Izmir and the Levantine World 1550-1650 |
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| Author:
| Goffman, Daniel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-295-96932-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1990 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Traces how the backwater town of Izmir (Smyrna) on the Aegean coast of Turkey, became a major seaport of the Ottoman empire, an arena of rival western European traders, a magnet for marauding pirates, and a hotbed of radical millenarians and mystics. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or
Traces how the backwater town of Izmir (Smyrna) on the Aegean coast of Turkey, became a major seaport of the Ottoman empire, an arena of rival western European traders, a magnet for marauding pirates, and a hotbed of radical millenarians and mystics. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or