The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy: Or the Geography, History, & Antiquities of ParthiaLongmans, 1873 - 458 страници |
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... entire length of the stream , including only main windings , is about 475 miles . In its later course , however , it is often almost dry , the greater portion of the water being consumed in irrigation in the neighbourhood of Meshed ...
... entire length of the stream , including only main windings , is about 475 miles . In its later course , however , it is often almost dry , the greater portion of the water being consumed in irrigation in the neighbourhood of Meshed ...
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... entire tract above described must have been at all times a valuable and much coveted region . Compared with the arid and in- hospitable deserts which adjoin it upon the north and south , Khorasan , the ancient Parthia and Hyrcania , is ...
... entire tract above described must have been at all times a valuable and much coveted region . Compared with the arid and in- hospitable deserts which adjoin it upon the north and south , Khorasan , the ancient Parthia and Hyrcania , is ...
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... entire Turkoman population south of the Oxus from the Caspian to Balkh at 196,500 tents , or 982,500 souls . ( Travels , p . 309. ) Chorasmia was not more than about one - half of this region . On the north - east was Margiana ...
... entire Turkoman population south of the Oxus from the Caspian to Balkh at 196,500 tents , or 982,500 souls . ( Travels , p . 309. ) Chorasmia was not more than about one - half of this region . On the north - east was Margiana ...
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... entire region between the Oxus and the Parthian mountain - tract , and within that tract have many settlements ? May we assume that they stood in an attitude of natural hostility to the Arian nations . by which they were surrounded ...
... entire region between the Oxus and the Parthian mountain - tract , and within that tract have many settlements ? May we assume that they stood in an attitude of natural hostility to the Arian nations . by which they were surrounded ...
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... entire force of a mighty empire . Cyrus had , it is probable , little difficulty in obtaining their submission . It is possible that they resisted ; but perhaps it is more probable that their course on this occasion was similar to that ...
... entire force of a mighty empire . Cyrus had , it is probable , little difficulty in obtaining their submission . It is possible that they resisted ; but perhaps it is more probable that their course on this occasion was similar to that ...
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