Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization-Fast Shipping

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Filled with unforgettablestories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpsesinto the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe tothe Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduringlegacy.

For more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christiancivilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages, Byzantium held fast against Muslimexpansion, keeping Christianity alive. Streams of wealth flowed into Constantinople, making possible unprecedented wondersof art and architecture. And theemperors who ruled Byzantium enacted a saga of political intrigue and conquest asastonishing as anything in recorded history.

Lost to the West is replete with storiesof assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless graspingfor power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriorsnumbering in the tens of thousands.