Excerpt from A Short History of the Near East: From the Founding of Constantinople (330 A. D. To 1922) Such factors as the various Balkan races and kingdoms have, however, received all the space possible. A just presentation requires that proper attention should be given to the capital events of former ages, despite a natural interest in rather recent happenings. It is more valuable to emphasize the im portance of Leo the Isaurian's deliverance of Constantinople from the Saracens than to dwell at length on the battle of Kirk Kilisse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.