Asia - History - Early works to 1800
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Asiatic researches or, transactions of the society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia. ... . Printed verbatim from the Calcutta edition.
The Asiatic SocietyDate: 1799-1839- E-books
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The gazetteer's or newsman's interpreter . The second part. Being a geographical index of all the empires, Kingdoms, ... in Asia, Africa, and America. Shewing the division and boundary of every country, to whom now subject : ..
Date: 1718- E-books
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Asiatic researches Or, Transactions of the society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia. Volume the fifth. Printed verbatim from the Calcutta edition.
The Asiatic SocietyDate: 1799- E-books
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Familiar letters from a gentleman at Damascus , to his sister in London. Containing, I. A curious and compendious Account of the ancient State of Asia. II. The Rise and Fall of the Assyrian and Median Monarchies. III. The ancient and present State of the Persian and Turkish (or Ottoman) Empires. IV. The History of Egypt, now a Province subject to the Turks. V. A Description of their chief Towns, with their ancient Names. VI. Their several and respective Manners, Customs, and Governments. VII. Their Religions, Genius, Tempers, Persons, Habits, Diversions, Exercises, and Curiosities Also an account of The Lives, Travels, Miracles, Sufferings and Deaths of our Blessed Saviour, and his Apostles. With Explanatory, Theological, Historical, Geographical and Miscellaneous notes: And proper References to the Holy Scriptures interspers'd throughout the Whole. By a gentleman of Oxford.
Gentleman of OxfordDate: MDCC.L. [1750]