Cover of 1453

Book 2005

1453

3 readers

Publisher
Hyperion
Language
English
Published
2005
  • East and West
  • Islam and world politics
  • History
  • Veroveringen
  • Turken

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.