Looking East from Constantinople: Byzantium and the Silk Road by Dr. Robert G. Ousterhout

Category: Lecture

Length: 57:27

https://www.youtube.com/embed/dNhrWbuAfSs
Video Date 05/04/2011
Film Description Medieval Constantinople was the greatest emporium of the eastern Mediterranean, where East and West came together. After a brief overview of the Byzantine capital, the talk will chart the routes merchants took traveling eastward from Constantinople, as well as the cities, sites, and landscapes they passed along the way. It will also examine the luxury goods and exotic commodities they brought back with them.
Video Category Lecture
Contributor(s) Robert Ousterhout