Brownworth, Lars.
Summary: Historian Brownworth presents an absorbing look at the forgotten Byzantine Empire, its surprising role in shaping Western civilization, and the lessons it holds for modern societies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 BROSummary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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Noble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LATJenkins, Romilly James Heald.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 JenkinsTreadgold, Warren.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.502 TREBradshaw, Gillian
Summary: In sixth century Constantinople, John, son of Diodoros of Bostra, wins the patronage of the Empress Theodora, and becomes involved in palace intrigue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRAGibbon, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 GIBHarris, Jonathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hambledon Continuum 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.618 HARNorwich, John Julius
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.5 NORSummary: Illustrations and text combine to examine the lives, achievements, and struggles of the Byzantines; covering a period that begins with the establishment of the capital city of Constantinople in A.D. 330, and continuing through its fall to the Turks in 1453.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1998