Maria Efthymiou unravels the thread of Byzantine history from the 6th century to the Greek Revolution: the rise of Islam, the Arab conquest, the Seljuks, and the emergence of the Ottoman Empire.
In this lecture, historian Maria Efthymiou analyzes the great transition from the Byzantine to the Ottoman era — a historical journey of 1,200 years.
00:00 - The Greek language loses ground after 600 AD
02:16 - Arab civilization: a superpower of the Middle Ages (800–1100)
05:58 - The fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes
08:41 - Byzantium: the civilized East
19:00 - Charlemagne is crowned emperor (800 AD)
22:41 - A Greek-speaking empire
26:26 - Seljuk Turks and the Battle of Manzikert (1071)
33:36 - 1204: The Fourth Crusade breaks up Byzantium
38:03 - Why the Seljuks did NOT finish Byzantium — Osman and Ottoman expansion
#history #1453 #constantinople #byzantine #fall_of_constantinople
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Maria Efthymiou unravels the thread of Byzantine history from the 6th century to the Greek Revolution: the rise of Islam, the Arab conquest, the Seljuks, and the emergence of the Ottoman Empire.
In this lecture, historian Maria Efthymiou analyzes the great transition from the Byzantine to the Ottoman era — a historical journey of 1,200 years.
00:00 - The Greek language loses ground after 600 AD
02:16 - Arab civilization: a superpower of the Middle Ages (800–1100)
05:58 - The fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes
08:41 - Byzantium: the civilized East
19:00 - Charlemagne is crowned emperor (800 AD)
22:41 - A Greek-speaking empire
26:26 - Seljuk Turks and the Battle of Manzikert (1071)
33:36 - 1204: The Fourth Crusade breaks up Byzantium
38:03 - Why the Seljuks did NOT finish Byzantium — Osman and Ottoman expansion
#history #1453 #constantinople #byzantine #fall_of_constantinople
► Subscribe to @Mikrasiatisnet: https://www.youtube.com/@MikrasiatisN...