Asia: A Short History from the Earliest Times to the Present DayLittle, Brown,, 1926 - 436 pagini |
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Pagina 9
... seemed most barbarous and destructive , were borne those elements of culture upon which we plume our- selves to - day . It would be sufficient to prove the point by reminding ourselves of the fact that a mere list of the things for ...
... seemed most barbarous and destructive , were borne those elements of culture upon which we plume our- selves to - day . It would be sufficient to prove the point by reminding ourselves of the fact that a mere list of the things for ...
Pagina 15
... seemed to forbid the habitation of man . Yet , whatever emphasis we place on this and other things , we may not ignore as a basis for history the geographic and the climatic conditions . As a first step toward studying the history of ...
... seemed to forbid the habitation of man . Yet , whatever emphasis we place on this and other things , we may not ignore as a basis for history the geographic and the climatic conditions . As a first step toward studying the history of ...
Pagina 22
... seemed to emerge at intervals of about a thousand years . Their swarmings were the mak ng of history both anear and afar . Arabia has always been a land producing more people than it could support , and the very hardness of the ...
... seemed to emerge at intervals of about a thousand years . Their swarmings were the mak ng of history both anear and afar . Arabia has always been a land producing more people than it could support , and the very hardness of the ...
Pagina 29
... seemed to have Nature for his living garment . There was Varuna , the ethical god , the god of the cosmic ocean ; Indra , the warrior - god , with his subordinates , Rudra , the lightning , wild boar of the sky , and the Maruts , or ...
... seemed to have Nature for his living garment . There was Varuna , the ethical god , the god of the cosmic ocean ; Indra , the warrior - god , with his subordinates , Rudra , the lightning , wild boar of the sky , and the Maruts , or ...
Pagina 41
... seemed easily victorious everywhere . The one exception was Palestine , where Antiochus Epiphanes , at the tail - end of the Seleucid line , overzealous for Hellenization , pushed the Jews , about 168 B.C. , into almost fanatical revolt ...
... seemed easily victorious everywhere . The one exception was Palestine , where Antiochus Epiphanes , at the tail - end of the Seleucid line , overzealous for Hellenization , pushed the Jews , about 168 B.C. , into almost fanatical revolt ...
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
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...