Village Life in Cyprus at the Time of the Ottoman Conquest (Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies)

1.GRAINS: THE STAFF OF LIFE Wheat - Barley - Wetch - Oats - Millet 2.BEANS AND LEGUMES Carobs - Broad Beans - Lentils - Cowpeas - Chickpeas 3.FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Fruits and Vegetables - Wine and Grape Juice - Colocasia - Olives 4.TREES AND NUTS Walnuts - Almonds - Edible Acorns 5.ANIMALS Pigs - Sheep Raising - Bees and Beehives 6.COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL Cotton - Flax - Silk Cocoons - Hemp 7.MISCELLANEOUS Sesame - Saffron - Taverns - Watermills - Tanneries - A Fine on Strayed Animals REFERENCES CITED GLOSSARY of Karaman : 1618-1700 Chapter 6. Conclusion Glossary Appendices Chronology Bibliography Facsimiles

Ronald Jennings makes use of a 1572 survey of Cyprus by the Ottoman authorities to describe local village life and living shortly after its conquest.