Ephesus (Ephesos): An Abbreviated History from Androclus to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Laale, Hong>anong>s Willer, PUBLISHER: WestBow Press, Ephesus (Ephesos): ong>Anong> Abbreviated History from ong>ong>Anong>dong>roclus to Constong>anong>tine XI. The reader is provided with what is known about the city of Ephesus, its people, ong>ong>anong>dong> its place within the larger framework of ong>anong>cient ong>ong>anong>dong> medieval Mediterrong>anong>eong>anong> history. Beginning with the Ioniong>anong> migration ong>ong>anong>dong> the founding of Ephesus on the west coast of Asia Minor around B.C., the story moves quickly through periods when the city was ruled successively by local tyrong>anong>ts, Persiong>anong> kings ong>ong>anong>dong> satraps, Atheniong>anong> ong>ong>anong>dong> Spartong>anong> generals, ong>Anong>tigonid, Ptolemaic ong>ong>anong>dong> Seleucid kings, Romong>anong> emperors ong>ong>anong>dong> Pergamene dynasts, Byzong>anong>tine emperors ong>ong>anong>dong> Greek patriarchs, Arab caliphs, Latin popes ong>ong>anong>dong> crusaders, Seljuk ong>ong>anong>dong> Beylik Turks, Mongols, ong>ong>anong>dong> ending with the conquest by the Ottomong>anong> Turks in A.D. . Throughout emphasis has been placed on the lives of Ephesiong>anong> individuals ong>ong>anong>dong> groups, ong>ong>anong>dong> their respective contributions to architecture, law, literature, painting, medicine, philosophy, poetry, politics, religion ong>ong>anong>dong> sculpture, often at times characterized by political ong>ong>anong>dong> territorial power struggles ong>ong>anong>dong> ecclesiastical doctrinal controversies ong>ong>anong>dong> disagreements. The history of Ephesus is of ongoing interest to historiong>anong>s, archaeologists ong>ong>anong>dong> students of classical literature, science, religion ong>ong>anong>dong> philosophy, as well as to amateurs ong>ong>anong>dong> laymen who are keenly interested in Mediterrong>anong>iong>anong> ong>anong>tiquity. It is documented with excerpts, biographical references, explong>anong>atory footnotes ong>ong>anong>dong> a few illustrations.