Turkey In An Age Of Empires

This course continues to explore the History of Turkey and will cover the period from the death of Alexander the Great in 323BC to the emergence of the Ottomans by AD1375. Turkey has always been at the crossroads of east and west, and has been ruled by an assortment of imperial powers. The Selucid Greeks were followed by the Romans who morphed into the Byzantines. Later came the Seljuk Turks who had to confront Crusading armies from the west. Then the Mongols swept through and once they withdrew the Ottoman Turks began their inexorable rise to power. This course will explore the fascinating story of the shifting fortunes of those who sought to control Anatolia over a period of 1700 years