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... principal cities , but in the following centuries earthquakes twice destroyed the town . In AD 638 , Latakia was taken by the Arabs , in 1103 by the cru- saders , and in 1188 by Saladin . Subsequently it was administered by Christians ...
... principal cities , but in the following centuries earthquakes twice destroyed the town . In AD 638 , Latakia was taken by the Arabs , in 1103 by the cru- saders , and in 1188 by Saladin . Subsequently it was administered by Christians ...
Page 82
... principal building of the university , which also houses the cantonal museums , and the federal court of justice ( 1927 ) , seat of the Swiss Supreme Court . Lausanne rivals Geneva as the intellectual and cultural centre of French ...
... principal building of the university , which also houses the cantonal museums , and the federal court of justice ( 1927 ) , seat of the Swiss Supreme Court . Lausanne rivals Geneva as the intellectual and cultural centre of French ...
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... principal of Mount Holyoke Female Semi- nary , the forerunner of Mount Holyoke Col- lege . She began to teach when she was 17 , and in 1817 , with earnings from spinning and weaving , she went to Sanderson Academy , Ashfield , Mass ...
... principal of Mount Holyoke Female Semi- nary , the forerunner of Mount Holyoke Col- lege . She began to teach when she was 17 , and in 1817 , with earnings from spinning and weaving , she went to Sanderson Academy , Ashfield , Mass ...
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