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... coast of Syria , the " key of Palestine , " taken by Saracens 638 , by Crusaders 1110 , retaken by Saladin 1187 , recovered by Cru- saders 1191 , after two years ' siege , with loss of 100,000 soldiers , and named St. Jean d'Acre ...
... coast of Syria , the " key of Palestine , " taken by Saracens 638 , by Crusaders 1110 , retaken by Saladin 1187 , recovered by Cru- saders 1191 , after two years ' siege , with loss of 100,000 soldiers , and named St. Jean d'Acre ...
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... coast of Arabia ; seized by the British Jan. 19 , 1839. Pop . ab . 42,000 , chiefly Mohammedan . Aden , GULF OF . Arm of the Indian Ocean , between Abys- sinia and Arabia , into which the Red Sea opens by the Strait of Babel Mandeb ...
... coast of Arabia ; seized by the British Jan. 19 , 1839. Pop . ab . 42,000 , chiefly Mohammedan . Aden , GULF OF . Arm of the Indian Ocean , between Abys- sinia and Arabia , into which the Red Sea opens by the Strait of Babel Mandeb ...
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... coast of Black Sea , from mouth of Kuban to harbor of St. Nicholas , also the Caucasus , and part of Alkalzik ; left Turkey in possession of Wallachia , Moldavia , and Russian conquests in Bulgaria and Roumelia . Adriatic Sea . Arm of ...
... coast of Black Sea , from mouth of Kuban to harbor of St. Nicholas , also the Caucasus , and part of Alkalzik ; left Turkey in possession of Wallachia , Moldavia , and Russian conquests in Bulgaria and Roumelia . Adriatic Sea . Arm of ...
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... coast of Asia Minor , from Boeotia and Thessaly . Æolian Harp . Strings on a wooden frame , placed in a window , and played upon by the wind . Æolotropic . See ISOTROPIC . Eolus . God of the winds . He dwelt on one of the Lipara Ægidius ...
... coast of Asia Minor , from Boeotia and Thessaly . Æolian Harp . Strings on a wooden frame , placed in a window , and played upon by the wind . Æolotropic . See ISOTROPIC . Eolus . God of the winds . He dwelt on one of the Lipara Ægidius ...
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... coast of A. by nasty ; in 1829 , was divided between Dost Mohammed and his two the Phoenicians ab . 1000 B.C. Necho ( or Neku ) II . of Egypt brothers . The English governor of India declared war on A. is said by Herodotus to have sent ...
... coast of A. by nasty ; in 1829 , was divided between Dost Mohammed and his two the Phoenicians ab . 1000 B.C. Necho ( or Neku ) II . of Egypt brothers . The English governor of India declared war on A. is said by Herodotus to have sent ...
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