The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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... appear to render most suitable . A desire to avoid both confusion and singularity , has made etymology yield to sound in one case , and given sound a preference over etymology in another . ATHENS , June 1851 . CONTENTS CHAPTER I ...
... appear to render most suitable . A desire to avoid both confusion and singularity , has made etymology yield to sound in one case , and given sound a preference over etymology in another . ATHENS , June 1851 . CONTENTS CHAPTER I ...
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... appear as 1 Procopius , De Edificiis , lib . iv . c . 2 , p . 71 . Ibid . lib . iv . c . 3-4 . The Rhechios is supposed to be the river that flows from the Lake Bolbe to the Gulf of Strymon . 3 Tafel , De Thessalonicâ ejusque Agro ...
... appear as 1 Procopius , De Edificiis , lib . iv . c . 2 , p . 71 . Ibid . lib . iv . c . 3-4 . The Rhechios is supposed to be the river that flows from the Lake Bolbe to the Gulf of Strymon . 3 Tafel , De Thessalonicâ ejusque Agro ...
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... appears to have impregnated the whole mass of the inhabitants and both peoples , were always in the position of dominant races - liable consequently to that incessant diminution that sooner or later inevitably destroys all privileged ...
... appears to have impregnated the whole mass of the inhabitants and both peoples , were always in the position of dominant races - liable consequently to that incessant diminution that sooner or later inevitably destroys all privileged ...
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... appear to have CHAP . I. exterminated the last remains of the old Thracian race . These Sclavonians were called the Seven Tribes ; and the Bulgarians , who conquered the country and became the dominant race , were so few in number that ...
... appear to have CHAP . I. exterminated the last remains of the old Thracian race . These Sclavonians were called the Seven Tribes ; and the Bulgarians , who conquered the country and became the dominant race , were so few in number that ...
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... appear to have been very for- midable , for the Greeks of Patras were able to defeat the attack on their city , before any aid reached them from 1 Theophanes , 385 . 2 Ibid . , 400 . CHANGE IN GREEK RACE AND SOCIETY . 23 the Byzantine ...
... appear to have been very for- midable , for the Greeks of Patras were able to defeat the attack on their city , before any aid reached them from 1 Theophanes , 385 . 2 Ibid . , 400 . CHANGE IN GREEK RACE AND SOCIETY . 23 the Byzantine ...
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