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This book is a monograph on the history of the Byzantine Empire written by domestic scholars. The book adopts a method of combining general history and special history. In the chronological order of the founding of the dynasty, it introduces the era of Constantine, the era of Justinian, the era of Irakli, the era of iconoclasm, the rule of the Macedonian dynasty, the decline of the empire and the Crusades, the Nicaea government in exile, the last Byzantine dynasty and its demise, etc., Thus providing a relatively comprehensive explanation of the emergence, development and influence of the Byzantine Empire.

This book is one of the "World History and Culture Series". The Byzantine Empire was once the largest political, economic, cultural and religious center in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean world, and played a vital role in the history of medieval Europe. The Byzantine Empire had an important impact on the politics, military, economy, culture, and religion of various nations in Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages. The Byzantine civilization, in particular, has a long and splendid history. It not only served as a bridge between the classical Greek and Roman eras and the Italian Renaissance, but more importantly, promoted the formation and development of modern Western civilization, and its influence continues to this day.

This book provides a relatively comprehensive overview of Byzantine political activities, economic life, military and diplomacy, cultural life, and religious activities. It combs the main clues of the development of Byzantine civilization, introduces many important figures and events, and displays the Byzantine Empire's history of more than a thousand years and its rich spiritual and material heritage.

This book comprehensively presents the main clues of Kosovo's historical changes from ancient times to the present, and discusses relevant major issues in eight chapters based on the stage characteristics of the region's historical development. The book starts with the ancient multi-ethnic integration and multi-cultural collision in Kosovo, and follows the chronological clues to show one by one that the internal contradictions in the region were intensified by the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire; in particular, the competition between European and American powers for the Balkan Peninsula led to the intertwining of various contradictions in Kosovo, and the Balkan War. During the two world wars, conflicts in Kosovo further accumulated; the Kosovo policy implemented by the Yugoslav government during the Tito era gradually intensified local ethnic conflicts, paving the way for the ethnic war conflicts in Kosovo in the post-Tito era; and finally analyzed the turbulent situation in Kosovo.

This book is intended to provide an introductory guide for readers who are interested in studying or understanding the history of Byzantium. It first outlines the basic context of Byzantine history; then it comprehensively introduces the available original materials; it also provides an overview of the domestic and foreign academic history and research results of this research field; it also briefly introduces key research topics. In order to facilitate readers to further expand their reading, this book is also accompanied by academic resources, keywords and recommended reading literature.

The Byzantine Empire was a thousand-year empire spanning three continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa. It was the oldest monarchy in ancient and medieval Europe. Its political economy and culture had a major impact on the world at that time. This book records the history of the thousand-year empire of Byzantium, which faced internal and external troubles for more than two hundred years from the 13th to the 15th century, and gradually declined and eventually collapsed in the form of vivid writing and rich pictures and texts. It contains vivid descriptions of the Crusades, the Arabs' maritime military operations, etc., As well as a wonderful presentation of Byzantine art and culture, which is worth reading.