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 42
... hand ; and on the other , keeping an eye on the local tax officials , especially those who had bought conces- sions for customs duties , and on the needs of the city in general . The collection of taxes and the running of the market ...
... hand ; and on the other , keeping an eye on the local tax officials , especially those who had bought conces- sions for customs duties , and on the needs of the city in general . The collection of taxes and the running of the market ...
Page 278
... hand it to the enemy and come here ? " 5 Once in possession of the city , the Greeks seemed unconcerned by the possibility of Ottoman revanchism and permitted the imperial gen- darmerie to continue to help police it . For several weeks ...
... hand it to the enemy and come here ? " 5 Once in possession of the city , the Greeks seemed unconcerned by the possibility of Ottoman revanchism and permitted the imperial gen- darmerie to continue to help police it . For several weeks ...
Page 421
... hand them back or face charges : several dozen complied . But in the winter of 1944-45 relations in Athens between EAM / ELAS and the British - backed government broke down and the crisis eventually led to the " December events " in ...
... hand them back or face charges : several dozen complied . But in the winter of 1944-45 relations in Athens between EAM / ELAS and the British - backed government broke down and the crisis eventually led to the " December events " in ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams w | 32 |
Copyright | |
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