Compendium of Ancient Geography, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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WE proceed to survey a vast country, which extends from the Euphrates on the north, to the Erythrean Sea on the south; having for its western limitsthe Arabic Gulf, commonly called the Red Sea; and on the other side the Persian Gulf, which, as well as the preceding, is an inlet of the sea known in antiquity by the name of Erythrean. From its situation, bordered by water on three sides, it is called in the language of the people who inhabit it, Gezirat-e l-arab, the Island or Peninsula of Arabia. There are distinguish. Ed two races in Arabia, as well by lineage as by modes of life. The first and more ancient.

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