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Probably would have been a lot more Jews alive in Europe for starters. Edit: People seem to be unhappy with this comment. Rather than vote on it, why not comme
by cup 11y ago
Probably would have been a lot more Jews alive in Europe for starters.
Edit: People seem to be unhappy with this comment. Rather than vote on it, why not comment on it.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoWhy not justify it?
- jmspring 11y agoYou should have justification. Looking at Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Ottoman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Ott..., it seems like Jews were at the whim of the Sultan, but during the "classic" Ottoman Empire (1300-1600s), tended to prosper. There may be counters to this, but first couple of sources I looked at indicate your initial comment either needs backing or is incorrect.
- vessenes 11y agoArab-Jew conflict like we have today is a relatively modern thing, starting around the turn of the 19th century and intensifying during WW2 for a variety of reasons, including oil politics for Hitler and increasing land / nationalism tensions. An interesting book about this and Iraq in specific is Banking on Baghdad; published in 2008, it's aimed at an interested Western reader, and is a good read.
- smcl 11y agoThanks for this reccomendation, it's in my queue now :)
- _nedR 11y agoProbably the lot of Jews under Christian Europe at the time was not much better (maybe even worse) than under the Ottomans.