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Elevation of Timour or Tamerlane to the Throne of Samar-
cand.-His Conquests in Persia, Georgia, Tartary, Rus-
sia, India, Syria, and Anatolia.His Turkish War.-
Defeat and Captivity of Bajazet.-Death of Timour.———
Civil War of the Sons of Bajazet.-Restoration of the
Turkish Monarchy by Mahomet the First-Siege of Con-
stantinople by Amurath the Second.
A. D.
HISTO
ISTORIES of TIMOUR, or Tamerlane
1361-1370. His first Adventures
1370 He ascends the Throne of Zagatai
The Story of his Iron Cage disproved by the Persian
Historian of Timour
Attested, 1. by the French
" 2. by the Italians
- 3. by the Arabs
4. by the Greeks,
-, 5. by the Turks
Probable Conclusion
1403 Death of Bajazet
Term of the Conquests of Timour
1404, 1405. His Triumph at Samarcand
1405 His Death on the Road to China
Character and Merits of Timour
1403-1421. Civil Wars of the Sons of Bajazet
1. Mustapha
1403-1410. 3. Soliman
2. Isa
1410 4. Mousa
1413-1421. 5. Mahomet I.
1421-1451. Reign of Amurath II.
1421 Re-union of the Ottoman Empire
1402-1425. State of the Greek Empire
1422 Siege of Constantinople by Amurath II.
1425-1448. The Emperor John Palæologus II.
Hereditary Succession and Merit of the Ottomans
Education and Discipline of the Turks
Invention and Use of Gunpowder
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CHAP.
CHAP. LXVI.
Application of the Eastern Emperors to the Popes.-Visits to
the West, of John the First, Manuel, and John the Se-
cond, Palæologus.-Union of the Greek and Latin Churches,
promoted by the Council of Basil, and concluded at Ferrara
and Florence.-State of Literature at Constantinople-Its
Revival in Italy by the Greek Fugitives.-Curiosity and
Emulation of the Latins.
1339 Embassy of the Younger Andronicus to Pope Benedict XII.
The Arguments for a Crusade and Union
1348 Negociation of Cantacuzene with Clement VI.
1355 Treaty of John Palæologus I. with Innocent VI.
1369 Visit of John Palæologus to Urban V. at Rome
1370 His Return to Constantinople
Visit of the Emperor Manuel
1400 To the Court of France
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66
69
72
74
77
ib.
England
1402 His Return to Greece
Greck Knowledge and Descriptions,
Of Germany
Of France
Of England
1402-1417. Indifference of Manuel towards the Latins
1417-1425. His Negociations
His Private Motives
His Death
1425-1437. Zeal of John Palæologus II.
Corruption of the Latin Church
1377-1429. Schism
1409 Council of Pisa
1414-1418. Of Constance
1431-1443. Of Basil
Their Opposition to Eugenius IV.
1434-1437. Negociations with the Greeks
1437 John Palæologus embarks in the Pope's Gallies
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1430 His Triumphal Entry at Venice
into Ferrara
1438, 1439. Council of the Greeks and Latins at Ferrara
1449 Final Peace of the Church
1300-1453. State of the Greek Language at Constanti-
nople
Comparison of the Greeks and Latins
Revival of the Greek Learning in Italy
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ΙΟΣ
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119
1339 Lessons of Barlaam
120
1339-1374. Studies of Petrarch
121
1360 Of Boccace
123
1360-1363. Leo Pilatus, first Greek Professor at Florence,