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afterwards ancient antiquity Arabian Armenian Aryan Asia Augustus became belonged border built called capital central centre century B.C. coast colony connection conquest consists containing course cultivated district early east eastern Empire especially existed extended extremely feet fertile formed founded further greater Greek groups Gulf half hand harbour height hence hills historical important included independent India inhabitants interior island Italy Keltic kingdom kings known lake land language later lower lying means middle ages mountain mouth narrower native natural neighbours northern numerous occupied original owing passes peaks peninsula Persian Phoenician plain political population position possession powerful preserved probably province race range regarded region remained rising river Roman ruins running seat Semitic sense separate settlements side slopes smaller so-called soil southern stream stretches subdued Syria territory town tribes upper usually valley western whole wide
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Manual of Ancient Geography |
| Author | Heinrich Kiepert |
| Translated by | George Augustin Macmillan |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Company, 1881 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Length | 309 pages |
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