MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01832cam a22003254a 4500
001 2006042665
003 DLC
005 20091130181424.0
008 060209s2006 nyub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006042665
020 $a0553803816
020 $a9780553803815
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm64098585
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042 $apcc
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050 00 $aCB353$b.W45 2006
082 00 $a940$222
100 1 $aWells, Colin,$d1960-
245 10 $aSailing from Byzantium :$bhow a lost Empire shaped the world /$cColin Wells.
260 $aNew York :$bDelacorte Press,$c2006.
300 $axxx, 335 p. :$bmaps ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-327) and index.
505 0 $aI: Byzantium and the west -- Toward a parting of the ways -- Between Athens and Jerusalem -- How Petrarch and Boccaccio flunked Greek -- Chrysoloras in Florence -- Byzantine Émigrés in the Quattrocento -- II: Byzantium and the Islamic world -- A new Byzantium -- The house of wisdom -- The Arabic enlightenment -- III: Byzantium and the Slavic world -- A threat from the North -- The mission of Cyril and Methodius -- Wars of emulation -- Serbs and others -- The rise of Kiev -- The golden age of Kievan Rus -- The rise of Moscow -- The third Rome -- The last Byzantine.
651 0 $aEurope, Western$xCivilization$xByzantine influences.
650 0 $aCivilization, Slavic$xByzantine influences.
650 0 $aIslamic civilization$xByzantine influences.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2006042665-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2006042665-b.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2006042665-s.html