{"product_id":"400-tj-allen-9798265806673","title":"400: The World in Flux","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe year 400 AD stands at a crossroads between the classical world and the early medieval era. The Western Roman Empire was weakening, beset by internal strife, economic pressures, and the rise of Germanic kingdoms. Meanwhile, the Eastern Roman Empire, later known as Byzantium, maintained administrative, military, and cultural continuity, projecting power across the Mediterranean and Near East. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReligious transformation reshaped societies across continents. Christianity was consolidating authority in Western Europe, establishing monastic communities, and extending missionary networks. Indigenous religious systems-animism, ancestor veneration, polytheism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Shinto-continued to guide communities across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrade and urbanization connected distant regions through networks spanning the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Silk Roads, and trans-Saharan routes. Agricultural innovations, craft specialization, and early technological experimentation in watermills, metallurgy, and shipbuilding provided the material foundation for societies adapting to political and environmental pressures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book examines 400 AD as a hinge moment: a period when old powers waned, new authorities emerged, and the interconnection of politics, religion, trade, and knowledge established the foundations of the early medieval world. By exploring local and global processes, we gain insight into the cultural, intellectual, and economic forces that shaped the centuries to follow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tj Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798265806673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Tj Allen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997139054847,"sku":"9798265806673","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/400-tj-allen-9798265806673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}