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Constantinople: The Forgotten Empire

by Isaac Asimov · 1970

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Traces the history of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire from the seventh century B.C. to the fifteenth century A.D. and discusses the influence of that Empire on the civilization of Europe.

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adult
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medium · 293 pages

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