maps, stemma, chron., appends ... dismemberment of the provinces in 1204 must have caused long-term damage. Even though Constantinople was recaptured in 1261, Byzantium as reconstituted was smaller ...

Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...

maps, table, appends., notes, biblio., index. $44.99. ISBN: 1108480713 A Byzantine Scholar-Emperor On the night of April 12, 1204, soldiers of the Fourth Crusade broke into Constantinople, capital of ...