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Artist Unknown
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire
(Bursa, Turkey)
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ca. 1800
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We, the poor of Israel, inhabitants of the city of Izmir, may God protect it, slaves of our lord and king, Sultan Abdülmecid, may his name be praised and long live his reign, [are] oppressed and…
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Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1847
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This watercolor from the Gennadius Library’s Costume Album collection, in Athens, depicts two Jewish women—a widow (left) and a married woman (right)—in the colorful traditional attire of…
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Artist Unknown
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Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1574
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Hattusa, Hittite Empire
(Boğazkale Alaçahöyük Milli Parkı, Turkey)
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Bronze Age, 16th–14th Century BCE
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İzmir, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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Early 20th Century
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To the Lilliputians and to the Giants
Translated and adapted from Jonathan Swift by Alexandre Benghiat.
The prince of that place, who saw and liked me, bought me from my master, and I was taken to…
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Alexander Benghiat
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1903–1904
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Carchemish, Kingdom of Carchemish
(Carchemish, Turkey)
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Mid-9th Century BCE
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Angora, Ottoman Empire
(Ankara, Turkey)
Date:
1826
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My brothers, my children, and my friends know this: I understood with great clarity that the True One, whom I alone have known for many generations and for whom I have strived so much, wants me to…
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David de Castro Tartas, Shabbetai Tzvi
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1666
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[Sabbatai’s] illumination grew steadily more intense up to the thirteenth day of the month of Adar [23 February]. On that day his brother came for a stay, along with four of Vani Effendi’s men.…
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Jacob Najara
Places:
Adrianople, Ottoman Empire
(Edirne, Turkey)
Date:
1671