Works, Volume 38Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... Asia is occupied by the three races , the Indians , the Seres , and the Scyth- ians , of whom the Indians and the Scythians occupy the southern and northern extremities , the Seres the middle . Just as in a general way we might say ...
... Asia is occupied by the three races , the Indians , the Seres , and the Scyth- ians , of whom the Indians and the Scythians occupy the southern and northern extremities , the Seres the middle . Just as in a general way we might say ...
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... Asia . The decline of the Chinese power in Central Asia dates from the beginning of the second century of our era under the emperor Ngan Ti ( A.D. 107-125 ) of the Posterior Han . p . 70 ; Deguignes , i , 67 ; Pauthier , De l'Auth . , p ...
... Asia . The decline of the Chinese power in Central Asia dates from the beginning of the second century of our era under the emperor Ngan Ti ( A.D. 107-125 ) of the Posterior Han . p . 70 ; Deguignes , i , 67 ; Pauthier , De l'Auth . , p ...
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... Asia Minor , whilst another to have been understood in old times by the more intelligent Mahomedans , as when Al Biruni , speaking of the Himalayas , says that beyond those mountains is Mahachin . That geographer's contemporary ...
... Asia Minor , whilst another to have been understood in old times by the more intelligent Mahomedans , as when Al Biruni , speaking of the Himalayas , says that beyond those mountains is Mahachin . That geographer's contemporary ...
Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinae Sinae | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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