Marston, Elsa.

The Byzantine Empire / Elsa Marston. - New York : Benchmark Books, c2003. - 80 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm. - Cultures of the past .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77) and index.

1. The empire of the East -- 2. The heavenly kingdom on earth -- 3. How the heavenly kingdom worked -- 4. Life in Byzantium -- 5. Glimmers of the golden empire today.

Traces the history, society, culture, and lasting influences of the Byzantine Empire, which grew from the decaying Roman empire and ruled from Constantinople from the fourth to the end of the fifteenth century.

ISBN: 0761414959

LCCN: 2002003222

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Byzantine Empire--History--Juvenile literature.
Byzantine Empire--History.

LC Class. No.: DF552 / .M37 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 949.5/02