{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/615750a87c49660011b1222f/620225a8e591e40018c0a2b4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 6: 11th-c. Byzantium with Koray Durak (Turkey)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/615750a87c49660011b1222f/1644307788051-723af264f0e34c4f9d2a7e91ad141b78.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The 11th century is surely the most exciting of Byzantium's long history. In this podcast, I'm joined by Koray Durak, Associate Professor at&nbsp;Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, to discuss the Macedonian dynasty, international trade, the impact of the crusaders, and the image of Byzantium in modern Turkey.</p><p><br></p><p><u>References mentioned in the podcast:</u></p><p>K. Durak, 'The Representation of Byzantine History in High School Textbooks in Turkey',&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/byzantine-and-modern-greek-studies/article/abs/representation-of-byzantine-history-in-high-school-textbooks-in-turkey/D7B27AED7FD274FF354AC9A454E369E0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies</em></a>, 38/2 (2014), 245-264.</p><p>K. Durak, 'The commercial history of Trebizond and the region of Pontos from the seventh to the eleventh centuries: an international emporium',&nbsp;<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1080/09518967.2021.1900161\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mediterranean Historical Review</a>&nbsp;36 (2021), 3-41</p><p><br></p><p><em>Music: Karen Gomyo (CC BY-NC 3.0)</em></p>","author_name":"Charles West"}