The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... fertile flower - covered country , is the chief city and place of commerce , though the outlying villages are subject to the harassment of the wandering Bedaween ; but far out in the desert , away from the path of commerce , and " the ...
... fertile flower - covered country , is the chief city and place of commerce , though the outlying villages are subject to the harassment of the wandering Bedaween ; but far out in the desert , away from the path of commerce , and " the ...
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... fertile valleys and high table - lands , formed by the smaller ranges which interlace and connect the larger ones . The zone bordering the Mediterranean , known as the Tell ( p . 94 ) , is the cultivated region . Here , in a series of ...
... fertile valleys and high table - lands , formed by the smaller ranges which interlace and connect the larger ones . The zone bordering the Mediterranean , known as the Tell ( p . 94 ) , is the cultivated region . Here , in a series of ...
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... fertile is that which lies on the seaward side of the mountains . Here the rain falls throughout five months of the year , and hence these plains are fertile and comparatively thickly in- habited . The temperature during the rainy ...
... fertile is that which lies on the seaward side of the mountains . Here the rain falls throughout five months of the year , and hence these plains are fertile and comparatively thickly in- habited . The temperature during the rainy ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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