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In both Byzantium and the Frankish West, it was the fusion of secular with religious influences that created societies cohesive enough to withstand the aftershocks of imperial breakdown, barbarian invasion and Islamic expansion.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
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