The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Survival Strategies of Christian Communities in Greater Syria

The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Survival Strategies of Christian Communities in Greater SyriaContemporary LevantSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/5WKGWVT4/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SotirisRoussosThe Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Survival Strategies of Christian Communities in Greater Syriahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/5WKGWVT4https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/5WKGWVT4https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/5WKGWVT4Contemporary Levant6:1202151-64The millet system compartmentalised religious communities into different sociopolitical environments under the overarching Ottoman imperial realm. However, during the nineteenth century, state transformation and crisis and the global re-allocation of political and economic power led to the exacerbation of ethnoreligious conflicts. Facing the collapse of the Ottoman imperium and the threat of extinction, the Greek Orthodox, Assyrian, Chaldean and Syrian Orthodox communities developed five survival strategies. The first was co-optation by state authorities; the second, protection of the Great Powers; the third armed resistance and the creation of autonomous enclaves; the fourth was that of exodus; and the last was to integrate themselves into Arab nationalism, lowering the banner of religion and becoming strong advocates of an Arab national identity encompassing Muslims and Christians alike. This paper aims to present a comparative approach to these strategies in the period from the beginning of the twentieth century to the formation of the Mandates. Roussos, Sotiris. “The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Survival Strategies of Christian Communities in Greater Syria.” Contemporary Levant 6:1 (2021): 51–64. Sotiris Roussos, The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and Survival Strategies of Christian Communities in Greater Syria, Contemporary Levant 6:1 (2021): 51–64.AssyriansChaldeansJacobitesMuslim-Christian relationsNestoriansOttoman empireXIX-XXI CEXX CEidentitynationalismpolitics