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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Page 123
... allowed them to live in a new style : by the end of the century , the firm of one of the wealthiest Greek merchants , Ioannis Youta Kaftandzoglou , was reput- edly the largest in all Macedonia : he supported the publication of scholarly ...
... allowed them to live in a new style : by the end of the century , the firm of one of the wealthiest Greek merchants , Ioannis Youta Kaftandzoglou , was reput- edly the largest in all Macedonia : he supported the publication of scholarly ...
Page 161
... allowed to return to their original faith . Even Papa Isaiah , a would - be Christian Orthodox neo - martyr , turned out to be too late for martyrdom and despite his deliberate insults to the ruling faith was sentenced only to hard ...
... allowed to return to their original faith . Even Papa Isaiah , a would - be Christian Orthodox neo - martyr , turned out to be too late for martyrdom and despite his deliberate insults to the ruling faith was sentenced only to hard ...
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... allowed the new residents to expand their homes as their wealth grew . " Settlement ! What am I saying ? Suburb , yes , suburb is the proper term for this section of our city , " wrote one visitor impressed by its changed appearance ...
... allowed the new residents to expand their homes as their wealth grew . " Settlement ! What am I saying ? Suburb , yes , suburb is the proper term for this section of our city , " wrote one visitor impressed by its changed appearance ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
Copyright | |
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