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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,
......
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,.
...
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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176
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181
182
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,
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