Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2006 M05 9 - 544 pages Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced out, and the Nazis deported and killed the Jews. As the acclaimed historian Mark Mazower follows the city’s inhabitants through plague, invasion, famine, and the disastrous twentieth century, he resurrects a fascinating and vanished world. |
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Page 118
... Levant trade now encompassed Salonica on a significant scale . Before 1698 only two Frenchmen actually resided in the city ; but by 1721 there were eight French trading houses and about thirty - seven members of the " French nation ...
... Levant trade now encompassed Salonica on a significant scale . Before 1698 only two Frenchmen actually resided in the city ; but by 1721 there were eight French trading houses and about thirty - seven members of the " French nation ...
Page 200
... Levant , there were growing signs that their predatory activ- ities were angering local opinion . When Adolphus Slade , like many others , was shown round the verde - antico carving which was ( one of the sites ) claimed to be the ...
... Levant , there were growing signs that their predatory activ- ities were angering local opinion . When Adolphus Slade , like many others , was shown round the verde - antico carving which was ( one of the sites ) claimed to be the ...
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... Levant , was sent by a British company . Shortly after this the British signed a commercial convention with the Porte to liberalize trade , and Abdul Mecid estab- lished a Ministry of Trade and a Council of Public Works . The aboli ...
... Levant , was sent by a British company . Shortly after this the British signed a commercial convention with the Porte to liberalize trade , and Abdul Mecid estab- lished a Ministry of Trade and a Council of Public Works . The aboli ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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