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RULERS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Apparently well known but actually less so, the Ottoman Empire is represented in the portraits of its 36 rulers. Who were the sultans, and what sort of personalities were those who created the empire? What were their strong sides, what did they look like, and how happen that the all-powerful rulers of South-Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa and South-West Asia sometimes became tools in the hands of their subordinates?

RULERS OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

THE BOOK PRESENTS the millenium-long history of Byzantium as reflected in the dramatic life of the most remarkable Byzantine emperors for Constantine the Great to Constantine XI Paleologus. An informative text and splendid illustrations revive the leading personalities and the key events that determined the lot of the Byzantine Empire, which is beleived to have been the best governed medieval state.

RULERS OF ANCIENT EUROPE

This volume takes the reader back to the roots of European civilization. For the first time, it presents a collection of the lives of famous rulers from the lands of ancient Greece, Macedonia and Thrace who left an indelible mark on the course of world history, having had key positions on the crossroads between Europe and Asia, both by land and by sea. These strong personalities with their political ambitions, remarkable skills as diplomats and generals and personal dramas were among the founders of states which still exist today.