The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... district have now passed under the rule of Russia . Like Asia Minor , the greater part of Armenia is a table - land ... districts in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris beautiful and fertile enough to be Paradise itself , were they ...
... district have now passed under the rule of Russia . Like Asia Minor , the greater part of Armenia is a table - land ... districts in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris beautiful and fertile enough to be Paradise itself , were they ...
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... district between the fertile region mentioned and the great Eastern desert . This part of the Haurân is dotted with ... districts , the Orontes and Leontes — or , as they are now known , the Bahr - el - Aa'sy and Bahr - el - Litâni ...
... district between the fertile region mentioned and the great Eastern desert . This part of the Haurân is dotted with ... districts , the Orontes and Leontes — or , as they are now known , the Bahr - el - Aa'sy and Bahr - el - Litâni ...
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... districts , rail- ways , are common . But the " Cape waggon , " with its bovine accompaniments , its " vore- louper " of aboriginal extraction , and its " out - spanning " and " in - spanning , " will still be for many years to come the ...
... districts , rail- ways , are common . But the " Cape waggon , " with its bovine accompaniments , its " vore- louper " of aboriginal extraction , and its " out - spanning " and " in - spanning , " will still be for many years to come the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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