Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armeni - Volume Set Travels Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea,

A two-volume account of an 1839 expedition through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, published in 1842.

Sommario

26. Roads rendered dangerous by the revolted Kurds; 27. Journey from Sivas to Tokat; 28. Start from Amasiyeh; 29. Delay at Constantinople; 30. Seyyid el Ghazi; 31. Misis, ancient Mopsuestia; 32. Journey across northern Mesopotamia; 33. City of Mosul; 34. Start for Al Hadhr; 35. Reception by the Shammar Arabs; 36. Start for Kurdistan; 37. Fortress of Amadiyeh; 38. Approach to the Tiyari country; 39. Berdizawi; 40. The Chaldeans as a nation; 41. Chaldeans not papists; 42. Start from Julamerik; 43. Start from Urimiyeh; 44. Town of Rowandiz; 45. Chaldean village of Al Kosh; 46. Castle of Konakti; 47. Collision with the Kurds; 48. Armenians of the district of Mush; 49. City of Erzrum.

Riassunto

Following the Euphrates Expedition of 1835, surgeon William Ainsworth (1807–96) was made leader of a second expedition through Asia Minor, northern Syria, Kurdistan, Persia and Armenia, of which this two-volume account was published in 1842. Volume 2 describes the journey through Armenia, and the return via Trebizond.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William Ainsworth, William F. Ainsworth
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9781108080996
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08099-6
• Pagine: 420
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology; Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia 2 Volume Set; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology; Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia 2 Volume Set
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