دانلود کتاب Constantinople: A Thousand Years of Byzantine History

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Introduction 9
Rome Before Byzantium 10
Julius Caesar and His Successors 13
The Dawn of Christianity 18
Constantinople is Founded 20
The Collapse of the West 22
The Survival of the East 26
Strife Within the Church 28
The Golden Age of Justinian 31
Justinian Goes to War 33
Justinian Builds St. Sophia 37
Byzantine Art 39
Silk Manufacture 41
Disorder in the Empire 43
Heraclius and the Persians 45
The Rise of Islam 47
The Arabs Attack 49
Life in Byzantium 52
Christianity 52
Everyday Life 53
Trade 56
Ninth Century Byzantium 58
The Great Days 61
The Decline Begins 65
The First Crusade 68
The Empire in the Twelfth Century 71
The West Takes Constantinople 73
Thirteenth Century Byzantium 76
Genghiz Khan 78
The Ottoman Turks 78
The Last Century of Byzantium 80
The Fall of Constantinople 82
What Byzantium Meant to Europe 88
Chart of Emperors 91
Index 93