A Traveller's History of Turkey

257 Pages·2015·17.736 MB·English

by  Richard Stoneman

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Contents
NotoenS llinagn Ndo menclature ix
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Preface xi
CHAPTER ONE:P rehistAonriact olia 1
CHAPTER TWO:Th e HittiAtgee 2, 000-1BC 250 9
CHAPTER THREE: Fromt heD arkA getso t hPee rsian
Conque1s2t,5 0-B4e94 21
CHAPTER FOUR:Th e PersiaEnm piraetW arwi th the
Greeks4,9 4-3BC 34 39
CHAPTER FIVEA:l exantdheeGr r eaatn dh iLesg acy,
334-BC133 55
CHAPTER SIX:Th e ImpacotfR ome,1 93BC-3AD3 0 71
CHAPTER SEVENT:he B yzantinEmep ireF,r omth e
FoundatioofCn o nstantinotpotl heBe a ttloef
Manzikert, AD 330-1071 89
CHAPTEERI GHThTe :Byz antinEem piraen dth e
Turk1s,0 71-1461 111
CHAPTER NINETh:e OttomaEnm pirIe:T heA geo f
Expansion1,4 53-1699 133
CHAPTER TEN: The Ottoman EmIIp:Ti hreeS icMank
ofEurop1e6,9 9-1909 149
viiiC ontents
CHAPTEERL EVETNh:eA t autrYke a1r9s0,9 3-81 91 68
CHAPTER TWEMLoVdeEr:Tun r ke1y9,3 9-pre1s8e3n t
ChronoolfMo agjyoE rv esn t 205
MajoBra ttles 215
LiosftN atiRvuel ers 217
FurtRheeadri ng 227
HistoGraiztcetaele r 231
Index 241
MAPS1 PreihstoarniBdcro nzAeg eA siMai nor 2
2 GreeaknR do maAns iMai nor
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3 TheB yznatiEnmep icr1.e0 25 1041-05
4 Byzaneat niSdn elcAuskiM ai noirnt he
Eleveannt1\vdhe lftChe nturies1 1161-7
5 TheO ttomEamnp icr1.e 66 7 143
6 ContempTourrkaeryy 193
NotoenS pegla lnidn
Nomenclature
GreeIkit:i s m postsobi eba lbes oluteliynt hcseop nesloilfsi tnegn t
Greenka meIsng. e neIrh aalvu es etdh aec ceLpattefoidnn n s
(DorylaneoDutom r ylHaeiroond,no otHtue sr odootrEo nsg)l,i sh
versiwohnestr hee asrceeu rr(eAnlte xaTnhdseea rmp)er. i nhcaisp le
beeuns efodrt hnea moefPs e rsainaodnt shp eero pelnecso untered
byt hGer eeaknRsdo mans.
PlacenWahmeerisset:e emheedl pIhf auvlge,i vbeontt hhc eo ntem­
poraanrtdyh meo deTmu rkniasmhfoe rsp lamceenst iiontn heed
te(xetK. agn.e asnKhdii ltNeipceo,m aendIdiz arniA td,ri anaonpdl e
Edime).
Turksipsehla lnpidrn ogn unTcihaTetu irokanil:s phhi anbterto bdyu ced
KemAatla tiin1i 9r2uk8s tehsLe a tailnp hwaibtsehot m aed ditions.
Thel etatrepersr onouansic nEe ndg leixschte hpuati t as si n' put'
noatsi n' cuapn,cd'i p sr onoju.nI cnae ddd iTtuiroknui sstehhs e
followlientgt ers:
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o hansoE ngleiqsuhi viaitlts eh net ;as tsa hmGeee rmoan
ii hansoE ngleiqsuhi viatlt ehisnesat m;ae ts h Gee rmiain
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Preface
Turksetya anttd hshe i stmoereitcpi lnagoc fee a asntwd e sItn.d eed
modeTmu rkieesyx ceptpieornhaualnp,is q iunte h,ia ittbs o tah
memboefNr A T O anadM iddElaes tsetrnaa pt oew;ie ntr h Eea stern
Mediterr(awnietatnnhe sesw si efffitc ieonfic tyis n terveinnt ion
C rusi n1 97b4u)at l osnooe f t hset rmoenngo fw haitsi ,ne ffect,
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westAesrniA asR. i chSatrodn epmuaitnnst hciosm prehcelnesairv e,
anedn tifraeslcyi bnoaot'kiT:nu grt kheruyes p reams eeenttpison ign t
ofe astaenwrnde stlearnna dnswd a yosfl iafen,id ti sn habhiatvaen ts
alwlaoyosk ienbd o tdhi recitnti raodntesh,e e x erocfpi osweea rn,d
defenLcoeo.kb'io ntgwh a yrsa,t lhieRkrue s swiiati hta sp propriate
Tsarsiysmtbo oflt htew o-heeaadgecldea ,nb ea painafunld
exhaustinbgu itbct ua asnli bsneoee nsrsi,c ahnisdnt gim ulating.
Ii magtihnatetom , a niynt hWee stth,ie m aogfeT urpkaeasynt,d
presieasnt bt e,sa c to nfusaendad,tw orsatt hreatoenneli,an cge d
witfahn taosfci oersru patnivdoi no leTnhcese w.e etm'eTautr,k ish
deliwgahostn 'ca,ed veratsbi esie'ndfug ol fle astperrno mibsuaet ' ,
moreen durwiensgti emrnp reosfsT iuornkm eiyg bhett haotf an
uncomfocrltoaysbeelst,yt randgiesltya nt coofue natsrtye rn' full
menace'.
Iti sn odti ffictuols tew eh yt hmiisg bhett hcea sFer.o tmh e
Ottomcaonn quoefCs otn stanitni1 n4o5p(3lafa e l wlh icbhy,
comparainsidonp n o,r tmeanktte,hs e rdeecsetnrtou ftc htBeie ornl in
Walsle eamt riavffiaatilhrT e)u rwkesr aena litehnrt eoEa utr opean
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