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BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) (Repost)

Posted By: mox1x2
BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) (Repost)

BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013)
HDTV | 1280x720 | MP4/AVC @ ~ 2300 Kbps | 3x59mn | Audio: English AAC 93.5 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: none | 3x1 GB
Genre: Documentary

Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore traces the sacred history of Istanbul. Known as the 'city of the world's desire', it's a place that has been the focus of passion for believers of three different faiths - Paganism, Christianity and Islam - and for nearly 3,000 years its streets have been the battleground for some of the fiercest political and religious conflicts in history.

Part 1: From Byzantium to Constantinople
Simon uncovers the city's ancient Greek roots, maps its transformation into the imperial capital of a Christian Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great and reveals how ecclesiastical clashes forced Eastern and Western Churches apart.

Part 2: From Constantinople to Istanbul
Simon explores modern Istanbul in search of the last desperate centuries of Christian Byzantium, in which the once glorious city was buffeted by enemies in both East and West, and yet still produced a golden artistic renaissance. This is story of the Christian crusaders who destroyed the city, and the Ottoman Muslims who restored it to life as an imperial capital after the epic siege of 1453.

Part 3: Capital of a New Empire
Simon discovers surprises in Istanbul as it rose to become the imperial capital and Islam's most powerful city. Visiting the great mosques and palaces built by the Ottoman emperors, he tells the stories behind them - of royal concubines, murderous bodyguards and sultans both the powerful and the depraved. He shows how the Christians, Muslims and Jews of the city once co-existed before the waves of nationalist rebellions brought the Ottoman empire to its knees. In the 20th century the ancient capital was once more transformed by the new secular vision of Ataturk.

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BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) (Repost)

BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) (Repost)

BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) (Repost)

BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) (Repost)

BBC - Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) (Repost)