Pashas : traders and travellers in the Islamic world /

"Long before they came as occupiers, the British were drawn to the Middle East by the fabled riches of its trade and the enlightened tolerance of its people. The 'pashas' - merchants and travelers from Europe - discovered an Islamic world that was alluring, dynamic and diverse."...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mather, James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Company of Merchants of England Trading to the Levant > History.
Company of Merchants of England Trading to the Levant.
1288-1918
British > Travel > Middle East > History.
Merchants > Middle East > History.
Travelers > Middle East.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
British > Travel.
International relations.
Merchants.
Travel.
Travelers.
Industry.
Middle East > Description and travel.
Islamic countries > Description and travel.
Turkey > Description and travel.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Middle East > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > Middle East.
Pays musulmans > Descriptions et voyages.
Empire ottoman > Histoire.
Great Britain.
Islamic countries.
Middle East.
Turkey.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Jerusalem
  • pt. 1. Aleppo
  • Peace and trade
  • Trading places
  • People of the book
  • pt. 2. Constantinople
  • Galata
  • Ambassadores Objects of enquiry
  • pt. 3. Alexandria
  • Antique lands
  • The last pashas
  • Epilogue: Crescent empire.

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