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... Turkish or Ottoman Empire in Europe - XV . Kingdom of Greece - Republic of the Ionian Islands XVI . Continent of Asia XVII . Turkish or Ottoman Empire in Asia XVIII . Arabia XIX . Kingdoms of Persia and Cabul or Afghanistan XX . India ...
... Turkish or Ottoman Empire in Europe - XV . Kingdom of Greece - Republic of the Ionian Islands XVI . Continent of Asia XVII . Turkish or Ottoman Empire in Asia XVIII . Arabia XIX . Kingdoms of Persia and Cabul or Afghanistan XX . India ...
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... Turks . The population of Warsaw in 1826 amounted to 125,000 souls . REPUBLIC OF CRACOW . 29. Cracow , or Krakau , for a long time the capital of Poland , was erected by the congress of Vienna , in 1815 , into a little republic , under ...
... Turks . The population of Warsaw in 1826 amounted to 125,000 souls . REPUBLIC OF CRACOW . 29. Cracow , or Krakau , for a long time the capital of Poland , was erected by the congress of Vienna , in 1815 , into a little republic , under ...
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... Turks , and settled in many of the small towns in the Southern part of the kingdom : they adhere in general to the doctrines of the Greek Church , but live in great poverty , and are even more backward than the other Italians in the ...
... Turks , and settled in many of the small towns in the Southern part of the kingdom : they adhere in general to the doctrines of the Greek Church , but live in great poverty , and are even more backward than the other Italians in the ...
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... Turks . They subsequently followed the king of Cyprus , and in 1310 took Rhodes , but 200 years afterwards , this latter island having fallen into the hands of the Turks , the knights retired into Candia , and thence into Sicily . In ...
... Turks . They subsequently followed the king of Cyprus , and in 1310 took Rhodes , but 200 years afterwards , this latter island having fallen into the hands of the Turks , the knights retired into Candia , and thence into Sicily . In ...
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... Turks , especially in this quarter of the globe , is now rapidly diminishing : they have lately lost the Greek part of their territory , which has been erected into an independent kingdom , under the protection of Great Britain , France ...
... Turks , especially in this quarter of the globe , is now rapidly diminishing : they have lately lost the Greek part of their territory , which has been erected into an independent kingdom , under the protection of Great Britain , France ...
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