By Roger Crowley

The fall of Constantinople (or the taking of Istanbul depending on your own perspective), was one of the defining moments for both Christendom and the Islamic caliphate. In 1453 the last bastion of the eastern Roman Empire fell to the onslaught of an organised and effective Ottoman campaign. It is a subject around which there is much debate, and obviously incredibly topical given the global conflict between the nominally Christian west and the more devoutly Islamic world. Turkish aspirations for EU membership also place the city’s fall in a more contemporary political context. Finally the Balkan tinderbox which had produced countless internal conflicts, national wars and even one World War, became so fragmented and mixed due to initial Ottoman successes in the region.

Published Date: 15/08/2006 Format: PaperBack ISBN: 1-4013-0850-3 Publisher: Hyperion Rating: Retail price: US Dollar $ 14.95 (Rs. 1,069.52) Our price: Rs. 825.00 You Save: Rs. 244.52 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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