A review of Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization, by Lars Brownworth, which gives an overview of Byzantium and its thousand-plus years of history. For more information, see http://www.medievalists.net/2009/11/22/lost-to-the-west-the-forgotten-byzanti...
The roots of the downfall of the Byzantine Empire's capital of Constantinople was when the Christians from Western Europe attacked the city in 1204 because it gave the Muslims its leeway to take the city and end the empire.
98bigbutt 6 months ago
Thanks for the review! Well done.
anders94 2 years ago 2