From Byzantium to the world

From Byzantium to the World is the saga of an ancient Empire full of edifying ideas.

From Byzantium to the World , by Colin Wells, is a fascinating narrative of an intellectual adventure that takes the reader from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia, through the picturesque towns of Renaissance Italy, and into the final moments of an ancient city. A unique book on the subject.
Byzantium: The successor to ancient Greece and Rome, this magnificent, thousand-year-old empire served as a bridge between the ancient and modern worlds. Without Byzantium, the works of Homer and Herodotus, Plato and Aristotle, Sophocles and Aeschylus would not have survived.
The history of the Byzantine Empire is filled with uplifting ideas, drama, important figures, and courageous acts of bravery. In this book, Colin explores the missionaries, philosophers, and artists who, against all odds, propagated Greek ideals in Italian, Islamic, and Slavic societies. With a lively text filled with fascinating versions of the facts, From Byzantium to the World is one of the great historical publications on the passage and perpetuation of culture throughout the centuries.