罗马帝国消亡史经典英文版 (149).docxVIP

PAGE

经典英文巨著、宝贵学习参考资料

经典英文巨著、宝贵学习参考资料

Chapter64:Moguls,OttomanTurkds.

PartI.

ConquestsOfZingisKhanAndTheMogulsFromChinaToPoland.-EscapeOfConstantinopleAndTheGreeks.-OriginOfTheOttomanTurksInBithynia.-ReignsAndVictoriesOfOthman,Orchan,AmurathTheFirst,AndBajazetTheFirst.-FoundationAndProgressOfTheTurkishMonarchyInAsiaAndEurope.-DangerOfConstantinopleAndTheGreekEmpire.

Fromthepettyquarrelsofacityandhersuburbs,fromthecowardiceanddiscordofthefallingGreeks,IshallnowascendtothevictoriousTurks;whosedomesticslaverywasennobledbymartialdiscipline,religiousenthusiasm,andtheenergyofthenationalcharacter.TheriseandprogressoftheOttomans,thepresentsovereignsofConstantinople,areconnectedwiththemostimportantscenesofmodernhistory;buttheyarefoundedonapreviousknowledgeofthegreateruptionoftheMoguls^*andTartars;whoserapidconquestsmaybecomparedwiththeprimitiveconvulsionsofnature,whichhaveagitatedandalteredthesurfaceoftheglobe.Ihavelongsinceassertedmyclaimtointroducethenations,theimmediateorremoteauthorsofthefalloftheRomanempire;norcanIrefusemyselftothoseevents,which,fromtheiruncommonmagnitude,willinterestaphilosophicmindinthehistoryofblood.^1

[Footnote*:Mongolseemstoapproachthenearesttothepropernameofthisrace.TheChinesecallthemMong-kou;theMondchoux,theirneighbors,MonggoorMonggou.TheycalledthemselvesalsoBeda.ThisfactseemstohavebeenprovedbyM.SchmidtagainsttheFrenchOrientalists.SeeDeBrosset.NoteonLeBeau,tom.xxiip.402.]

[Footnote1:Thereaderisinvitedtoreviewchaptersxxii.toxxvi.,andxxiii.toxxxviii.,themannersofpastoralnations,theconquestsofAttilaandtheHuns,whichwerecomposedatatimewhenIentertainedthewish,ratherthanthehope,ofconcludingmyhistory.]

FromthespacioushighlandsbetweenChi