The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... Jaxartes, the most important of which was Cyropolis. Alexander crushed the rebels and re-established his authority on the Jaxartes in the course of a few days. At this juncture he received news of two serious events. The Sacæ, or ...
... Jaxartes, the most important of which was Cyropolis. Alexander crushed the rebels and re-established his authority on the Jaxartes in the course of a few days. At this juncture he received news of two serious events. The Sacæ, or ...
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Shannon McClintock Miller, B. A. Hoena. THE BATTLE OF JAXARTES Where are we ? Or should I ask , when are we ? We are on the banks of the Jaxartes River in Central Asia . The year is 329 BCE . THE JAXARTES ( JAK - SAHR - TEEZ ) RIVER IS ...
Shannon McClintock Miller, B. A. Hoena. THE BATTLE OF JAXARTES Where are we ? Or should I ask , when are we ? We are on the banks of the Jaxartes River in Central Asia . The year is 329 BCE . THE JAXARTES ( JAK - SAHR - TEEZ ) RIVER IS ...
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... Jaxartes . Some , river of Central Asia which now bears the name of Syr - Daria , or Yellow River ( Daria is the generic Tartar name for all rivers , and Syr = " yellow " ) , and which , watering the barren steppes ... JAXARTES . JAXARTES .
... Jaxartes . Some , river of Central Asia which now bears the name of Syr - Daria , or Yellow River ( Daria is the generic Tartar name for all rivers , and Syr = " yellow " ) , and which , watering the barren steppes ... JAXARTES . JAXARTES .
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to a series of reedy swamps , fed by the overflow of the Jaxartes , the main arm of which river , however , found its way to the Caspian . All other writers simply bring the Oxus and Jaxartes into the Caspian without any allusion to the ...
to a series of reedy swamps , fed by the overflow of the Jaxartes , the main arm of which river , however , found its way to the Caspian . All other writers simply bring the Oxus and Jaxartes into the Caspian without any allusion to the ...
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... Jaxartes , which was a denomination adopted by the Greeks and fol- lowed by the Romans , does not appear in his his- tory , yet the Araxes of Herodotus can be no other than the actual Syr , because there is no other ... JAXARTES . JAXARTES .
... Jaxartes , which was a denomination adopted by the Greeks and fol- lowed by the Romans , does not appear in his his- tory , yet the Araxes of Herodotus can be no other than the actual Syr , because there is no other ... JAXARTES . JAXARTES .
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