There was a small population of Jews in the Ottoman Empire before the inquisition.The inquisition
was when the Christians forced the Jews to leave Spain or convert to Christianity. The Sultan of that time allowed the Jews to come to the Ottoman Empire but there were some laws they had to follow such as how they dressed, they weren’t allowed to ride horses, they weren’t allowed to fight in the army, and etc.The Jews were allowed to practice their religion and even one of the sultans allowed the Jews to build a synagogue.When the Ottoman Empire got a capital Jews went there.The rules of the Ottoman Empire were not as harsh as the Romans rules.
In 1537 Jews were expelled from Italy, Sultan Suleiman told the pope to release the Jews so they can come back to the Ottoman Empire. The Jews who moved to Ottoman Empire were mostly settled in wealthy cities like Istanbul, and Thessaloniki.
The Tu B’shevat seder was developed at the 17th century in one of the famous cities in Ottoman Empire named Izmir
Most of the court physicians were Jews: Hakim Yakoub,Josef and Moshe Hamon,Daniel Fonseca were some of them.
The Jews brought the printing press to the Ottoman Empire. After they were thrown out from Spain David and Samuel Ibn-Nahmiyas established the first Hebrew printing press in Istanbul.
The Jews were also strong in diplomacy Josef Nassi became the Duke of Naxos, Salomon Ben Natan Eskenazi arranged the first diplomatic ties with British Empire.
Very interesting Naomi. I like how you said a few examples of things the Jews couldn't do, and what they can do. Also you explained about the Tu B'shvat Seder. That was nice to. This blog was a lot into the Jewish people during the Ottoman Empire.
ReplyDeleteThis blog tells people that jews weren't liked in many countries. So they moved to Israel (ottoman empire was there. You said Israel was established in 1948, and alot of jews came to israel. This was a very interesting blog.
ReplyDeleteI like this post a lot. I think that the rules are very interesting. I also like how you gave information about the Jews and the Ottoman empire in different time periods.
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