01828cam a2200289 i 4500 812461006 TxGeo 20230531120000.0 170225s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780143129691 trade pbk. 0143129694 trade pbk. (OCoLC)973918555 TxGeo rda Madden, Thomas F, author. Istanbul : city of majesty at the crossroads of the world / Thomas F. Madden. New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2017. xviii, 381 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world. The history of this city--known as Byzantium, then Constantinople, now Istanbul--is at once glorious, outsized, and astounding. Founded by the Greeks, its location made it a center for trade but also a target for every empire in history. At its most spectacular, Emperor Constantine I refounded the city as New Rome, filling it with artistic treasures, adorning the streets with opulent palaces, and building new walls that preserved its power and wealth--walls that withstood any aggressor and still stand for tourists to visit today. Drawing on a lifetime of study and the latest scholarship, Istanbul transports readers to a city of unparalleled importance and majesty, a city at the center of civilizations past and present."--From the publisher. 20230531. Istanbul (Turkey) History. Istanbul (Turkey) Civilization. QS5