Bibliograph

Istanbul, city of majesty at the crossroads of the world, Thomas F. Madden

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Istanbul, city of majesty at the crossroads of the world, Thomas F. Madden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-368) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Istanbul

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

944380321

Responsibility statement

Thomas F. Madden

Sub title

city of majesty at the crossroads of the world

Summary

Perched at the tip of Europe, gazing across to the shores of Asia, Istanbul remains as much a city of crossroads as it has been for the past two millennia. The history of this fabled metropolis--known at first as Byzantion, then Constantinople, and now Istanbul--is glorious, grandiose, and astounding. No other city has stood at the center of world events for so long, a home to great empires and diverse cultures from the Greeks to the Romans, the Italians to the Armenians, the Ottomans to the modern Turks

Table Of Contents

Byzantion (667 BC-AD 330). Across from the city of the blind ; Bread for Athens ; Romans bearing gifts ; Ruin and survival -- Byzantine Constantinople (330-1453). Founding a new Rome ; Baptized capital ; East of the fall of Rome ; City of Justinian ; Surviving the Middle Ages ; Byzantine plots ; Dining with barbarians ; Treasure and treachery ; Blind men ; Latin occupation ; Life among the ruins ; Empire's end -- Ottoman Constantinople (1453-1923). The spider's curtain ; City of Suleiman the Magnificent ; The sultanate of women ; Return of the West ; Sick man of Europe ; Empire's end, again -- Istanbul (1923-2016). Becoming modern

Target audience

adult

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City of majesty at the crossroads of the world

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