Download or read book The Straits from Troy to Constantinople written by John D. Grainger and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Short History of the Question of Constantinople and the Straits written by James Thomson Shotwell and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Troy to Constantinople written by Jennifer Tobin and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Jennifer Tobin discusses the history of Turkey, from the time of the Trojan War through Alexander the Great.
Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in Constantinople written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Forty Sieges of Constantinople written by John D. Grainger and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great city of Byzantion/Constantinople/Istanbul stands on a commanding cape overlooking a busy waterway. It has been the target of repeated attempts to capture it for the past two and a half millennia. Most of these attacks failed, but some did so in spectacular fashion, such as the great Arab sieges. The inhabitants fought hard in almost every siege, with the result that when the city was captured it was also destroyed, or at least suffered a hideous sack. Almost every nation between the Atlantic and the Steppes of Asia have made attempts to capture the city, some repeatedly but only a few - a Roman emperor, the Crusaders, the Turks - have succeeded. And there is no sign that some have given up the hope of taking it - the last sieges were just before and then during the Great War, by the Bulgars, and then by the Allies, who got no closer than Gallipoli, but the city had to submit to enemy occupation when the empire it ruled collapsed. It is still surrounded by envious neighbours, who wish to control it. The city has been besieged forty times, and has been captured on three or four occasions; it cannot be said to be safe yet. It is still 'The City of the World's Desire'.
Download or read book The Straits and Constantinople 1914 1923 written by George Harmon Knoles and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Correspondence regarding Constantinople and the Straits written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History Fiction Or Science written by A. T. Fomenko and published by Mithec. This book was released on 2005 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author posits that all generally accepted chronology before the 16th century is in error by hundreds or thousands of years.
Download or read book A Tour Up the Straits from Gibraltar to Constantinople written by HardPress and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book The Problem of the Opening of the Straits at Constantinople written by Gwendolen Edith Cadley and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels to and from Constantinople in the Years 1827 and 1828 Or Personal Narrative of a Journey from Vienna Through Hungary Transylvania Wallachia Bulgaria and Roumelia to Constantinople written by Charles Colville Frankland and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fall of Constantinople written by Ruth Tenzer Feldman and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2007-12-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how the fall of Constantinople to the Turkish Ottomans in 1453 marked the official end of the Byzantine Empire.
Download or read book A Tour Up the Straits from Gibraltar to Constantinople written by David Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Antiquities of Constantinople written by Pierre Gilles and published by . This book was released on 1729 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tour Up the Straits from Gibraltar to Constantinople With the Leading Events in the Present War Between the Austrians Russians and the Turks to the Commencement of the Year 1789 written by Captain David Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tour Up the Straits from Gibraltar to Constantinople written by David G. Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Download or read book The Antiquities of Constantinople written by Pierre Gilles and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Antiquities of Constantinople" by Pierre Gilles. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
