The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... valleys the summer heats are well nigh unendurable , while the upland plains and heights , being altogether unprotected from the icy blasts which sweep southward from the snow - covered plains of Russia , are in the winter bitterly cold ...
... valleys the summer heats are well nigh unendurable , while the upland plains and heights , being altogether unprotected from the icy blasts which sweep southward from the snow - covered plains of Russia , are in the winter bitterly cold ...
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... valleys and narrow glens , or " wadys . " In Syria proper the summits and slopes of many of these mountains are wooded with dense forests of the usual type found in this part of Asia , but in Palestine , south of Samaria , the otherwise ...
... valleys and narrow glens , or " wadys . " In Syria proper the summits and slopes of many of these mountains are wooded with dense forests of the usual type found in this part of Asia , but in Palestine , south of Samaria , the otherwise ...
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... valleys . Between the two main ranges , and occupying half the area of the peninsula , is an upland— elevated , bare , and monotonous at all seasons , in summer parched by drought and sun , and in winter swept by fierce chilly blasts ...
... valleys . Between the two main ranges , and occupying half the area of the peninsula , is an upland— elevated , bare , and monotonous at all seasons , in summer parched by drought and sun , and in winter swept by fierce chilly blasts ...
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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