The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.
The glass artifacts from both excavations faithfully represent the regional glass repertoire of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. Barag D. 1967. The Glass. In M.W. Prausnitz. Excavations at ...
Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.