1Unit7TheAgeofMiracleChips2TeachingPointsI.BackgroundinformationII.IntroductiontothepassageIII.TextanalysisIV.RhetoricaldevicesV.Questionsfordiscussion3I.BackgroundInformation1.Timepresentingthetopnewsstoriesofthedayandcurrenteventsfromaroundtheglobe42.ByzantineartTheartoftheEasternRomanEmpire,theChristianempirewhosecapitalwasConstantinople(nowknownasIstanbul),whichenduredfromc.33...