The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... district thus assigned . It is certain that Gad never extended further west than the Jordan ; but in different passages we find its northern , eastern , and southern boundaries stretched as far as to the Sea of Galilee , Salkah in the ...
... district thus assigned . It is certain that Gad never extended further west than the Jordan ; but in different passages we find its northern , eastern , and southern boundaries stretched as far as to the Sea of Galilee , Salkah in the ...
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... district of Luben , but after 1650 in the district to which it gave its name . Along with 13 large villages it was bestowed by the empress Elizabeth on Count Razumofski , but it was afterwards purchased from him by the empress Catharine ...
... district of Luben , but after 1650 in the district to which it gave its name . Along with 13 large villages it was bestowed by the empress Elizabeth on Count Razumofski , but it was afterwards purchased from him by the empress Catharine ...
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... district in Podolia , 178 miles E. of Kamenetz Podolski or Podoliau Kamenetz , in 48 ° 39 ′ N. lat . and 29 ° 23 ′ E. long . , near the river Sop , a tributary of the Bug . With few exceptions , the houses are built of wood , and the ...
... district in Podolia , 178 miles E. of Kamenetz Podolski or Podoliau Kamenetz , in 48 ° 39 ′ N. lat . and 29 ° 23 ′ E. long . , near the river Sop , a tributary of the Bug . With few exceptions , the houses are built of wood , and the ...
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... district of Egypt and Abyssinia , near one of the western sub - tributaries of the Atbara , about 100 miles W. of Gondar , in 13 ° N. lat . and 36 ° E. long . Most of the houses are built in the Abyssinian style , with conical roofs of ...
... district of Egypt and Abyssinia , near one of the western sub - tributaries of the Atbara , about 100 miles W. of Gondar , in 13 ° N. lat . and 36 ° E. long . Most of the houses are built in the Abyssinian style , with conical roofs of ...
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... districts , under aking named Amyntas , at whose death , in 25 B.C. , Galatia became a Roman province . Theodosius the ... district of Galatia ( that of the Tolistobogii ) , though not at the capital Pessinus itself , but nearer the ...
... districts , under aking named Amyntas , at whose death , in 25 B.C. , Galatia became a Roman province . Theodosius the ... district of Galatia ( that of the Tolistobogii ) , though not at the capital Pessinus itself , but nearer the ...
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