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The massacre that shattered the old Ottoman world

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Shifting Sands: Damascus in the Mid-19th Century

This chapter examines the socio-economic transformations in Damascus during the mid-19th century, triggered by European trade and steam shipping. It highlights the resulting tensions among religious communities and the implications of Ottoman reforms, leading to the massacre of 1860 amid the complexities of modernization and longstanding grievances.

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