The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... France , Italy and Abyssinia . It is an arid land , mostly consisting of fine burning sand with stunted mimosas and other desert shrubs , visited by rainless storms and scorched by a pitiless sun . The plains rise gradually to a height ...
... France , Italy and Abyssinia . It is an arid land , mostly consisting of fine burning sand with stunted mimosas and other desert shrubs , visited by rainless storms and scorched by a pitiless sun . The plains rise gradually to a height ...
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... France , the Dardanelles , the Bosphorus and the Black Sea , while in Cyprus and the North of Africa Greeks held their own against Phoenician rivals . Their main strength lay in the fact of their situation on the borders of Europe and ...
... France , the Dardanelles , the Bosphorus and the Black Sea , while in Cyprus and the North of Africa Greeks held their own against Phoenician rivals . Their main strength lay in the fact of their situation on the borders of Europe and ...
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... France , 9-62 ; after the war , 61 ; area and population , 62 ; Central France , 57 ; Church , 37 ; colonies , 62 ; devastation , 61 ; divorce , 11 ; education , 34 ; government 35-6 ; landowners , 13 ; law of property , 13 ; legal ...
... France , 9-62 ; after the war , 61 ; area and population , 62 ; Central France , 57 ; Church , 37 ; colonies , 62 ; devastation , 61 ; divorce , 11 ; education , 34 ; government 35-6 ; landowners , 13 ; law of property , 13 ; legal ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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