Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950Alfred A. Knopf, 2005 - 490 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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... Greek but Vlach ( a Romance language akin to Romanian ) , Albanian or indeed various forms of Slavic . The city's life , schools and priests gave these villagers , or their children , a new tongue , and turned them into Greeks . In fact ...
... Greek but Vlach ( a Romance language akin to Romanian ) , Albanian or indeed various forms of Slavic . The city's life , schools and priests gave these villagers , or their children , a new tongue , and turned them into Greeks . In fact ...
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... Greeks and Bulgarians.8 Within the Greek - speaking world , a divergence of views now emerged between the Patriarchate and Greek nationalists . Many senior clergymen like Salonica's metropolitan , Ioacheim , wanted to conciliate the ...
... Greeks and Bulgarians.8 Within the Greek - speaking world , a divergence of views now emerged between the Patriarchate and Greek nationalists . Many senior clergymen like Salonica's metropolitan , Ioacheim , wanted to conciliate the ...
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... Greek air force , 276 Greek Archaeological Service , 40 Greek army , 5 , 94 , 144 , 207 , 220 , 276 , 281 , 319-20 , 335 , 386 , 391 , 432 Greek civil war , 13 , 271 Greek Fourth Army Corps , 289-90 Greek gymnasium , 253 Greek Naval League ...
... Greek air force , 276 Greek Archaeological Service , 40 Greek army , 5 , 94 , 144 , 207 , 220 , 276 , 281 , 319-20 , 335 , 386 , 391 , 432 Greek civil war , 13 , 271 Greek Fourth Army Corps , 289-90 Greek gymnasium , 253 Greek Naval League ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
Copyright | |
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