General maps -- The early period (c. 4th-7th century) -- Historical development: from Rome to Byzantium -- Cities, provinces and administration -- The church -- The middle period (c. 7th-11th century) -- Historical development: the rise of the Medieval East Roman world -- Economy, administration and defence -- Church and monastic organisation -- The empire in its international context -- The later period (c. 11th-15th century) -- Apogee and collapse: the waning of East Rome -- Economy and administration -- Frontiers and neighbours -- Church and monastery in the later Byzantine world
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This unique and complete mapping of the history of the Byzantine Empire, featuring over 100 specially-designed maps, charts the history and key aspects of the political, social and economic history of a medieval empire which bridged the Christian and Islamic worlds from the late Roman period into the late Middle Ages