The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... natural resources much greater , though still awaiting development under a Government less retrograde than that which ruled it of old . The tribal antipathies so markedly noticed in other parts of Northern Africa are , in Tunis , one of ...
... natural resources much greater , though still awaiting development under a Government less retrograde than that which ruled it of old . The tribal antipathies so markedly noticed in other parts of Northern Africa are , in Tunis , one of ...
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... natural sections . The first and more 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 ...
... natural sections . The first and more 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 ...
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... natural life , are still more German than Latin . The Dutch descended from the Teutonic tribe of Batavi , are essentially Germanic , and even the considerable numbers who claim a Fleming and Friesland origin are ethnically of the same ...
... natural life , are still more German than Latin . The Dutch descended from the Teutonic tribe of Batavi , are essentially Germanic , and even the considerable numbers who claim a Fleming and Friesland origin are ethnically of the same ...
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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