Full name: 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

Author: Roger Crowley Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Religion Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781401308506 1401308503

Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a precursor to the current jihad between the West and the Middle East. Similar books: City of Fortune by Roger Crowley The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire by Edward N. Luttwak Worlds at War by Anthony Pagden No god but God by Reza Aslan Caesar and Christ by Will Durant Servants of Allah by Sylviane A. Diouf The Wonder That Was India by A. L. Basham When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone by Gal Beckerman The Ottoman Centuries by Lord Kinross The Stations of the Sun by Ronald Hutton The First Crusade by Thomas Asbridge Belonging by Simon Schama Magic in the Middle Ages by Richard Kieckhefer The Night Battles by Carlo Ginzburg A Religious History of the American People by S. E. Ahlstrom In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland Jews, God, and History by Max I. Dimont The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal Defenders of the Faith by James Reston Jr. Popular Magic by Owen Davies