Constantinople, Aksum, and Tang China

Constantinople, Aksum, and Tang China

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection
S1 E2: Grasp the vital relationship in the medieval world between sophisticated, walled cities, and the rural peasants and serfs that supported their existence. Visit the three greatest cities of the early Middle Ages: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire; Chang’an, the seat of China’s Tang Dynasty; and the African kingdom of Aksum, a crossroads of trade, culture, and religions.