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Ghost Empire

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by Richard Fidler


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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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