FOOTNOTES
[1] The fall of the empire came in 1453 A.D., when Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks.
[2] See pages 311-312, 317-318.
[3] See page 245.
[4] See page 300.
[5] See page 244.
[6] See the map, page 301.
[7] Roman law still prevails in the province of Quebec and the state of Louisiana, territories formerly under French control, and in all the Spanish-American countries.
[8] In Greek, Hagia Sophia, "Holy Wisdom."
[9] See page 302.
[10] See page 219.
[11] So named from one of their leaders.
[12] The word slova means "speech"; the Slavs are those who speak the same language.
[13] See pages 309, 315.
[14] A more accurate designation than Servia. Originally, all Slavic peoples called themselves Serbs.
[15] See page 284.
[16] Of the eight sieges to which Constantinople was subjected in medieval times, only two succeeded. In 1204 A.D. it was captured by the Venetians and in 1453 A.D., by the Ottoman Turks. See pages 477 and 492.