1453 : : the Holy war for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
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Prologue: The Red Apple -- The Burning Sea -- Dreaming of Istanbul -- Sultan and Emperor -- Cutting the Throat -- The Dark Church -- The Wall and the Gun -- Numerous as the Stars -- The Awful Resurrection Blast -- A Wind from God -- Spirals of Blood -- Terrible Engines -- Omens and Portents -- "Remember the Date" -- The Locked Gates -- A Handful of Dust -- The Present Terror of the World -- Epilogue: Resting Places.
A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and the medieval era, and the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Hyperion, 2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: ix, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1401301916
9781401301910
SUBJECTS
East and West.
Islam and world politics.
Veroveringen.
Turken.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1453.