List of Illustrations Editor's Preface Note on Spelling and Transliteration Abbreviations The Ottoman Empire at Murad's accession p. 3 Birth of a prince p. 9 Balkan campaigns - Hungarian counteroffensive p. 16 The crusade of Varna p. 27 A child sultan p. 41 The campaign in Greece p. 44 Murad's last years p. 56 Mehmed's final return to the throne p. 64 The fortress on the Bosporus p. 75 The fall of Constantinople p. 87 Creation of an Ottoman imperial capital p. 101 Repercussions in the West p. 117 Ottoman expansion into the Aegean p. 129 The siege of Belgrade p. 137 Ottoman campaigns - Albania, Serbia, and Greece p. 151 Papal efforts at Western unification p. 167 The last of the Palaeologi p. 173 Eastern adventurers and the fall of Trebizond p. 183 The pope and the sultan p. 197 Vlad the impaler p. 203 The subjection of Bosnia p. 215 Outbreak of war with Venice p. 225 Papal efforts at Crusade p. 233 The Ottomans on the Adriatic p. 251 Anatolian undertakings p. 269 The fall of Negropont p. 279 The Mosque of the Conqueror p. 293 Uzun Hasan in league with the West p. 302 War in the East with Uzun Hasan p. 309 The fall of Mahmud Pasha p. 329 Deathblow to Genoa's Levantine trade p. 341 Ottoman raiders at the gates of Venice and Austria p. 347 Mehmed in Walachia and Moldavia p. 351 The sieges of Kruje and Shkoder p. 359 Peace at last with Venice p. 369 Ottoman landing in southeastern Italy p. 389 Unsuccessful attack on Rhodes p. 397 Mehmed's last campaigns and death p. 401 The personality and empire of Mehmed the Conqueror p. 409 The ruler and the man p. 409 State and society p. 432 Art literature and science p. 462 Mehmed the Conqueror and the West p. 494 App. 1. Lists of Rulers and Popes p. 511 App. 2. Glossary p. 513 Index p. 515 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.