversy. It pitted humanist scholars, led by the brilliant, acerbic intellectual Barlaam, against the powerful monks of Mount Athos, led by the stern Gregory Palamas, who denounced pagan rationalism in favor of Christian mysticism.
Within a few decades, the light of Byzantium would be extinguished by the invading Turks, but not before the humanists found a safe haven for Greek literature. And the debate between rationalism and faith would continue to be engaged by some of history's greatest minds.
Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and filled with fascinating insights, Sailing from Byzantium is one of the great historical dramas, the absorbing story of how civilization's flame was saved and passed on.
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"A superb survey of Byzantium's many cultural bequests." ()
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"This history is a needed reminder of the debt that three of our major civilizations owe to Byzantium. Highly recommended." (Library Journal)
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- De Generic Reviewer en 06-22-24
De: Nicholas Jackson
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
- Birthplace of the Modern Mind
- De: Justin Pollard, Howard Reid
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
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Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome. It was the marvel of its age, legendary for its vast palaces, safe harbors, and magnificent lighthouse. But it was most famous for the astonishing intellectual efflorescence it fostered and the library it produced. If the European Renaissance was the "rebirth" of Western culture, then Alexandria, Egypt, was its birthplace.
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- De Jeffrey en 10-02-08
De: Justin Pollard, y otros
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Kingdoms of Faith
- A New History of Islamic Spain
- De: Brian A. Catlos
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
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Award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new interpretation of the forces that shaped it. Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain as a paradise of enlightened tolerance or the site where civilizations clashed. Catlos taps a wide array of primary sources to paint a more complex portrait, describing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews together built a sophisticated civilization that transformed the Western world.
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- De Debra en 12-28-23
De: Brian A. Catlos
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The Classical World
- An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
- De: Robin Lane Fox
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
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The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics - these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus.
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Great Listening Experience
- De TDR85 en 04-15-23
De: Robin Lane Fox
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The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
- Muslims, Christians, and Jews Under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
- De: Dario Fernandez Morera
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
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Scholars, journalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain - "al-Andalus" - as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: It is a myth. In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. As professors, politicians, and pundits continue to celebrate Islamic Spain for its "multiculturalism" and "diversity", Fernández-Morera sets the record straight.
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- De David en 07-31-16
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The Peloponnesian War
- De: Donald Kagan
- Narrado por: Bill Wallace
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For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the 20th century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, with their glorious empire, rich legacy of democracy and political rights, and extraordinary cultural achievement, against the militaristic, oligarchic Spartan state.
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Just The Facts And You Will Need Maps
- De Nikoli Gogol en 01-22-12
De: Donald Kagan
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Trajan
- Rome's Last Conqueror
- De: Nicholas Jackson
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
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Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan's life has been tailored to the general listener. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history. Trajan rose from fairly obscure beginnings to become the emperor of Rome. He was born in Italica, an Italic settlement close to modern Seville in present-day Spain, and is the first Roman Emperor to be born outside of Rome. His remarkable rise from officer to general and then to emperor in just over twenty years reveals a shrewd politician who maintained absolute power.
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- De Generic Reviewer en 06-22-24
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
- Birthplace of the Modern Mind
- De: Justin Pollard, Howard Reid
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
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Founded by Alexander the Great and built by self-styled Greek pharaohs, the city of Alexandria at its height dwarfed both Athens and Rome. It was the marvel of its age, legendary for its vast palaces, safe harbors, and magnificent lighthouse. But it was most famous for the astonishing intellectual efflorescence it fostered and the library it produced. If the European Renaissance was the "rebirth" of Western culture, then Alexandria, Egypt, was its birthplace.
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A good listen
- De Jeffrey en 10-02-08
De: Justin Pollard, y otros
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Lords of the Sea
- The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
- De: John R. Hale
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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The navy created by the people of Athens in ancient Greece was one of the finest fighting forces in the history of the world and the model for all other national navies to come. The Athenian navy built a civilization, empowered the world's first democracy, and led a band of ordinary citizens on a voyage of discovery that altered the course of history.
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Sound narrative history
- De Matthew en 06-16-09
De: John R. Hale
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The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes
- The Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China
- De: Raoul McLaughlin
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 14 h y 21 m
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The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian regime which ruled ancient Persia (Iran). It explores Roman dealings with the Kushan Empire which seized power in Bactria (Afghanistan) and laid claim to the Indus Kingdoms. Further chapters examine the development of Palmyra as a leading caravan city on the edge of Roman Syria and consider trade ventures through the Tarim territories that led Roman merchants to Han China.
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An arduous trek through Eurasia
- De Eternl Rayne en 12-27-19
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- De: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering more than 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the 13th century AD.
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Remarkable research!
