 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 686 pages
...more common in Asia than ^n,™ n ^ a in Europe. It is not enough to say that the great plains Asia, with which Asia abounds, give the conquerors an easier...immense deserts form the natural bulwarks, and eternal harriers of other Asiatic nations.' When once an Asiatic nation profits by its local circumstances,... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1826 - 674 pages
...why , ' r . lii great and extensive empires are more common in Asia than piretwh in Europe. It is not enough to say that the great plains™™™" with...circumstances, it is as difficult to be conquered as any European people. The Druses, the Kurdes, and the Mahrattas, are not the only examples ; we can... | |
 | Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...assists in explaining why great and extensive empires are more common in Asia than in Europe. It is not enough to say that the great plains with which Asia...circumstances, it is as difficult to be conquered as any European people. The Druses, the Kurdes, and the Mahrattas, are not the only examples ; we can... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 pages
...explaining why great and extensive empires are more common in Asia than in Europe. It is not ь Lu!™ enough to say that the great plains with which Asia...be conquered as an European people. The Druses, the Kurdes, and the Mahrattas, are not the only examples; wo can quote one still more illustrious. The... | |
 | James Bell - 1836 - 690 pages
...endeavouring to explain why great empires are more common in Asia than in Europe, remarks : " It is not enough to say that the great plains with which Asia...circumstances, it is as difficult to be conquered as any European people. The Druses, the Koords, and the Mahrattas, are not the only examples ; we can... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1840 - 536 pages
...endeavoring to explain why great emptres are more common in Asia than in Europe, remarks : " It is not enough to say, that the great plains with which Asia...circumstances, it is as difficult to be conquered as any European people. The Druses, the Koords, and the Mahrattas, are not the only examples ; we can... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 828 pages
...endeavoring to explain why great empires are more common in Asia than n Europe, remarks : "It is not enough to say, that the great plains with which Asia...mountains, how many large rivers, and immense deserts, forrri the natural bulwarks and eternal barriers of other Asiatic nations ' When once an Asiatic nation... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 1016 pages
...endeavoring to explain why great empires are more common in Asia than n Europe, remarks : " It is not enough to say, that the great plains with which Asia...access. This only holds good in the central parts ; but howmany inaccessible mountains, how many large rivers, and immense deserts, form the natural bulwarks... | |
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It is not enough to say, that the great plains with which Asia abounds give the conquerors an easier access. This only holds good in the central parts ; but how many inaccessible mountains, how many large rivers, and immense deserts, form the natural... 