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A Historical and Economic Geography of Ottoman Greece: The Southwestern Morea in the 18th Century [With CDROM]
Contributor(s): Zarinebaf, Fariba (Author), Bennet, John (Author), Davis, Jack L. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0876615345     ISBN-13: 9780876615348
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athen
OUR PRICE: $71.25  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 2005
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Annotation: This book represents an innovative collaborative approach to the study of a particular region of the Ottoman empire, the southwestern Peloponnese (or Morea), Greece. It combines the study of unpublished Ottoman documents, other historical sources, and the results of diachronic archaeological fieldwork in an examination of the historical and economic geography of the Morea in the early 18th century, the period immediately following the Ottoman reconquest of this region from Venice. Central to the book is a translation of the section of an Ottoman cadastral survey "(defter) listing in great detail properties in the district "(kaza) of Anavarin (Navarino, modern Pylos). An introductory chapter outlines the history and methodology of the research project, while the translation is followed by chapters that provide a broader context, drawing on other sources for the information contained in the document and the principles behind its composition. A final chapter summarizes the conclusions drawn from the research, and a series of appendixes offer additional detail, including concordances of the personal- and place-names, an index of properties described, narrative histories of the two fortresses in the region and a new English translation of the Anavarin section of the 17th-century Turkish traveler Evliya elebi's "Seyahatname (Travel Book). A CD-ROM with a facsimile of the document itself and color versions of all illustrations is also included.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Historical Geography
- History | Ancient - Greece
- History | Modern - 18th Century
Dewey: 330.949
LCCN: 2005048185
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 8.47" W x 11.05" L (2.59 lbs) 310 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Greece
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
 
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This innovative study of the southwestern Peloponnese or Morea combines the study of unpublished Ottoman documents, other historical sources, and the results of archaeological fieldwork to explore the historical and economic geography of a particular region of Greece in the early 18th century, the period immediately following the Ottoman reconquest of this region from Venice. Central to the book is a translation of the section of an Ottoman cadastral survey (defter) listing in great detail properties in the district (kaza) of Anavarin (Navarino, modern Pylos). An introductory chapter outlines the history and methodology of the research project, while the translation is followed by chapters that provide a broader context, drawing on other sources for the information contained in the document and the principles behind its composition. A final chapter summarizes the conclusions drawn from the research, and a series of appendixes offer additional detail, including concordances of the personal- and place-names, an index of properties described, narrative histories of the two fortresses in the region, and a new English translation of the Anavarin section of the 17th-century Turkish traveler Evliya Celebi's Travel Book (Seyahatname). A facsimile of the document itself and color versions of all illustrations are provided as online supplements.

Contributor Bio(s): Bennet, John: - John Bennet is the Director of the British School at Athens, and Professor of Aegean Archaeology at the University of Sheffield.Davis, Jack L.: - Jack L. Davis is the Carl W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati.Zarinebaf, Fariba: - Fariba Zarinebaf teaches Middle Eastern and Balkan history at Northwestern University and has published extensively on the social and economic histories of the Ottoman Empire and Iran. John Bennet is Professor of Aegean Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. Jack L Davis is the Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
 
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