John Haldon's beautifully illustrated book tracks the checkered history of an oriental enigma, a 'lost empire' which stood for 1,000 years against the might of Islam. He retells the story of the cycle of conquest and re-conquest of its lands by Goths, Arabs, Slavs, and Crusaders, and finally its complete destruction by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Autorentext
JOHN HALDON is Director of the Climate Change and History Research Initiative and Emeritus Professor of Byzantine History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the world's leading experts on Byzantine history.
Zusammenfassung
Originally the eastern half of the mighty Roman Empire, Byzantium grew to be one of the longest-surviving empires in world history, spanning nine centuries and three continents. It was a land of contrasts from the glittering centre at Constantinople, to the rural majority, to the heartland of the Orthodox Church and one surrounded by enemies: Persians, Arabs and Ottoman Turks to the east, Slavs and Bulgars to the north, Saracens and Normans to the west. Written by one of the world's leading experts on Byzantine history, Byzantium: A History tells the chequered story of a historical enigma, from its birth out of the ashes of Rome in the third century to its era-defining fall at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Titel
Byzantium
Untertitel
A History
Autor
EAN
9780750956734
ISBN
978-0-7509-5673-4
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
01.09.2005
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
19.35 MB
Anzahl Seiten
286
Jahr
2005
Untertitel
Englisch
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