Agricultural associations, Kato Panagia |
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Agricultural Associations, Western Asia Minor |
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The agricultural associations on the western coasts of Asia Minor towards the late 19th and the early 20th century were formed due to the need of the rural population to be informed and adopt a collective attitude towards the commercialisation of some agricultural products. |
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Agricultural Production in Asia Minor, late 19th century |
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Arab Merchants and Trade Centres in Asia Minor |
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The economic prosperity of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries led to the development of banking activities in the region, which were closely connected with the great commercial houses involved in the import, export and transit of goods. |
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Byzantine Roads in Asia Minor |
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The Byzantines maintained, developed and occasionally enlarged the existing Roman road-system. A hallmark for the road-system of Asia Minor was the transfer of the capital to Constantinople (324-330): it resunted in the increase of the importance of the roads starting from Constantinople and of the harbors of the south coast of Propontis (Sea of Marmara), whereas in the mean time it efficiently confined the importance of the roads of northwestern, western and southern Asia Minor. The so-called... |
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The loom was the main means for the production of carpets, fabrics and other products in Cappadicia throughout the 19th century and beyond. |
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Changes in land ownership during the Roman period |
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Çiftlik Formation in Western Anatolia |
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Çiftlik means pair (a pair of oxen) and especially farm in Turkish. In the Ottoman Empire it designated, at first, a certain unit of agricultural land in the landholding system, and then, later on, a large estate. |
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