Paradise lost : smyrna 1922 the destruction of islam's city of tolerance/
Milton, Giles
Paradise lost : smyrna 1922 the destruction of islam's city of tolerance/ Giles Milton - 426 pages; 20 cm
includes index
Smyrna was the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire, its vast wealth created over centuries. Its factories teemed with Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Jews--a majority Christian city unique in the Islamic world. But to the Turkish nationalists, Smyrna was a city of infidels. In the aftermath of the First World War and with the support of the Great Powers, Greece had invaded Turkey
9780340837870
History of Europe
949.5072 MIL
Paradise lost : smyrna 1922 the destruction of islam's city of tolerance/ Giles Milton - 426 pages; 20 cm
includes index
Smyrna was the richest and most cosmopolitan city in the Ottoman Empire, its vast wealth created over centuries. Its factories teemed with Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Jews--a majority Christian city unique in the Islamic world. But to the Turkish nationalists, Smyrna was a city of infidels. In the aftermath of the First World War and with the support of the Great Powers, Greece had invaded Turkey
9780340837870
History of Europe
949.5072 MIL