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 136
... less oppression , less plundering , and everyone being free , it may be said , to dispose of his own . " 4 Yet in fact , it was early days and the struggle was just beginning : the central government might propose , but it was those ...
... less oppression , less plundering , and everyone being free , it may be said , to dispose of his own . " 4 Yet in fact , it was early days and the struggle was just beginning : the central government might propose , but it was those ...
Page 285
... less than one - third of the city's inhabitants lived in such quarters ( defined as more than 80 % of one faith ) . The tendency to stick together was most pronounced among Muslims , but even so , under half of them lived in exclusively ...
... less than one - third of the city's inhabitants lived in such quarters ( defined as more than 80 % of one faith ) . The tendency to stick together was most pronounced among Muslims , but even so , under half of them lived in exclusively ...
Page 330
... less was destroyed . Its villas were large and often possessed spacious courtyards and grounds : refugee families built over the gardens and moved into the existing homes , many of which survived for decades with their characteristic ...
... less was destroyed . Its villas were large and often possessed spacious courtyards and grounds : refugee families built over the gardens and moved into the existing homes , many of which survived for decades with their characteristic ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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