Persia Past and Present: A Book of Travel and Research, with More Than Two Hundred Illustrations and a MapMacmillan, 1906 - 471 Seiten |
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... less magnificent , but the plain is rich , and the mountain range on the south running parallel with its sister chain on the north , from the Caspian to the Black Sea , looks higher because of its proximity to the railway . The cattle ...
... less magnificent , but the plain is rich , and the mountain range on the south running parallel with its sister chain on the north , from the Caspian to the Black Sea , looks higher because of its proximity to the railway . The cattle ...
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... less than six languages . French was our medium of communication . The luggage , including camp - bed and saddle , was dexter- ously packed , the final arrangements were all completed , and before many hours I was on the train , started ...
... less than six languages . French was our medium of communication . The luggage , including camp - bed and saddle , was dexter- ously packed , the final arrangements were all completed , and before many hours I was on the train , started ...
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... less impressive . Both peaks owe their origin to forces of a volcanic nature , and a great chasm , thousands of feet deep , torn in the northwestern side of Great Ararat , lays bare the dead giant's heart.1 The Avesta mentions Ararat ...
... less impressive . Both peaks owe their origin to forces of a volcanic nature , and a great chasm , thousands of feet deep , torn in the northwestern side of Great Ararat , lays bare the dead giant's heart.1 The Avesta mentions Ararat ...
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... less than sixteen different ascents by Europeans have been recorded within the past hundred years . Legends about Noah naturally cluster around Ararat and its vicinity . The place where the patriarch planted the vine and partook to ...
... less than sixteen different ascents by Europeans have been recorded within the past hundred years . Legends about Noah naturally cluster around Ararat and its vicinity . The place where the patriarch planted the vine and partook to ...
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... less than a quarter of an hour . They were chained in strings of eight , ten , or a dozen , and their heavy bells , donging monotonously as each one passed , made the count easy.1 Toward dawn I could catch a glimpse of the wagon of our ...
... less than a quarter of an hour . They were chained in strings of eight , ten , or a dozen , and their heavy bells , donging monotonously as each one passed , made the count easy.1 Toward dawn I could catch a glimpse of the wagon of our ...
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