1492 ⟶ Ottoman Empire Welcomes Expelled Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire issued a formal invitation ...
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🚢 Ottoman Empire Welcomes Expelled Spanish and Portuguese Jews
Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire issued a formal invitation to the Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal and sent out ships to safely bring Jews to his empire.⟶
ExpulsionSephardic JewsOttoman EmpireBayezid IIMigrationRefugeesDiplomacy15th Century
Spain
Portugal
Turkey💔 Alhambra Decree: Expulsion of Jews from Spain
The Alhambra Decree: Approximately 200,000 Jews are expelled from Spain, The expelled Jews relocate to the Netherlands, Turkey, Arab lands, and Judea; some eventually go to South and Central America. However, most emigrate to Poland. In later centuries, more than 50% of Jewish world population lived in Poland. Many Jews remain in Spain after publicly converting to Christianity, becoming Crypto-Jews.⟶
Alhambra DecreeExpulsionSpainMigrationSephardic Jews15th CenturyInquisitionForced ConversionCrypto-JewsDiaspora
Spain
NetherlandsTurkey
Poland💔 Expulsion of Jews from Sicily
Jews expelled from Sicily. As many as 137,000 exiled.⟶
ExpulsionPersecutionItalian JewsSicily15th CenturyForced MigrationAnti-SemitismReligious intolerance
Italy
