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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Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950 Mark Mazower. was reported that the most influential beys " being members of the [ local ] Council , have become more powerful . " They also packed a provincial deputation sent to the capital in ...
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950 Mark Mazower. was reported that the most influential beys " being members of the [ local ] Council , have become more powerful . " They also packed a provincial deputation sent to the capital in ...
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... reported proudly back to London : " In a few hours 2000 Jews were assembled around it , who read it . A Turkish soldier stood near it , in order that no one might tear it up . The chief of the soldiers , who placed a man there , desired ...
... reported proudly back to London : " In a few hours 2000 Jews were assembled around it , who read it . A Turkish soldier stood near it , in order that no one might tear it up . The chief of the soldiers , who placed a man there , desired ...
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... reported that the scenery was more enticing than its commercial potential . The wooden quay was mouldering away , the harbour itself was uncharted and sand- banks were slowly silting up the mouth of the Vardar . Piracy deterred movement ...
... reported that the scenery was more enticing than its commercial potential . The wooden quay was mouldering away , the harbour itself was uncharted and sand- banks were slowly silting up the mouth of the Vardar . Piracy deterred movement ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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