The Underground World of the Hagia Sophia
For over a thousand years until its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, the city of Constantinople was one of the greatest urban centres in the Christian world.
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For over a thousand years until its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, the city of Constantinople was one of the greatest urban centres in the Christian world.
A tour leader finds that, beyond the areas devastated by the earthquake, the country is open for business and keen that visitors keep coming
Abstract (Summary) From the reign of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (d.1481) until the second half of the 16th century, the Privy Chamber was where the [...]
Abstract (Summary) The hierarchical layout and progression of the palace with its public, administrative, educational and private areas - not to mention [...]
For his third novel, La Quinta-based author Jerald J. Jaeger spent three years researching Russian oligarchy and the world's diamond industry.