The Venetians were great seamen, who traded across the Mediterranean. Credit: Canaletto – istitutosuperioredadda.it, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The Byzantines and the Venetians were the ...

By blending Roman legal principles, Byzantine ... Empire in 476 left northern Italy contested, with instability driving more settlers to the lagoon. During the 5th and 6th centuries, trade ...

It was used as a church in the Byzantine period ... After the Roman conquest and the shifting of trade routes, the city declined in importance until it was abandoned. Europeans did not set ...

The discovery reinforces the theory that Hadrianopolis was not only a cultural center but also a strategic military enclave of the Roman Empire. Hadrianopolis. During the Roman period, the ancient ...

A magnificent mishmash of Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Venetian structures ... As a stop on the spice trade route, Zanzibar’s food, architecture and heritage is an intriguing blend of African, ...

Hypatia was a Greek mathematician, philosopher and astronomer born in Egypt, then part of the Byzantine empire. She’s credited with inventing ... The Silk Road, a network of trade routes from Cairo ...

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

There are also tons of Islamic coins on display as well as a collection of ancient Arabic and Byzantine gold and silver ... visitors can find out more about the trade here before heading off on a 3.5 ...

No thread is brighter than that connecting East and West. The exchange of ideas, trade, and philosophies has shaped our world profoundly.

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the Romans and the Eastern Roman Empire continues with a video in which we ask if the Byzantine Empire was the heir to the ...