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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7897264, member: 110504"]It really is in some ways a model of concision; I could compare it to what Isaac Asimov did, once upon a time, in his brilliant two-part juvenile history of Rome. You really feel like you got something in the way of a basic narrative outline. The author is ethnically Persian, teaching history in California; you get the sense he had a very good idea of how to go about this in the most expeditious way.</p><p>Apart from the political history --heavy on geopolitics, both west and east-- he focusses on pretty much everything else you would want to know about first; administration, economic and religious dynamics, language --all of which are a fascinating counterbalance to the late Roman -Byzantine contexts. For an overview, it's pretty impressive. Wish it was more widely available. ...Alas, you'll probably be waiting a while for the audiobook, but who knows?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7897264, member: 110504"]It really is in some ways a model of concision; I could compare it to what Isaac Asimov did, once upon a time, in his brilliant two-part juvenile history of Rome. You really feel like you got something in the way of a basic narrative outline. The author is ethnically Persian, teaching history in California; you get the sense he had a very good idea of how to go about this in the most expeditious way. Apart from the political history --heavy on geopolitics, both west and east-- he focusses on pretty much everything else you would want to know about first; administration, economic and religious dynamics, language --all of which are a fascinating counterbalance to the late Roman -Byzantine contexts. For an overview, it's pretty impressive. Wish it was more widely available. ...Alas, you'll probably be waiting a while for the audiobook, but who knows?[/QUOTE]
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