A Short History of the World Chapter 41 - The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires

from The H. G. Wells Library · host H. G. Wells

In which the tenacity of the Byzantine Empire is traced through its struggles against barbarians and the Sassanid Persians, highlighting the religious intolerance that stifled intellectual life and fomented a desperate and ceaseless warfare across Asia Minor and the Near East. Amidst these fading empires and their exhausting conflicts, a new voice arises from the desert, heralding a faith that will soon challenge the old world’s hold with quiet but inexorable force.

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