The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... Oxus , is connected with Ethiopia or Cush . The writer appears to have considered them all as having their source in the northern highlands of Asia , and flowing south , and there- fore he placed Eden somewhere in the north of Asia ...
... Oxus , is connected with Ethiopia or Cush . The writer appears to have considered them all as having their source in the northern highlands of Asia , and flowing south , and there- fore he placed Eden somewhere in the north of Asia ...
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... Oxus basin which is now under Afghan rule , for which see AFGHAN TURKESTAN . Afghanistan generally may be regarded as a great quad- rilateral plateau , -using that term in the technical sense of a region whose lowest tracts even are ...
... Oxus basin which is now under Afghan rule , for which see AFGHAN TURKESTAN . Afghanistan generally may be regarded as a great quad- rilateral plateau , -using that term in the technical sense of a region whose lowest tracts even are ...
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... Oxus in five hordes . Near the Christian era the chief of one of these , which was called Kushan , subdued the rest , and extended his conquests over the countries south of Hindu Kush , including Sind as well as Afghanistan , thus ...
... Oxus in five hordes . Near the Christian era the chief of one of these , which was called Kushan , subdued the rest , and extended his conquests over the countries south of Hindu Kush , including Sind as well as Afghanistan , thus ...
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... Oxus basin , and to Mullah Khan , in the plain of Seistan . Dost Mahommed surrendered ( Nov. 3 , 1840 ) , and was sent to India , where he was honourably treated . From the begin- ning , insurrection against the new government had been ...
... Oxus basin , and to Mullah Khan , in the plain of Seistan . Dost Mahommed surrendered ( Nov. 3 , 1840 ) , and was sent to India , where he was honourably treated . From the begin- ning , insurrection against the new government had been ...
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... Oxus , from its source in Lake Sirikol to the western limit of Balkh , was recognised as the frontier of Afghan dominion . ANTIQUITIES .-- We can afford space for only the briefest indication on this subject . The basin of the Kabul ...
... Oxus , from its source in Lake Sirikol to the western limit of Balkh , was recognised as the frontier of Afghan dominion . ANTIQUITIES .-- We can afford space for only the briefest indication on this subject . The basin of the Kabul ...
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