I knew about the Turks and tulips, and I also knew, or at least thought I knew, about the Dutch and "tulip mania".

What I did not know about was the Flemish connection. In addition, I was only vaguely aware of how serious researchers have cut the "tulip mania" legend down to size.

https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/tulips-dutch-turkish-or-flemish

#Tulips #TulipMania #Netherlands #Ottoman #EarlyModern #History

🎞️ Beautiful abandoned buildings and ruins of #Lebanon, on #35mmfilm! Spectacular triple (and quintuple) arch windows, I searched them out over the length and breadth of Lebanon. Which one is your favourite?

High-society houses and palaces from the 19th century combine traditional #Ottoman characteristics with more Western influences.

More photos and more about the film I used - https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/blog/washi-x-35mm-review-photos/

#Architecture #Heritage #Photography #FilmPhotography #History

My teacher Abdullah has done it again, showing no mercy to the musician.

@abdullahkalinsazli #AbdullahKalınsazlıoğlu

#Atatürk #Ottoman

Trees and shrubs. Pomegranate tree in fruit [between 1925 and 1946, from a negative taken approximately 1900 to 1920]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 transparency : safety film, with hand-coloring ; 4 x 5 in.

#Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #American #EricMatson #EdithMatson #TheAmericanColony #Ottoman #Dutch #EricMatsons #color #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705160/

"The result of fifteen years of research, #Merchants of Knowledge tells the story of the #multilingual and #transregional #Jewish #scholars who acted as a conduit between the powers through their commercial and intellectual connections.

A key thing to remember about these “merchants of knowledge,” said Morrison, is that while they were scholars, they came from families who were also involved in commerce. These commercial links are described in the book as “the scaffolding of #intellectual exchange.”

Furthermore, stressed Morrison, this exchange of #knowledge was expansive and went beyond Copernicus and #astronomy to cover fields such as #philosophy, #Qabbalah, #astrology, #medicine, and other branches of #science. Furthermore, these #merchants of knowledge, who were largely #Romaniot #Jews originating from the #ByzantineEmpire, belonged neither entirely to the eastern #Ottoman culture nor to the western #European tradition."

https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/11/intellectual-exchange-how-transregional-jewish-scholars-contributed-to-the-renaissance.html