- De B. Dillon en 07-21-22
De: Barry Cunliffe
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Pagans
- The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity
- De: James J. O'Donnell
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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Pagans explores the rise of Christianity from a surprising and unique viewpoint: that of the people who witnessed their ways of life destroyed by what seemed then a powerful religious cult. These "pagans" were actually pious Greeks, Romans, Syrians, and Gauls, who observed the traditions of their ancestors. To these devout polytheists, Christians who worshiped only one deity were immoral atheists who believed that a splash of water on the deathbed could erase a lifetime of sin.
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19th Century Scholarship
- De Marianne en 10-16-18
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The Hundred Years War
- The English in France 1337-1453
- De: Desmond Seward
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "100 years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. Desmond Seward's critically acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.
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Superb narrator and fascintating history
- De Julie Seavello en 05-30-21
De: Desmond Seward
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The First Kingdom
- De: Max Adams
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
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Somewhere in the dim void between the departure from Britain of the Roman legions at the start of the fifth century and the days of the venerable Bede, the kingdoms of Early Medieval Britain were formed. But by whom? And out of what? Max Adams scrutinises the narrative handed down to us by later historians and chronicles, stripping away the most lurid nonsense about Arthur and synthesising the research of the last 40 years to tease out strands of reality from myth.
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Very interesting, but not in my truck
- De Liz en 03-03-21
De: Max Adams
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Medieval Christianity
- A New History
- De: Kevin Madigan
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 21 h y 20 m
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For many, the medieval world seems dark and foreign - a miraculous, brutal, and irrational time of superstition and strange relics. The pursuit of heretics, the Inquisition, the Crusades, and the domination of the "Holy Land" come to mind.
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New Standard Text for This Period
- De Bill Martin en 10-22-16
De: Kevin Madigan
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- De: Anthony Kaldellis
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
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In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal mismanagement, and defeat at the hands of the Seljuks and the Normans brought an end to Byzantine hegemony. By 1081, Byzantium's very existence was threatened.
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Well researched, well written
- De 19levans en 03-06-24
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The Scythians
- Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
- De: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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The Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south and there were, inevitably, numerous interactions between the nomads and their neighbours. The Scythians fought the Persians on a number of occasions, in one battle killing their king and on another occasion driving the invading army of Darius the Great from the steppe.
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Well researched but narrator is terrible
- De John M. en 01-17-21
De: Barry Cunliffe
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The Ornament of the World
- How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain
- De: Maria Rosa Menocal, Harold Bloom - foreword
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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Widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literature, science, and the arts flourished.
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Excellent Book
- De Zahid Ahmad en 08-14-18
De: Maria Rosa Menocal, y otros
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Out of Istanbul
- A Journey of Discovery Along the Silk Road
- De: Bernard Ollivier, Dan Golembeski - translator
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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Upon retirement at the age of sixty-two, and grieving his deceased wife, renowned journalist Bernard Ollivier felt a sense of profound emptiness: What do I do now? While some see retirement as a chance to cash in their chips and settle into a comfy armchair, Ollivier still longed for more. Searching for inspiration, he strapped on his gear, donned his hat, and headed out the front door to hike the Way of St. James, a 1400-mile journey from Paris to Compostela, Spain.
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A cerebral quest and a physical test.
- De Warren en 10-05-23
De: Bernard Ollivier, y otros
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The House of Wisdom
- How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
- De: Jim Al-Khalili
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
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The Arabic legacy of science and philosophy has long been hidden from the West. British-Iraqi physicist Jim Al-Khalili unveils that legacy to fascinating effect by returning to its roots in the hubs of Arab innovation that would advance science and jump-start the European Renaissance.
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- De Roderic Rinehart en 11-07-20
De: Jim Al-Khalili
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- Leigh A
- 01-07-09
Not a first read for the period.
I would recommend this book to those who are already students of the period. It is a difficult read. I made it through and did follow much but my hair line receded from all that flew over my head. As with most historians Wells attempts to show the pivotal influence of his topic in shaping the rest of history. Byzantine influence was no doubt a factor in the Arab, Slav, and European worlds, but the avalanche of detail obscures the point to the casual reader.
The narration is adequate.
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- Leonor Macias
- 12-26-19
informative
I learned a lot from this book. I am glad that I bought it. It answered many questions that I have hadi for a very long time.
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- Robert Simmons
- 04-20-21
did you ever wonder why the Renaissance happened?
We learn in school school that the Renaissance happened because people in Europe discovered the wonderful heritage and knowledge of the ancient world. what they don't teach is they learned it from Byzantium. The fall of Byzantium to the Turks in 1452 triggered the Renaissancein Italy by the refugees from Byzantium who brought he accumulated knowledge and legacy of the ancient world had been living in Byzantium all along. that knowledge was brought back to the West . similarly have you heard how wonderful Arabic science and mathematics was in medieval times, both in the Middle East and in Spain. again blame this on the byzantines. have you ever wondered why there are all these strange Christian freelance in the East who are not part of the Catholic Church where did they come from? the truth is every major city at the old Roman Empire had its own patriarch. the patriarch of Rome took his see out of the church because of the disagreement with the Roman emperor in Byzantium after Christianity was 1,000 years old. this is a wonderful book for westerners to read it sets the record straight that we owe a huge debt to Byzantium. Sailing for Byzantium is a great book.
