The Roman Empire did not meet its end when barbarians sacked the City of Seven Hills; but rather a thousand years later with the fall of Constantinople; capital of the surviving Eastern Empire. The Ottoman Turks who conquered the city aslo known to us as Byzantium would force a tense centruy of conflict in the Mediterranean culminating in the famous Battle of Lepanto. The first book in a triptych depicting this monumental confrontation between a Muslim empire and Christendom; The Fall of Constantinople brilliantly captures a defning moment in the two creeds' history too often eclipsed by the Crusades.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Jihad is Alive and Well in the World TodayBy CustomerReligion is responsible for so much misery in this world! Once you know that Islam is all about Mohammed; everything that follows begins to make sense. It all stemmed from Mohammed's sense of insignificance and bitterness; allied with the seventh-century view of the world and the belief in deities; gods; spiritualism. With this cultural understanding of the world; it was no great leap for Mohammed to turn his epileptic seizure symptoms (visions; lights) into visitations from his God and the archangel Gabriel. And from there; to make himself more important; to turn himself from a prophet who brings word of a personal God to Allah's Apostle; the last and best Messenger of God. And with this promotion; he was able to wreak havoc in the Arabian Peninsula; and exact a lot of personal revenge on everyone around him.Once the reader of the Sunna can read the Qur'an in chronological order; it is easy to see how Mohammed developed his plans and shaped his religion from a fanatical form of belief into a rampaging political ideology.You need to read this.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Wow what a cleanserBy CustomerWow what a book. To the point. Slamming a certain religion with so well argued points and facts that you will tend to vomit on the deeds of the profet and his followers. Least you will feel that this certain religion that could not be even a least deserving moral code how can it end up like one of largest religion. Oh the power of sword. Men remain animals.9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Why is this not taught in history classes?By plengI have studied a lot of history; but never had I been informed about this entire era of Islamic expansion by violent savagery. Why is it not taught in our schools? I found the book fascinating; and I did a lot of cross checking to make sure it was accurate. It appears to be correct!
