One ignores the parallels between the Byzantine Empire and the 21st Century at one’s peril..........As time wore on, the empire found itself trapped between the
Charybdis of the forces of Islam in the East and the twin Scyllas of
emerging nation-states in the West who eyed the empire as ripe for
takeover and a Latin papacy that was rising in power. Wars were fought,
land was won and lost, deals were made with enemies from both points of
the compass, and Byzantium and its empire began to decline. Empire of God does more than recount the history of the
Byzantines and the debt our society owes them. It is also a cautionary
tale, and one need not look too deep to see how closely the threats that
afflicted the Eastern Roman Empire mirror those of our day.............To Read More....
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