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The Long Waves of Time

	Long Waves of Time
	Chapter I Rise of Christianity
	Chapter II Saeculum Obscurum
	Chapter III Carolingian Reformation
	Chapter IV Age of Byzantium
	Chapter V Crusades
	Chapter VI Renaissance
	Chapter VII Reformation
	Chapter VIII Age of Enlightenment
	Chapter IX Resurgence of Religion
	References

The Age of Byzantium

This era spans a time period following the end of the Carolingian Dynasty and the First Crusade. Among the best loved literary heritage of the Byzantine Empire is the Pentateuch of the Harlequin romance novels (Callimachos and Chrysorrhoe, Belthandros and Chrysantza, Lybistros and Rhodamme, Imberios and Margarona, Florios and Platziaflora) where the girl is kidnapped by a monster or a foreign king and her boyfriend gets involved in combating supernatural or magical forces before they are together again to live happily ever after.

This was also the age of Vikings. The Vikings came from the Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway and Denmark) and settled in Island and Ireland. and Russia. The Swedish Vikings mainly traveled east, into Russia, and sailed down the Volga River. From the south, Byzantium was sending missionaries to its northern Slavic neighbors who, aside of religion, were also promoting literacy and were bringing with them a modicum of classical Greek and Roman learning.