The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... passing . ARMENIA . Turkish Armenia is now much smaller than it formerly was , the fortunes of war having rapidly curtailed its dimensions , for Kars and much of the surrounding district have now passed under the rule of Russia . Like ...
... passing . ARMENIA . Turkish Armenia is now much smaller than it formerly was , the fortunes of war having rapidly curtailed its dimensions , for Kars and much of the surrounding district have now passed under the rule of Russia . Like ...
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... passed over and the ground cursed for ever . " Where the industrious Phoenicians , " writes Mommsen , " bustled and ... passing from their grasp . They were aware , as was the world at large , that the day of Tunis was nearly over . But ...
... passed over and the ground cursed for ever . " Where the industrious Phoenicians , " writes Mommsen , " bustled and ... passing from their grasp . They were aware , as was the world at large , that the day of Tunis was nearly over . But ...
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... passed through a series of rotatory sieves and pulsation , which separate the precious stones from their mean surroundings . Many of the old mines are beginning to be exhausted , though there is every likelihood of others being ...
... passed through a series of rotatory sieves and pulsation , which separate the precious stones from their mean surroundings . Many of the old mines are beginning to be exhausted , though there is every likelihood of others being ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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