1750: "Trebizond"

Interesting Things with JC #1750: "Trebizond" – Ships carry coffee, copper, cloth, salt, and other goods through Trebizond while steep roads climb from the Black Sea harbor into the Pontic Mountains. The empire that once ruled from the city is already gone, but Greek Orthodox communities remain for centuries—until violence, displacement, and a compulsory population exchange remove most of them from the coast.