TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wells,Colin
TI  - Sailing from Byzantium: how a lost empire shaped the world 
SN  - 0553803816 : HRD
AV  - CB353 .W45 2006
U1  - 940 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Delacorte Press
KW  - Civilization, Slavic
KW  - Byzantine influences
KW  - Civilization, Islamic
KW  - Europe, Western
KW  - Civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - A history of the Byzantine Empire describes the cultural, artistic, religious, and scientific heritage of Byzantium that was preserved in the wake of the empire's 1453 fall to enemy conquerors, and its influence on Western civilization
ER  -