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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... Istanbul ? In August 1753 there was a " popular revolt " as a janissary - led mob burned down the bakeries in the Frankish quarter , suspecting them of con- tributing to the scarcity of bread . Six months later , export of grain from ...
... Istanbul ? In August 1753 there was a " popular revolt " as a janissary - led mob burned down the bakeries in the Frankish quarter , suspecting them of con- tributing to the scarcity of bread . Six months later , export of grain from ...
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... Istanbul - if they succeeded in reaching them - were death - traps of typhus and cholera ; the rains poured down , there was little to eat . They packed themselves into the ships carrying them across the Aegean to safety , but many did ...
... Istanbul - if they succeeded in reaching them - were death - traps of typhus and cholera ; the rains poured down , there was little to eat . They packed themselves into the ships carrying them across the Aegean to safety , but many did ...
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... ( Istanbul , 1984 ) , 91-107 ; S. J. Shaw and E. K. Shaw , History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey , Vol . II : Reform , Revolution and Republic : the Rise of Modern Turkey , 1808-1975 ( Cambridge , 1977 ) , 301 . 13. Eugene A ...
... ( Istanbul , 1984 ) , 91-107 ; S. J. Shaw and E. K. Shaw , History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey , Vol . II : Reform , Revolution and Republic : the Rise of Modern Turkey , 1808-1975 ( Cambridge , 1977 ) , 301 . 13. Eugene A ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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