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 45
... arrived in droves . Some went on to Istanbul , Sarajevo , Safed and Alexandria , but the largest colony took shape ... arrived . 3 The Arrival of the Sefardim WHEN EVLIYA CHELEBI , 45 The Rose of Sultan Murad.
... arrived in droves . Some went on to Istanbul , Sarajevo , Safed and Alexandria , but the largest colony took shape ... arrived . 3 The Arrival of the Sefardim WHEN EVLIYA CHELEBI , 45 The Rose of Sultan Murad.
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... arrived in 1718 , and the same year began the commercial boom which followed the ending of the Venetian - Ottoman war and brought more and more European res- idents and merchants . By the middle of the century , Venice , Naples , the ...
... arrived in 1718 , and the same year began the commercial boom which followed the ending of the Venetian - Ottoman war and brought more and more European res- idents and merchants . By the middle of the century , Venice , Naples , the ...
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... arrived in Greece from Asia Minor by the time the agreement was signed , and there was no earthly chance they could ever return to their homes . The impera- tive for the Greek side was to find ways to house them , and in his mind this ...
... arrived in Greece from Asia Minor by the time the agreement was signed , and there was no earthly chance they could ever return to their homes . The impera- tive for the Greek side was to find ways to house them , and in his mind this ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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