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Professor Jennifer Tobin discusses the history of Turkey, from the time of the Trojan War through Alexander the Great.
Author : Jennifer Tobin
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,90 MB
Release : 2011-09-02
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : 9781461803096
Professor Jennifer Tobin discusses the history of Turkey, from the time of the Trojan War through Alexander the Great.
Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1399013254
In ancient times, the series of waterways now known as the Turkish Straits, comprising the Dardanelles (or Hellespont), Sea of Marmara and the Bosporus, formed both a divide and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Its western and eastern entrances were guarded, at different times, by two of the most fabled cities of all time: respectively Troy (in Asia) and Byzantion (or Byzantium, on the European coast). The narrow crossing points at the Hellespont and Bosporus were strategically important invasion routes while the waters themselves were vital routes of travel and commerce, particularly the supply of grain from the hinterland of the Black Sea to the Greek cities. This made them sought after prizes and sources of friction between successive empires, Persians, Macedonians and Romans among them, and ensured they were associated with some of the great names of history, from Odysseus to Xerxes, Alexander to Constantine the Great. John D Grainger relates the fascinating history of this pivotal region from the Trojan War to Byzantion’s refounding as the new capital of the Roman Empire. Renamed Constantinople it dominated the straits for a thousand years.
Author : John Murray (Firm)
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 14,46 MB
Release : 1871
Category : Istanbul (Turkey)
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Author : Marios Philippides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 919 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1317016084
This major study is a comprehensive scholarly work on a key moment in the history of Europe, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The result of years of research, it presents all available sources along with critical evaluations of these narratives. The authors have consulted texts in all relevant languages, both those that remain only in manuscript and others that have been printed, often in careless and inferior editions. Attention is also given to 'folk history' as it evolved over centuries, producing prominent myths and folktales in Greek, medieval Russian, Italian, and Turkish folklore. Part I, The Pen, addresses the complex questions introduced by this myriad of original literature and secondary sources.
Author : Charles Colville Frankland
Publisher :
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 1829
Category : Europe
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Author : John Murray
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 37,5 MB
Release : 1870
Category :
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Author : Charles Colville
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 38,10 MB
Release : 1830
Category :
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Author : Pierre Gilles
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 33,68 MB
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Travel
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Antiquities of Constantinople" by Pierre Gilles. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Sir Charles William Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,90 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Istanbul (Turkey)
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Author : Lars Brownworth
Publisher : Crown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0307407969
Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy. For more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages, Byzantium held fast against Muslim expansion, keeping Christianity alive. Streams of wealth flowed into Constantinople, making possible unprecedented wonders of art and architecture. And the emperors who ruled Byzantium enacted a saga of political intrigue and conquest as astonishing as anything in recorded history. Lost to the West is replete with stories of assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless grasping for power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriors numbering in the tens of thousands.