PRINTED BY ABRAHAM SMALL......AND PUBLISHED BY HIM, AND M. CAREY.

1816.

CONTENTS OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME,

CHAPTER LXV.

Elevation of Timour or Tamerlane to the Throne of Samarcand.-His Conquests in Per-

sia, Georgia, Tartary, Russia, India, Syria, and Anatolia.-His Turkish War.-De-

feat and Captivity of Bajazet.-Death of Timonr-Civil War of the Sons of Bajazet.

—Restoration of the Turkish Monarchy by Mahomet the Firet.—Siege of Constantinople

by Amurath the Second.

1. D.

1339 Embassy of the Younger Andro-

nicus to Pope Benedict XII.

The Arguments for a Crusade

and Union

b. 1405 His Death on the Road to China

ib. Character and Merits of Timour

61403-1421. Civil Wars of the Sons of

Bajazet

1. Mustapha

11

2. Isa

13 1403-1410. 3. Soliman

7

9

141410 4. Mousa

15 1413-1421. 5. Mahomet I.

16 1421-1451. Reign of Amurath II.

ib 1421 Re-union of the Ottoman Empire

17 1402-1425. State of the Greek Empire

19 1422 Siege of Constantinople by Amu-

rath II.

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ib.

ib.l

PAGE A. D.

1425-1448. The Emperor John Palæo-

logus II.

Hereditary Succession and Merit

of the Ottomans

Education and Discipline of the

Turks

ib.

Invention and use of Gunpowder 41

27

28

43

1348 Negotiation of Cantacuzene with

Clement VI.

1355 Treaty of John Palæologus L.
with Innocent VI.

44

31

ib.

32

ib.

ib.

33

34

ib.

35

37

CHAPTER LXVI.

Application of the Eastern Emperors to the Popes.-Visits to the West, of John the First,

Manuel, and John the Second, 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.

ib.

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