Table of Contents

Part 1 Byzantium: the Strait and the city up to c.658 BC; the Greek city-state of Byzantium c.658 BC-AD 196; Roman Byzantium 196-330. Part 2 Conatantinople: the city of Constantine 330-337; the imperial capital 337-395; the Theodosian walls 395-450; the late Roman city 450-527; the age of Justinian 527-565; the struggle for survival 565-717; the Iconoclastic crisis 717-845; born in the purple 845-1056; the dynasty of the Comneni 1056-1185; the Latin conquest 1185-1261; Renaissance and the civil war 1261-1354; the fall of Byzantium 1354-1453. Part 3 Istanbul: Istanbul - captial of the Ottoman Empire 1453-1520; the age of Suleyman the Magnificent 1520-1566; the house of Felicity 1566-1623; the procession of the Guilds 1623-1638; decline and gilded decadence 1638-1730; in the days of the Janissaries 1730-1826; the age of reform 1826-1876; the fall of the Ottman Empire 1876-1923; Istanbul under the Turkish Republic 1923-1995. Part 4 Notes on monuments and museums.