“In this sense, Byzantine culture embodies the French historian Fernand Braudel's notion of the longue durée, the long term: that which survives the vicissitudes of changing governments, newfangled fashions or technological improvements, an ongoing inheritance that can both imprison and inspire.” HistoryByzantine EmpireFernand BraudelLongue Duree Book:Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire Source: Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
“Modern history, both early and late, was made by Europeans, who "built a world around Europe", as historians "know", according to Braudel. That is indeed the "knowledge" of the European historians who themselves "invented" history and then put it to good use. There is not even an inkling of suspicion that it may have been the other way around, that maybe it was the world that made Europe.” WorldHistoryEuropeEurocentrismHistoriansEuropeansFernand Braudel Book:ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age Source: ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age