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Page 335
... cities and partly by the trans- formation of some rural inhabited localities into towns and cities . In most republics an inhabited locality will not be granted city status until its population reaches 10,000- 12,000 , and the ...
... cities and partly by the trans- formation of some rural inhabited localities into towns and cities . In most republics an inhabited locality will not be granted city status until its population reaches 10,000- 12,000 , and the ...
Page 944
... cities from the Ara- maean bedouin also restricted their access to the rich agricultural lands of inland Syria . Yet these same moun- tains provided timber , and the coast was blessed with many good harbours . The prerequisites of ...
... cities from the Ara- maean bedouin also restricted their access to the rich agricultural lands of inland Syria . Yet these same moun- tains provided timber , and the coast was blessed with many good harbours . The prerequisites of ...
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... cities , Greek in ap- pearance and in their semi - autonomous status . The Ptol- emies seem to have been content to leave things much as they were ( though they inherited from Alexander the finest Hellenistic city in the world ...
... cities , Greek in ap- pearance and in their semi - autonomous status . The Ptol- emies seem to have been content to leave things much as they were ( though they inherited from Alexander the finest Hellenistic city in the world ...
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