international mercenaries fighting for the Byzantine Empire, which stretched across parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Hardrada's prized possession was a banner, a type of flag ...

The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.

Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...