Rev. Dr. Emanoil Babus Bzyantium between the Christian West and the Islamic East At the beginning of the VII-th century, Byzantium was dominating the world in every aspects. That?s why the familiarity of its relations with the rest of the world is very important. Its cultural, political and social influence for more than a millenium over a geopolitical area cannot be neglected. Byzantium represented a new world, ?the last form of the oriental synthesis maintained by the powerful Roman army and the immortal spirit of the Greek civilization?. The Byzantine?s oponents were numerous. Among them the Muslims were the fearest, a thing which was noticed too late by the Byzantines. Format: 13 x 20 cm, 388 p. & 13 maps ISBN: 973-7740-53-X «« back