Unraveling the Life of its Residents
Exploring Perge’s Residences:What kind of houses did the people of Perge, who crafted these beautiful structures and works of art, inhabit?
Prof. Dr. Haluk Abbasoglu:In our quest to understand the living conditions of Perge’s inhabitants,...
Charting the Path of Perge’s Development through History
Charting the Path of Perge’s Development through History
Q: How has Perge evolved over time?
Prof. Dr. Haluk Abbasoglu:Perge has been a settlement since ancient times. Changes observed post the 7th Century B.C. can be linked...
Perge’s Hidden History
Insights from Prof. Dr. Haluk Abbasoglu
Q: Commencement of Perge Excavations:
Q: When and how did the excavations start in Perge?
Prof. Dr. Haluk Abbasoglu:Perge excavations commenced in 1946 under the leadership of Ord. Prof. Dr. Arif...
Ibn Battuta part 85
But no sense of the historian’s high vocation and essential impartiality could damp the racy individualism of Psellus’s approach nor the delicate artistry of his style and language. His enlivening devices, his literary resources,...
Ibn Battuta part 84
In his introduction to the Chronographia Psellus explains that he had often been pressed to write a history of his own times and that he finally agreed to produce a brief sketch at the...
Ibn Battuta part 83
Constantine Ducas when he became Emperor in 1059 had not lost touch with the friend of forty years ago and he eventually showed his confidence in Psellus by making him his son’s tutor —...
Ibn Battuta part 82
Chronographia
The two predominating passions of Psellus’s life were to get on in the world and to promote scholarship and learning. This first characteristic is probably what emerges most plainly from his Chronographia. With repeated...
Ibn Battuta part 81
Whatever his father’s claims to aristocratic forebears, Michael Psellus grew up in the milieu of a middle-class family. His writings, and particularly his funeral oration for his mother, reveal a fair amount about his...
Ibn Battuta part 80
When I first undertook the work, the late Dr. W. H. D. Rouse gave me sound advice, and as I neared the end, Professor Arthur E. Gordon, of the University of California, offered some...
Ibn Battuta part 79
For that reason has deprived from many citizens of their property without giving any notice of the existing chrysobulls (certificates of holdings without taxation) which are the main reason that creates tyrants. He engaged...
