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For a really intersting discussion of this, see Fr. Schmemann's book The Historical Road of Eastern Orthodoxy
Fr. Schmemann, and. Fr. Hopko after him, would both contend that Orthodoxy has still not recovered from the fall of Constantinople.
It's not only history, but I like The Historical Road of Eastern Orthodoxy for both history and an introduction to Orthodoxy.
I recently read Fr. Alexander Schmemann's The Historical Road of Eastern Orthodoxy.
I thought it was a pretty good, fairly in-depth overview of Orthodox history, from 33AD to the mid-20th Century (though most of the focus is up through Byzantium; the closer to the present he gets, the less in-depth he goes, IIRC). In addition, I liked how Schmemann didn't shy away from the problems the Church has experienced, but, at the same time, also offered context to help the reader understand why some decisions seemed like a good idea at the time.