Traveller's History of Turkey - Softcover

Richard Stoneman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905214669 ISBN 13: 9781905214662

Publisher: Interlink Books, 2005

Synopsis

A Traveller’s History of Turkey offers a full and accurate portrait of the region from Prehistory right up to the present day. Particular emphasis is given to those aspects of history which have left their mark on the sites and monuments that are still visible today. Modern Turkey is the creation of the present century, but at least seven ancient civilisations had their homes in the region. Turkey also formed a significant part of several empires - those of Persia, Rome and Byzantium, before becoming the centre of the Ottoman Empire. All of these great cultures have left their marks on the landscape, architecture and art of Turkey - a place of bewildering facets where East meets West with a flourish. Richard Stoneman’s concise and readable account covers everything including the legendary Flood of Noah, the early civilisation of Catal Huyuk seven thousand years before Christ, the treasure of Troy, Alexander the Great, the Romans, Seljuks, Byzantines and the Golden Age of the Sultans to the twentieth century’s great changes wrought by Kemal Atatu¨rk and the strong position Turkey now holds in the world community.

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Review:

Ideal before-you-go reading --The Daily Telegraph

"...a series which is invaluable. Whether you're travelling or not." --Guardian

"One of an excellent series of brief histories" --The New York Times

About the Author:

Richard Stoneman is an Oxford trained classicist with a thorough knowledge of ancient Greece, its language and history; he has also published many books on modern Greece and is familiar with the sources from the Middle Ages and the modern period. He is the author of A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece, A Traveller's History of Turkey, and A Luminous Land: Artists Discover Greece. He is a frequent visitor to Greece and gets withdrawal symptoms if he doesn't go to Athens at least once a year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1905214669
• ISBN 13: 9781905214662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384