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About the book >.>.> Byzantium was a rich complex multiethnic society. To counter the perception of the empire as a monolithic culture and to mark out the vast area that came under its influence the second section of the exhibition recognizes the cultural integrity of its many Christian neighbors. Byzantine objects known to have been in these regions during the Middle Byzantine centuries have been included along with items of local production in order to suggest sources of Byzantine inspiration. Many works of art in this section and the two that follow repeat specific images and techniques familiar from the preceding Byzantine section. Special emphasis is placed on the acceptance of Christianity by the Slavic peoples through works from Bulgaria and Kievan Rus (now within the territories of Ukraine Belorus and the Russian Federation) since the conversion of the Slavs is arguably the most significant lasting achievement of the Second Golden Age. The empire’s relationship to other Christian peoples to the cast and south-the Georgians and Armenians and those Christians surviving in the former imperial territories lost to Islam-are depicted in manuscripts metalwork and frescoes. Examples of the empire’s interaction with the Crusader king- doms established in Islamic territories introduces the com- plex issue of Byzantine relations with the West. Byzantine connections to the Islamic world should not be thought of as limited to the Christian communities in Islamic lands. The prestige of the imperial court in Constantinople set a standard that was emulated and rivaled by the great courts of the East and these were in turn the only royal houses with the wealth and power to inspire admiration and envy among the Byzantines. The exploration nections between Byzant. (OS)