The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... range of mountains ( p . 20 ) -or , in other words , between the Adriatic and the Black Sea . But , as we have seen , the hold which the Osmanli Turks got on this region in the fifteenth century has been rapidly loosening . The States ...
... range of mountains ( p . 20 ) -or , in other words , between the Adriatic and the Black Sea . But , as we have seen , the hold which the Osmanli Turks got on this region in the fifteenth century has been rapidly loosening . The States ...
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... Range gives character to the country . Its highest mountain is attained in Jebel - Miltsin , 11,400 feet in height , but gradually the range descends by terraces to the flat lands which prevail along the shores of the Atlantic , except ...
... Range gives character to the country . Its highest mountain is attained in Jebel - Miltsin , 11,400 feet in height , but gradually the range descends by terraces to the flat lands which prevail along the shores of the Atlantic , except ...
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... range in being steepest towards the north instead of towards the south . Connected with these ranges are the various Sierras of Spain , which by their union . form the table - lands of Castile , swept by the icy winds during the winter ...
... range in being steepest towards the north instead of towards the south . Connected with these ranges are the various Sierras of Spain , which by their union . form the table - lands of Castile , swept by the icy winds during the winter ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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