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... Government offices ; long streets of shops are rising where once narrow alleys led one in entangling network amongst the booths , and even the bazaars destroyed in the earthquake of 1894 are being rebuilt by a European company in Euro ...
... Government offices ; long streets of shops are rising where once narrow alleys led one in entangling network amongst the booths , and even the bazaars destroyed in the earthquake of 1894 are being rebuilt by a European company in Euro ...
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... Government has caused gardens and trees to be planted , are dreary and wanting in vegetation , for the destructive habit of all orientals of deforesting land without ever replanting has left its indelible mark upon the aspect of the ...
... Government has caused gardens and trees to be planted , are dreary and wanting in vegetation , for the destructive habit of all orientals of deforesting land without ever replanting has left its indelible mark upon the aspect of the ...
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... government , that can , in a region so far removed , and connected directly neither by rail nor sea with the fatherland , raise up a city that rivals , in this street at least , any capital of Europe . Nor is it difficult to solve the ...
... government , that can , in a region so far removed , and connected directly neither by rail nor sea with the fatherland , raise up a city that rivals , in this street at least , any capital of Europe . Nor is it difficult to solve the ...
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... fortresses the Government has laid out a botanical garden , where most of the trees and shrubs indigenous to the coun- try can be seen , -examples ranging from the more luxurious vegetation of the Black and Caspian sea- boards to.
... fortresses the Government has laid out a botanical garden , where most of the trees and shrubs indigenous to the coun- try can be seen , -examples ranging from the more luxurious vegetation of the Black and Caspian sea- boards to.
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... it , became dis- tinct . The seething mass of humanity took form and shape ; and where , before , one recognised only dark figures in an incense - laden twilight , one recog- D nised now the officers of the Government , in uniforms.
... it , became dis- tinct . The seething mass of humanity took form and shape ; and where , before , one recognised only dark figures in an incense - laden twilight , one recog- D nised now the officers of the Government , in uniforms.
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From Batum to Baghdad: Viâ Tiflis, Tabriz, and Persian Kurdistan Walter Harris Visualização integral - 1896 |
From Batum to Baghdad: Viâ Tiflis, Tabriz, and Persian Kurdistan Walter Harris Visualização integral - 1896 |
From Batum to Baghdad: Viâ Tiflis, Tabriz, and Persian Kurdistan Walter Harris Visualização integral - 1896 |
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