First Siege and Conquest of Constantinople by the Latins,..... 77

Restoration of the Emperor Isaac Angelus, and his Son Alex-

Quarrel of the Greeks and Latins,.

1204. The War renewed,..

Alexius and his Father deposed by Mourzoufie,....

Second Siege,

Pillage of Constantinople,

Division of the Spoil,..

Misery of the Greeks,..

Sacrilege and Mockery,.

Destruction of the Statues,

CHAPTER LXI.

PARTITION OF THE EMPIRE BY THE FRENCH AND VENETIANS. — FIVE

LATIN EMPERORS OF THE HOUSES OF FLANDERS AND COURTENAY.

THEIR WARS AGAINST THE BULGARIANS AND GREEKS. — WEAKNESS

AND POVERTY OF THE LATIN EMPIRE. - RECOVERY OF CONSTANTI-

NOPLE BY THE GREEKS. — GENERAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CRU-

SADES.

1204. Election of the Emperor Baldwin 1.,

Division of the Greek Empire,

Revolt of the Greeks,

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1204-1222. Theodore Lascaris, Emperor of Nice,

The Dukes and Emperors of Trebizond,.

The Despots of Epirus,

1205. The Bulgarian War,

114

115

116

1217. Peter of Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople,

1217-1219. His Captivity and Death,.............

1221-1228. Robert, Emperor of Constantinople,................

1228-1237. Baldwin II. and John of Brienne, Emperors of Constan-

124

THE GREEK EMPERORS OF NICE AND CONSTANTINOPLE. -ELEVATION

AND REIGN OF MICHAEL PALEOLOGUS. HIS FALSE UNION WITH

THE POPE AND THE LATIN CHURCH. — HOSTILE DESIGNS OF CHARLES

OF ANJOU. — REVOLT OF SICILY. WAR OF THE CATALANS IN ASIA

AND GREECE. — REVOLUTIONS AND PRESENT STATE OF ATHENS.

Return of the Greek Emperor,

Palæologus blinds and banishes the young Emperor,.

1262-1268. Is excommunicated by the Patriarch Arsenius,.

1266-1312. Schism of the Arsenites,

1259-1282. Reign of Michael Palæologus...

155

1273-1332. Reign of Andronicus the Elder,.

...

155

1274-1277. His Union with the Latin Church,....

1277–1282. His Persecution of the Greeks,..

1283. The Union dissolved,

1266. Charles of Anjou subdues Naples and Sicily,.

1270. Threatens the Greek Empire,..........

1280. Palæologus instigates the Revolt of Sicily,.

1282. The Sicilian Vespers,

Defeat of Charles,.

1303-1307. The Service and War of the Catalans in the Greek Ein-

pire,

.......

167

GARD

VIL WARS, AND RUIN OF THE GREEK EMPIRE. REIGNS OF ANDRO-

NICUS, THE ELDER AND YOUNGER, AND JOHN PALEOLOGUS. RE-

GENCY, REVOLT, REIGN, AND ABDICATION OF JOHN CANTACUZENE.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A GENOESE COLONY AT PERA OR GALATA. —

THEIR WARS WITH THE EMPIRE AND CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

1282-1320. Superstition of Andronicus and the Times,.

1320. First Disputes between the elder and younger Andronicus,.

1321-1328. Three Civil Wars between the two Emperors,.

1325. Coronation of the younger Andronicus,.

1328. The elder Andronicus abdicates the Government,

1332. His Death,

1328-1341. Reign of Andronicus the Younger,

His two Wives,.....

1341--1391. Reign of John Palæologus,.

Fortune of John Cantacuzene,

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174

176

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178

179

180

181

181

182

183

183

184

He is left Regent of the Empire,.

1341. His Regency is attacked,

By Apocaucus, the Empress Anne of Savoy, and the Patriarch, 185

1341-1351. Dispute concerning the Light of Mount Thabor,

1261-1347. Establishment of the Genoese at Pera or Galata,

193

195

Their Trade and Insolence,...

1348. Their War with the Emperor Cantacuzene,

1349. Destruction of his Fleet,.............

1352. Victory of the Genoese over the Venetians and Greeks,

Their Treaty with the Empire,

CONQUESTS OF ZINGIS KHAN AND THE MOGULS FROM CHINA TO POLAND

- ESCAPE OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE GREEKS. ORIGIN OF THE

OTTOMAN TURKS IN BITHYNIA. · REIGNS AND VICTORIES OF OTHMAN,

-

ORCHAN, AMURATH THE FIRST, AND BAJAZET THE FIRST. FOUNDA-

TION AND PROGRESS OF THE TURKISH MONARCHY IN ASIA AND EU-

ROPE. DANGER OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE GREEK EMPIRE.

A. D.

PAGE.

1206-1227. Zingis Khan, first Emperor of the Moguls and Tartars,.. 203

His Laws,.....

205

1210-1214. His Invasion of China,

209

1218-1224. Of Carisme, Transoxiana, and Persia,.

210

....

1227. His Death,.

.......

212

1227-1295. Conquests of the Moguls under the Successors of Zingis, 212

1234. Of the Northern Empire of China,....

213

1279. Of the Southern,

214

1258. Of Persia, and the Empire of the Caliphs,

1242-1272. Of Anatolia,....

1235-1245. Of Kipzak, Russia, Poland, Hungary, &c.,

1242. Of Siberia,

215

216

217

220

1227-1259 The Successors of Zingis,

220

1259-1368. Adopt the Manners of China,...

221

1240-1300. Division of the Mogul Empire,.

1240-1304. Escape of Constantinople and the Greek Empire from the

1326-1839. His Conquest of Bithynia,

1300. Division of Anatolia among the Turkish Emirs,

1312. Loss of the Asiatic Provinces,..

1310-1523. The Knights of Rhodes,

1341-1347. First Passage of the Turks into Europe,.

1346. Marriage of Orchan with a Greek Princess,..

230

231

1391-1425. The Emperor Manuel,..

1353. Establishment of the Ottomans in Europe,.

Death of Orchan and his Son Soliman,.

1360-1389. The Reign and European Conquests of Amurath I.,.......

The Janizaries,.....

1389-1403. The Reign of Bajazet I. Ilderim,....

His Conquests from the Euphrates to the Danube,.

1396. Battle of Nicopolis,

1396-1398. Crusade and Captivity of the French Princes,.

1355-1391. The Emperor John Palæologus,.

Discord of the Greeks,

1896-1402. Distress of Constantinople,

ELEVATION

CHAPTER LXV.

TO THE THRONE OF SAMAR-

GEORGIA, TARTARY, RUSSIA,

TURKISH WAR. DEFEAT AND

TIMOUR. — CIVIL WAR OF THE

OF THE TURKISH MONARCHY BY

OF TIMOUR OR TAMERLANE

CAND. - HIS CONQUESTS IN PERSIA,

INDIA, SYRIA, AND ANATOLIA. — HIS

CAPTIVITY OF BAJAZET. — DEATH OF

SONS OF BAJAZET.— RESTORATION

MAHOMET THE FIRST. — SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY AMURATH

Defeat and Captivity of Bajazet,...

The Story of his Iron Cage disproved by the Persian Historian

266