Istanbul · A Tale of Three Cities by Hughes, Bettany -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations and Maps Prologue Note on Names Introduction Part One: Byzantion, Byzas’ City, 800,000 BC – AD 311

1. Bones, Stones and Mud 2. City of the Blind 3. City of Light 4. Persian Fire 5. City of Siege 6. Wine and Witches 7. All Roads Lead from Rome: The Egnatian Way 8. The Enemy Within 9. Persecution 10. The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

Part Two: Constantinople, City of God, AD 311–475

11. The Battle of Milvian Bridge 12. City of Gold 13. In the Name of Christ’s Blood 14. Queen of Cities 15. Faith, Hope, Charity and the Nicene Creed 16. Helena 17. Births and Deaths 18. Pagans and Pretenders 19. The Problem with Goths 20. A Dove of Peace or a Fist of Iron: Theodosios 21. Battles in Heaven and on Earth: Gaza and Alexandria 22. Christian Particles in a Pagan Atmosphere: Nova Roma 23. Statues in the Sky: Ascetics 24. Sex and the City: Eunuchs 25. The Sack of Old Rome: The Problem with Goths, Part Two 26. Vandals, Wisdom and Attila the Hun

Part Three: The New Rome, AD 476–565

27. City of the Mother of God 28. The Golden Age 29. Earthquakes and Fires 30. The Phoenix City 31. Spectacular, Spectacular 32. Law and Order 33. The Jewish City 34. The Classical City 35. All Is Vanity

Part Four: The World’s Desire, AD 565–1050

36. The Silkworm’s Journey 37. Al-Qustantiniyya 38. A Bone in the Throat of Allah 39. Monks by Night, Lions by Day 40. Byzantium and Britannia 41. Icons and Iconoclasm 42. Viking Foe-Friends and the Birth of Russia 43. Within the Walls 44. The Varangian Guard

Part Five: City of War, AD 1050–1320

45. A Great Schism? 46. 1071, 1081 and All That 47. The City of Crusades 48. Negotiating Monks and Homicidal Usurpers 49. Venetian Peril, Chivalric Kingdoms

Part Six: Allah’s City, AD 1320–AD 1575 (Islamic Calendar 720–983)

50. Yıldırım: The Thunderbolt 51. No Country for Old Men 52. Twilight City 53. The Abode of Felicity 54. One God in Heaven, One Empire on Earth 55. Renaissance City 56. A Garden of Mixed Fruit 57. A Diamond between Two Sapphires 58. The Muslim Millennium

Part Seven: Imperial City, AD 1550–1800 (Islamic Calendar 957–1215)

59. Gunpowder Empires and Gunning Personalities: Dragomans and Eunuchs 60. The Sultanate of Women 61. The Janissaries 62. The Great Siege of Vienna 63. The White Slave Trade and the White Plague 64. White Caucasians 65. Soap and Smallpox 66. Tulips and Textiles

Part Eight: City of Revolt and Opportunity, AD 1800 (Islamic Calendar 1215) onwards

67. O Love! Young Love! 68. Massacre 69. Revolution 70. Tsargrad 71. Scutari 72. One-Way Traffic 73. A Sick Man in the Rose Garden 74. Gallipoli: The End of an Empire 75. The Red Apple 76. The Catastrophe 77. The Last Caliph 78. Global Futures

Coda Acknowledgements Timeline Appendix: The Other Roman Empires Notes Bibliography Also by Bettany Hughes Plates Copyright