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Turkish myth and muslim symbol : the battle of Manzikert /

Turks ruled the Middle East for a millennium and eastern Europe for many centuries and it is an undoubted fact that they moulded the lands under their dominion. It is therefore something of a paradox that the history of Turkey and aspects of the identity and role of the Turks, both as Muslims and as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hillenbrand, Carole
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The twelfth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert
  • The thirteenth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert
  • The fourteenth- and fifteenth-century accounts of the battle of Manzikert
  • Writing the battle
  • The ongoing Muslim-Christian confrontation : the victorious contribution of the Turks
  • The heritage of Manzikert : the myth of national identity.