Izmir and the Levantine World 1550-1650

by Daniel Goffman

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

Genres: History

236 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1990

Reviews

[ΠΕΤΡΟΣ ΜΕΧΤΙΔΗΣ · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent study for an unknown period in Smyrna's history.

[Cordelius · Rating 5 out of 5]

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