By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behind the Lebanon, it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united the inland advantages... Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography - Σελίδα 124επεξεργασία από - 1856 - 2491 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Horatio Balch Hackett - 1852 - 432 σελίδες
...opening where the Orantes passes between the ranges of Lebanon and Taurus. By its harbor of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the...approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It was almost an Oriental Rome, in which all the forms of the civilized life of the empire found a... | |
| William John Conybeare - 1854 - 528 σελίδες
...city, to make it a place of concourse for all classes and kinds of people. By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the...Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behind the Lebanon, it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united... | |
| Horatio Balch Hackett - 1858 - 510 σελίδες
...between the ranges of Lebanon and Taurus. By its harbor of Seleucia it was in communication with nil the trade of the Mediterranean ; and, through the...approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It was almost an Oriental Rome, in which all the forms of the civilized life of the empire found a... | |
| Papers - 1866 - 196 σελίδες
...city, to make it a place of concourse for all classes and kinds of people. By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the...Mediterranean ; and through the open country behind the Lebanon it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia," and was thus... | |
| William John Conybeare, John Saul Howson - 1866 - 536 σελίδες
...city, to make it a place of concourse for all classes and kinds of people. By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behiud the Lebanon, it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It... | |
| George Frederick Maclear - 1866 - 594 σελίδες
...was in communication with all the trade of tn? Mediterranean; and through the open country behind the Lebanon it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united the iuland advantages of Aleppo with the maritime opportunities of Smyrna." Conybeare and... | |
| George Frederick Maclear - 1867 - 596 σελίδες
...advantages as the Greeks2. Ptolemy Philadelph1a succeeded his father Ptolemy 1 " By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the Mediterranean; and through the open country behind the Lebanon it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united the... | |
| John Kitto - 1867 - 544 σελίδες
...already addicted themselves largely to mercantile pursuits. For, by its harbour of Seleucia, Antioch was in communication with all the trade of the Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behind the Lebanon, it could be conveniently approached by the caravans of Mesopotamia and Arabia. There was,... | |
| William John Conybeare, John Saul Howson - 1869 - 1118 σελίδες
...city, to make it a place of concourse for all classes and kinds of people. By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the...Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behind the Lebanon, it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united... | |
| William John Conybeare, John Saul Howson - 1869 - 1024 σελίδες
...city, to make it a place of concourse for all classes and kinds of people. By its harbor of Soleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the...Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behind the Lebanon, it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united... | |
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