The first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present. For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across the shores of Asia. The history of this city—known as Byzantium, then Constantinople, now Istanbul—is at once glorious, outsized, and astounding. Founded by the Greeks, its location blessed it as a center for trade but also made it a target of every empire in history, from Alexander the Great and his Macedonian Empire to the Romans an Istanbul - Thomas F. Madden od authora Thomas F. Madden a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Thomas F. Madden |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
400 |
Rok vydání |
2017 |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Penguin Books |