Istanbul : city of majesty at the crossroads of the world / Thomas F. Madden.
Perched at the tip of Europe, gazing across to the shores of Asia, Istanbul remains as much a city of crossroads as it has been for the past two millennia. The history of this fabled metropolis--known at first as Byzantion, then Constantinople, and now Istanbul--is glorious, grandiose, and astoundin...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2016]
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 381 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
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City of majesty at the crossroads of the world |
| Format: | Book |