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Index
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A
Abd al-Malik (Caliph), 201, 206
Aboriginal culture, 23
abortion, 236
Abraham (Abram), 186, 191–5
Abu Bakr (Caliph), 189
Abu Talib, 187
Academy (Athens), 87
Acre, 329
Acropolis Point, Constantinople, 55, 225, 340, 408
Adelheid (Holy Roman Empress), 270
administration. see bureaucracy & administration
Adrianople. see Edirne
Adriatic Sea, 112, 334
Aegean Sea, 229, 378, 411
Aeschylus, 447
Aetius, Flavius (Roman general) (391-454), 72
Aetius (eunuch) (fl. 797-802), 244
Afghanistan, 88
Age of Exploration, 4, 304, 448
Agnes of France, 321, 378
ahl-al-kitab (People of the Book), 176
Ahmed (Prince) (older brother of Mehmed II) (d.1437), 378
Ahmed Çelebi (younger half-brother of Mehmed II), 379–80
Ahriman, 160
AKP (Justice and Development Party), 97
Alaeddin Ali (d. 1443), 378
Alemanni, 42
Aleppo, 123, 260, 279
Aleume de Clari, 350
Alexander III (Emperor), 233
Alexander III (Pope), 300, 302
Alexander Romance, 214, 216
Alexander the Great, 214–16, 380
Alexandria, 44, 126, 161, 195
The Alexiad, XIX, 168, 286–7, 294–5, 446
Alexius I Comnenus (Alexios Komnenos) (Emperor) (d.1118), XV, XIX, 168, 233, 286–95, 298, 315, 324
Alexius II (Emperor), 319–21
Alexius III (Emperor) (brother of Isaac II), 337, 339, 341, 343–6, 349
Alexius IV Angelus (Emperor) (son of Isaac II), 337–9, 341–2, 345–8
Alexius V Murtzuphulus (Emperor), 347–51
Alexius Strategopulus, 366–7
Allah, 7, 108, 146, 171, 187– 91, 205, 218, 223, 230, 259, 370, 383, 391–2, 397, 424
Almaric (King of Jerusalem), 318–19
Alp Arslan (sultan), 67, 278–82
Alps, 21, 35
Americas, 27, 448
Amon (Egyptian god), 87
Amorium, 222–3
Anadolu Hisar (Anatolian Fortress), 385
Anastasia (wife of Constantine IV), 201
Anastasius (Emperor), 78–9, 100
Anastasius II (Emperor) (r. 713-715), 219, 221
Anastaso. see Theophano
Anatolia, 97, 156, 162, 202, 210, 222, 246, 265, 369, 405, 424–5, 437
Anatolian Fortress (Anadolu Hisar), 385
Andreas, 92
Andronicus I Comnenus (Emperor), 315–25, 337, 345
Andronicus II Paleologus (Emperor), 368
Andronicus Ducas (general) (d. ca 910), 280–1
Anglicans, 184–5
Anna Comnena (Princess), XIX, 168, 286–7, 289, 294–5, 446
Anna of Savoy, 369
Anna (sister of Basil II), 16
Anthemius of Tralles, 104
Anthemius (Praetorian prefect), 63
Antichrist, 218, 394
Antioch, 123–4, 156–8, 172–5, 190, 246, 295
Antonina, 111–12, 115–16, 124, 132
Aphrodite (goddess), 259
Apocalypse (End of Days), 6–8, 19, 157, 213–14, 216–18, 221, 246, 394, 433
Apocalyse of Pseudo-Methodius, 217–18, 426
Apollo (god), 40–1, 441
apostles, 12, 27, 56, 165, 417. see also Holy Apostles (church)
Apsimar (Emperor), 207–10
Aqueduct of Valens, 60
aqueducts, 60, 115–16, 142. see also water cisterns
Aquileia, 72
Arabia, 88, 140, 186, 189, 204, 301
Arabic language, XV, 108, 189, 218, 222
Arabs (Saracens)
Roman allies, 125, 141, 173
beginnings of Islam, 171, 179, 189, 191
conquests (629-718), XVIII, 65, 173–9, 189–97, 199, 201–2, 206–7, 210, 213, 218–31, 299, 362
first siege of Constantinople (678), XVIII
second siege of Constantinople (717-718), XII–XIII, XVIII, 180, 223–30, 236
Roman relations with caliphate (8th-9th centuries), 238, 241, 245–6, 260
Crusader period (11th century), 274, 278
culture, 168, 399, 437
Arasta Bazaar, 390
Arcadipolis, 134
archangels, 108, 187, 383
architecture, 77, 104, 180, 437, 452
Arctic Circle, 49
Ardashi
r, 166–7
Arianism, 46, 115
aristocrats
Constantinople (see Roman aristocrats) western Europe, 329
Aristotle, 287, 445, 447
Arius, 44, 46
Armenia, 153, 162, 195, 201, 211, 268, 318
Armenian Orthodox Church, 51
Armenians, 150–1, 174
Arsenius, St, 305
Arslan. see Alp Arslan (sultan)
Arthur (King), 429–30
Aryans, 46
Asia, 4, 12, 90, 164, 167, 229, 246, 341, 385, 388, 407, 448
Asia Minor
Arabs in, 222–4, 230, 274
Crusaders in, 292, 295
Persians in, 156, 164, 167
Roman Empire in, XVIII, 28, 44, 48–9, 53–4, 107, 176, 195, 222, 241, 243, 289, 295, 316, 366
Turks in, 278–9, 282, 292, 315, 368–9, 377
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (feast), 230
Assyrians, 168
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 97, 135–6, 148
atheism, 181–2
Athena (goddess), 440
Athens, 59, 87, 240, 246
Atlantic Ocean, 72, 219, 448
Attila the Hun (d. 453), XVII–XVIII, 67–74
Augusta (title), 49–50, 66, 158, 210, 240
Augustæum, 99, 102–3, 132, 203, 232, 235, 371–2, 435
map, VIII
Augustus (Emperor) (r. 27 BC-14 AD), XVII, 3, 22, 28, 34, 57, 75, 135, 172, 179, 381, 449
“Augustus” (title), 22, 32, 42, 49, 152, 245, 267
Aurelian Walls (Rome), 36–7, 116
Australians, 23, 51, 149, 184–5, 310, 315, 360, 452
Austria, 245, 430
author & family
children, 310–15
in France, 366
history road-trip, 19–20, 23–4, 57–8
in Istanbul (see Constantinople; Istanbul)
in Jerusalem, 51–3
languages, XV
names, 313–15
religion, 183–5
in Rome, 25, 38–41, 109–10, 247–50
Avars, 65, 151–4, 162, 164–5, 204, 296
Ayasofya. see Hagia Sophia (church)
B
Babylon, 298, 309, 401
Great Whore, 216
Badr, 188
Bahrain, 71
Balaeric Islands, 133
Baldwin I of Boulogne (King of Jerusalem, r.1098-1100), 293
Baldwin I of Flanders (Emperor, r. 1204-05), 332–3, 356, 365
Baldwin II (Emperor), 365–7
Baldwin III (King of Jerusalem), 318–19
Balgitzis, 207
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