The empire that would not die the paradox of eastern Roman survival, 640-740 /
"In the middle of the sixth century the eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire was the largest state in western Eurasia. A century later it was a fraction of the size, its eastern provinces torn away by the early Islamic conquests in the middle of the seventh century. It had lost three-quarters of it...
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| Main Author: |
Haldon, John F., |
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ebrary, Inc. |
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eBook
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| Language: |
English
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2016.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 418 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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| Series: |
ebrary e-book collection.
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