How the Byzantines saved Europe
Ask the average college student to identify the 1,100 year old empire that was, at various points in its history, the mercial, artistic, and ecclesiastical center of Europe and, indeed, was responsible for the very survival and flourishing of what we know today as Europe, and you’re not likely to get the correct answer: Byzantium. The reasons for this are manifold but not least is that as Western Europe came into its own in the later Middle Ages and...
Sep 13, 2026