The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... century , the Goths laid waste Thessaly and Epirus ; but Theodorus , general of the Greeks , acted with so much prudence , that he saved the Greek cities from pillage and the inhabitants from captivity , a service which was most ...
... century , the Goths laid waste Thessaly and Epirus ; but Theodorus , general of the Greeks , acted with so much prudence , that he saved the Greek cities from pillage and the inhabitants from captivity , a service which was most ...
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... century the peninsula became the chosen retreat of several of the emperors , and the monasteries were thrown into commotion by the famous dispute about the mystical Hesychasts . Their numbers were gradually increased by the foundation ...
... century the peninsula became the chosen retreat of several of the emperors , and the monasteries were thrown into commotion by the famous dispute about the mystical Hesychasts . Their numbers were gradually increased by the foundation ...
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... century . There are also vari- ous churches and chapels , a school of arts , a polytechnic institution , a picture gallery in the former monastery of St Catherine , a museum , observatory , botanical gardens , an exchange , gymnasium ...
... century . There are also vari- ous churches and chapels , a school of arts , a polytechnic institution , a picture gallery in the former monastery of St Catherine , a museum , observatory , botanical gardens , an exchange , gymnasium ...
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... century ) , which is now transformed into a college , the church of St Gildas , the town - house ( 17th century ) , and the Chartreuse , which marks the site of the battle of 1364 , in which Charles of Blois was defeated by John de ...
... century ) , which is now transformed into a college , the church of St Gildas , the town - house ( 17th century ) , and the Chartreuse , which marks the site of the battle of 1364 , in which Charles of Blois was defeated by John de ...
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... century , still conceived the Indian Ocean to be an inland sea , bounded on the south by an unknown land , which connected the Chersonesus Aurea ( Malay Peninsula ) with the promontory of Prasum in eastern Africa . This erroneous notion ...
... century , still conceived the Indian Ocean to be an inland sea , bounded on the south by an unknown land , which connected the Chersonesus Aurea ( Malay Peninsula ) with the promontory of Prasum in eastern Africa . This erroneous notion ...
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