Episode 226 - A Crowded Chessboard: https://t.co/sfucYhppCR John II Komnenos must make his moves carefully on the crowded international chess board. Pic: John with Irene of Hungary from https://t.co/dlHezXfPps. Based on the mosaic from the gallery of the Hagia Sophia
Roman Empire at the end of Justinian the Great’s reign, some 89 years after its alleged dramatic fall of 476 popularized by Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). Gibbonian view, unfortunately and inexplicably, still very much prevails in our Western education systems.
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Giovanni Giustiniani, el genovés que se interpuso entre Constantinopla y el Imperio otomano.
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Como historiadores o investigadores en general, ¿qué concepto o argumento los saca de sus cabales a ustedes? A mi el tema de la "helenización". Cuando alguien lo menciona, mi cerebro se apaga