A dictionary, geographical, statistical, and historical, of the various countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world, Volume 1 |
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... Syria , in the Haouran or Great Plain , extending S. from Damascus and E. from the mountains beyond Jordan , lat . 32 ° 15 ′ N. , long . 36 ° 33 ′ E. The inhabitants consist of Druses ( see Li- banus and Syria ) , of the number probably ...
... Syria , in the Haouran or Great Plain , extending S. from Damascus and E. from the mountains beyond Jordan , lat . 32 ° 15 ′ N. , long . 36 ° 33 ′ E. The inhabitants consist of Druses ( see Li- banus and Syria ) , of the number probably ...
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... Syria , cap . pachalic of same name , on the coast of the Mediterranean , lat . 32 ° 54 ′ 35 ′′ N. , long . 36 ° 6′5 ' ' E. , 33 m . S.S. W. Tsour ( an . Tyrus ) , and 35 m . W. Lake Tabaria or Genesareth . It is situated on a ...
... Syria , cap . pachalic of same name , on the coast of the Mediterranean , lat . 32 ° 54 ′ 35 ′′ N. , long . 36 ° 6′5 ' ' E. , 33 m . S.S. W. Tsour ( an . Tyrus ) , and 35 m . W. Lake Tabaria or Genesareth . It is situated on a ...
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... Syria ; farther east it joins the mountains of Arabia Petræa . This rocky country lies to the E. of the delta of the Nile . On the W. of the delta the rocks run from Kahira W. N. W. to the Arabs ' Gulph , where they ap- proach the ...
... Syria ; farther east it joins the mountains of Arabia Petræa . This rocky country lies to the E. of the delta of the Nile . On the W. of the delta the rocks run from Kahira W. N. W. to the Arabs ' Gulph , where they ap- proach the ...
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... Syria , Arabia , and been domesticated for the purposes of food or Egypt , and therefore it is fairly concluded that labour by the natives , as the rein and fallow deer it was well known to the ancient Egyptians . have been in Europe ...
... Syria , Arabia , and been domesticated for the purposes of food or Egypt , and therefore it is fairly concluded that labour by the natives , as the rein and fallow deer it was well known to the ancient Egyptians . have been in Europe ...
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... Syria and Arabia , his observ- native tribes , the Tuaricks and the Tibboos . ations on which have been published , and are They then travelled for a fortnight amid hills of In 1817 , however , when moving sand , without the slightest ...
... Syria and Arabia , his observ- native tribes , the Tuaricks and the Tibboos . ations on which have been published , and are They then travelled for a fortnight amid hills of In 1817 , however , when moving sand , without the slightest ...
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