Asia: A Short History from the Earliest Times to the Present DayLittle, Brown,, 1926 - 436 pagini |
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Pagina 30
... died - possibly by violence in 583.2 Arab historians say that it was two hundred and eighty years before the time of Alexander the Great . We do not know where Zoroaster was born . Opinion varies from West Iran in the neighborhood of ...
... died - possibly by violence in 583.2 Arab historians say that it was two hundred and eighty years before the time of Alexander the Great . We do not know where Zoroaster was born . Opinion varies from West Iran in the neighborhood of ...
Pagina 37
... died , so their assistance was useless ; but the return march proved to the Greeks how easily a small , well - disciplined force might defeat the huge but unwieldy hordes of the Persian satraps . Thus were sown the seeds which a century ...
... died , so their assistance was useless ; but the return march proved to the Greeks how easily a small , well - disciplined force might defeat the huge but unwieldy hordes of the Persian satraps . Thus were sown the seeds which a century ...
Pagina 43
... died on the spot . " 4 - But we have a little outrun our period in the West , and must redress the balance by a brief survey of events in the fur- ther East . We left China in what has generally — perhaps erroneously been known as the ...
... died on the spot . " 4 - But we have a little outrun our period in the West , and must redress the balance by a brief survey of events in the fur- ther East . We left China in what has generally — perhaps erroneously been known as the ...
Pagina 45
... died while he was in his third year , so the young child's education devolved upon the widowed mother , who discharged her responsibility with devotion and success . At the age of seventeen Confucius was far enough advanced to begin a ...
... died while he was in his third year , so the young child's education devolved upon the widowed mother , who discharged her responsibility with devotion and success . At the age of seventeen Confucius was far enough advanced to begin a ...
Pagina 46
... died about 479 B.C. , crooning during his last days the lines : " The great mountain must crumble ; The strong beam must break ; The wise man must wither like a plant . " His As a teacher Confucius was much more successful . system was ...
... died about 479 B.C. , crooning during his last days the lines : " The great mountain must crumble ; The strong beam must break ; The wise man must wither like a plant . " His As a teacher Confucius was much more successful . system was ...
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Asia: A Short History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Herbert Henry Gowen Vizualizare completă - 1926 |
Asia: A Short History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Herbert Henry Gowen Vizualizare completă - 1926 |
Asia: A Short History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Herbert Henry Gowen Vizualizare fragmente - 1936 |
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Allies American Amur Armenians army Asia Asiatic Australia became Britain British Buddhism called capital captured century CHAPTER China Chinese Christian civilization Conference coöperation death dominion Dutch dynasty East Eastern Emperor Empire English Euphrates Europe European followed force foreign France French Germany Government history of Asia immigration Imperial important India influence interest islands Japan Japanese Khalifate King Korea labor land later League of Nations Lord Manchu Manchuria ment Minister mission missionary Moghul Mongol Mongolia movement Muhammadan native negotiations opium Orient Pacific peace Peking peninsula Persia Philippines political port Portuguese Powers present President Prince province question Railway rebellion reforms reign Revolution Russia sent Shah Shanghai ships Shogun Siam Siberia Soviet story success territory things tion to-day Tokugawa Tokugawa Shoguns trade treaty Treaty of Portsmouth tribes troops Tuan Tuan Chi-jui Turkish Turks United victory West Western Yuan
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Pagina 194 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Pagina 93 - Of guns, and drums, and wounds, (God save the mark !) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Pagina 11 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Pagina 239 - no native of the said territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour, or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company' ; but the explanatory memorandum sent out with the Act reiterated Mill's opinion.
Pagina 132 - Desima, and chose to suffer many hardships in a foreign and heathen country, to be remiss in performing divine service on Sundays and solemn festivals, to leave off praying and singing of psalms...
Pagina 311 - Should either High Contracting Party conclude a treaty of general arbitration with a third Power, it is agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall entail upon such Contracting Party an obligation to go to war with the Power with whom such treaty of arbitration is in force.
Pagina 85 - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred River, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.
Pagina 257 - The Governments of the United States and Japan recognize that territorial propinquity creates special relations between countries, and, consequently, the Government of the United States recognizes that Japan has special interests in China, particularly in the part to which her possessions are contiguous.
Pagina 190 - I hope your health is good. China is a great Empire, exte'nding over a great part of the world. The Chinese are numerous. You have millions and millions of subjects.
Pagina 278 - The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development...