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Asiatic Turkey (16,000) is bounded N. by the Black Sea, S. by the Arabian Desert and the Mediterranean, E. by Persia and Transcaucasia, and W. by the Archipelago; has an space greater than ten instances that of Turkey in Europe, remains to be more mountainous, being traversed by the Taurus, Anti-Taurus, and the Lebanon ranges; is unwell watered, and even the valleys of the Euphrates, Tigris, and Jordan are topic to nice drought in the summer time; embraces Asia Minor (q. I even had one man say me being on top, quote unquote "Doesn’t do much for him." I additionally really feel like a mattress is just too delicate to surface and like I’m bouncing extra on the mattress than I'm on his physique. 232. I wanted to feel cherished. E.; climate is very variable, and is marked by high winds and extremes of cold and heat; the soil is remarkably fertile and nicely tailored for the cultivation of cereals, but agricultural enterprise is hampered by extreme taxation; there is abundance of the useful metals; is the only non-Christian State in Europe. Turkey or the Ottoman Empire, a terrific Mohammedan State embracing vast areas in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, in addition to the province of Tripoli in North Africa, and the tributary States Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (under Austria), Cyprus (below Britain), Samos and Egypt (virtually managed by Britain). |
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