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- 01-07-13
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- Marianne
- 10-24-11
Compelling story; horrible narration!
Very well researched, this book fills in a lot of gaps, while tying together Byzantium's vast influences on early world powers. I have read and listened to several histories of the eras covered in this book, and found that this one pulls them into perspectives with each other very nicely. The most disappointing part is that the reading is truly awful! I have listened to many dozens of audio books and this narration rates high on the list of the worst. Possibly the reason some reviewers found the book dry is due to the narration, which is ponderous and halting at best, and screamingly annoying at worst. There are too many mispronunciations and sentences left hanging off a cliff. The reader does not even know how to read the possessive of a name ending in "s" - grammar school stuff. I feel cheated, in that the sample given on this site is the only cohesive reading the narrator gave in the entire performance. I would have enjoyed the book much more with a better reader.
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- 09-26-21
Great read but not for beginners
Excellent history book! You need to be familiar with Byzantine, early Slavic/Russian, Renaissance Italy and Islamic empire history to get the full effect!! For the beginners, have At least some handy guides or be prepared to Wikipedia. Book is awesome!!
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- Marje
- 01-01-10
For dedicated students of the age
A scholarly work that will be primarily of interest to dedicated students of the age, Sailing from Byzantium chronicles the profound influence that the 1000-year old Byzantine Empire had on 1) Europe and the Renaissance, 2) Slavic countries (Russia and the "Third Rome") and 3) the Islamic world. Of particular interest to me were the Byzantine humanists who played a critical role in the transmission of Hellenic thought and classical knowledge to the world. The eminent scholar, Chrysoloras, and other Byzantine humanists carried by hand many of the ancient Greek writings to from Constantinople to early Renaissance Italy and were profoundly influential on the flowering of new thought and the intense creativity of the time.
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- Nikoli Gogol
- 12-29-07
The Missing Years
Accounts of European History end with the sack of Rome in 410, then have a black hole called the Dark Ages, and then pick up the story with Charlemagne. This account of history is very incomplete and inaccurate.
While Western Europe was in decline, the Byzantine Empire was in existence from the year 330 to 1453 during which time it was the wellspring of science, art, literature, and history. This Empire was in existence longer that Britain’s government, if one dates it from the Battle of Hastings in the 1066. The works of the ancient Greeks and Romans were preserved, copied and transmitted. Byzantium and its enemies referred to it as the uninterrupted Roman Empire until its fall.
The author shows that three empires in turn benefitted from Byzantium’s contributions: Western Europe; the Slavic Countries most notably Russia (the self styled “Third Rome”); and Moslems. Significantly, Byzantine monks invented the Cyrillic alphabet for use by the Slavs and translated the bible into a vernacular in the 9th century. The British did not have a vernacular bible till the 17 century.
The term “Byzantine” has acquired the pejorative meaning similar to the term "Kafkaesque" because of complication in messy dynastic changes, the similarity of names of offspring, and theological disputes in which the Orthodox beliefs of the Byzantines were more in keeping with the Christian canon than Rome’s view on the same topics.
Edward Gibbon, a skeptic, weighed in with his acidic and exaggerated descriptions of the worst that Byzantium had to offer. This is hardly a reason to dismiss the innumerable positive achievements of Byzantium and its effect in enlightening Europe and making the Renaissance possible.
See also Justinian’s Flea and the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, both available on Audible.
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- Navinfl
- 09-26-10
Good, and informative perspective of the era
This book was both informative and interesting. At times it gets a little dull and sometimes the amount of names require that you rewind more than necessary, but over all it gave me a different perspective than what I have previously read. It has three parts: Rome and how the Byzantine Empire continued as "Rome" long after the Roman Empire's demise and Europe sank into the dark ages. Constantinople and the rise of Islam, its conquests in Europe and the East, and the rise of the West. And lastly, how eastern Europe ultimately kept the Byzantine culture and religion alive.
It is a very good "global" view of the regions history and its affect on us today. The Byzantine Empire ultimately kept the Greek philosophies, art and culture alive for the west, and probably even Christianity, as well as its flavor of Christianity. Overall, it's probably closer to a 3.75 rating but I think it is a book worth reading (ok, to listen to).
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- Henry
- 02-11-08
Dull, Dry, and Learned
I am an avid listener of non-fiction. I had previously listened to Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization and had found it fascinating and of course informative. I have also recently finished The Rise and Fall of Alexandria by Justin Pollard and Howard Reid that similarly entertained and educated me. However, I have to admit that after two determined attempts of academically disciplined listening I have yet to finish this book. It is simply too dull. This book drones on and on, listlessly and lazily listing names of persons until one can hardly remember the point of it all. I don’t doubt for a moment the accuracy of the names, dates, places, and actions cited. I just wish it all could have come together with some compelling prose that could at least propel the read to the final period.
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