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 130
... noted the French consul , " whose self - esteem Mehmed Pasha and the Arabs in his entourage daily affront , and whose livelihood they ruin , that the fermentation is liveliest and most general . " One sees here indications of a Turkish ...
... noted the French consul , " whose self - esteem Mehmed Pasha and the Arabs in his entourage daily affront , and whose livelihood they ruin , that the fermentation is liveliest and most general . " One sees here indications of a Turkish ...
Page 146
... noted a foreign eye - witness . Money - lending , the extortionate rate of interest , the mortgaging of estates and the damaging impact on cultivation were pressing issues . Everyone knew the fate of the bishop of Kassandra who tried to ...
... noted a foreign eye - witness . Money - lending , the extortionate rate of interest , the mortgaging of estates and the damaging impact on cultivation were pressing issues . Everyone knew the fate of the bishop of Kassandra who tried to ...
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... noted a visitor . " It is in the streets that they cook , hammer and beat . Workshop , shop , display - all is one . 99 Places thus acquired names according to an entirely locally generated logic . Many small alleys and cul - de - sacs ...
... noted a visitor . " It is in the streets that they cook , hammer and beat . Workshop , shop , display - all is one . 99 Places thus acquired names according to an entirely locally generated logic . Many small alleys and cul - de - sacs ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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