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 148
... took the liberty of inviting the sultan to his country estate . He could not have been accused of stinting for the occasion . He had the road widened and new bridges built . Car- pets were bought up from local dealers to cover the ...
... took the liberty of inviting the sultan to his country estate . He could not have been accused of stinting for the occasion . He had the road widened and new bridges built . Car- pets were bought up from local dealers to cover the ...
Page 161
... took cases there themselves . In June 1844 , an Armenian couple officially lodged a com- plaint that their daughter , whom they had allowed to go to the local bath - house in Salonica with a Muslim woman , had not been returned to them ...
... took cases there themselves . In June 1844 , an Armenian couple officially lodged a com- plaint that their daughter , whom they had allowed to go to the local bath - house in Salonica with a Muslim woman , had not been returned to them ...
Page 207
... took enough [ of them ] from Cyprus to fill an entire museum . Today , most [ objects ] in European and American museums are from the stores of antiquities in our country . " 9923 Despite these words , the traffic in real - and even ...
... took enough [ of them ] from Cyprus to fill an entire museum . Today , most [ objects ] in European and American museums are from the stores of antiquities in our country . " 9923 Despite these words , the traffic in real - and even ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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