Great ancient civilizations of Asia Minor

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Twenty-four lectures on the history of Asia Minor, from its origins as a civilization in Anatolia to the Ottoman Empire. Abstract: Twenty-four lectures on the history of Asia Minor, from its origins as a civilization in Anatolia to the Ottoman Empire Content: lecture 1. Introduction to Anatolia -- lecture 2. First civilizations in Anatolia -- lecture 3. The Hittite empire -- lecture 4. Hattus̆as̆ and imperial Hittite culture -- lecture 5. Origins of Greek civilization -- lecture 6. The legend of Troy -- lecture 7. Iron age kingdoms of Asia Minor -- lecture 8. Emergence of the Polis -- lecture 9. Ionia and early Greek civilization -- lecture 10. The Persian conquest -- lecture 11. Athenian empire and Spartan hegemony -- lecture 12. Alexander the Great and the Diadochoi -- lecture 13. The Hellenization of Asia Minor -- lecture 14. Rome versus the kings of the east -- lecture 15. Prosperity and Roman patronage -- lecture 16. Gods and sanctuaries of Roman Asia Minor -- lecture 17. Jews and early Christians -- lecture 18. From Rome to Byzantium -- lecture 19. Constantinople, Queen of cities -- lecture 20. The Byzantine dark age -- lecture 21. Byzantine cultural revival -- lecture 22. Crusaders and Seljuk Turks -- lecture 23. Muslim transformation -- lecture 24. The Ottoman empire.