6: Medieval Europe + Byzantine
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Medieval Europe + Byzantium
The period in Europe and West Asia between classical antiquity and the Renaissance.
c. 330 - 1453 C.E.
Thumbnail: An emperor of the Byzantine Empire is guarded by two Vikings with spear (Varangian Guardsmen). From the Chronicle of John Skylitzes.