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Sailing From Byzantium, by Colin Wells

The subtitle of this dreadfully dull book is “How a Lost Empire Shaped the World.”

So, how did a lost empire shape the world?

It preserved ancient texts which were then taken up in the Renaissance.

That’s how.

OK.  Now you don’t have to read this book.



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