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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... 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. CHANGES OF THE ...
... 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. CHANGES OF THE ...
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... rendered the tribute insignificant . The defence of a province so situated became a matter of no interest to the central power at Constantinople , and it was abandoned to the invaders without a struggle . In Greece , the great ...
... rendered the tribute insignificant . The defence of a province so situated became a matter of no interest to the central power at Constantinople , and it was abandoned to the invaders without a struggle . In Greece , the great ...
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... rendered it difficult to penetrate , and no cattle could be found in the surrounding country . I have visited villages in which bread had not been made for a fortnight , the whole of the inhabitants living on herbs ; and I have seen ...
... rendered it difficult to penetrate , and no cattle could be found in the surrounding country . I have visited villages in which bread had not been made for a fortnight , the whole of the inhabitants living on herbs ; and I have seen ...
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... rendering the communications with Corinth rarer and more difficult than in preceding times.1 In the period between the reigns of Justinian I. and Heraclius , a considerable portion of Macedonia was entirely colonised by Sclavonians ...
... rendering the communications with Corinth rarer and more difficult than in preceding times.1 In the period between the reigns of Justinian I. and Heraclius , a considerable portion of Macedonia was entirely colonised by Sclavonians ...
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... render themselves masters of the whole peninsula . In the year 807 , they made the attack on Patras which has been already alluded to . The siege of that city was the first step towards political independence . It seems that they ...
... render themselves masters of the whole peninsula . In the year 807 , they made the attack on Patras which has been already alluded to . The siege of that city was the first step towards political independence . It seems that they ...
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