Word: asia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Deputy of Erzerum, who proposed this scheme, had hoped to raise the population of Asia Minor from...
...still operating, and to them can be attributed the latest developments of the Indian situation. Noncoöperation is dead, but Nationalism lives and is the stronger for having learnt the lessons of Mr. Ghandi's failure. The Nationalist movement. . . . is part of the great awakening of Asia which is destined one day to baffle and alarm a war-weakened Europe...
...decision of the Supreme Council of Allied Powers at San Remo (April 25, 1920) France was granted a mandate over Syria, which was formerly a province of Turkey-in-Asia...
...Chapman Andrews, the well-known naturalist and explorer. It will prospect for six months the treasures of the Gobi Desert and Inner Mongolia, known to be rich in fossil flora and fauna, including mastodons and mammoths, which are believed to have wandered eastward from their source in central Asia. Popular expectations with regard to the " missing link " of human evolution and the site of the "Garden of Eden" are hardly likely to be realized, however...
...American flotilla of 20 destroyers in the Near East is refueling, supposedly in anticipation of orders to return home. The ships were sent to Asia Minor when the Turks routed the Greek army last September. They took part in transporting many thousands of refugeess to Greece and other points of comparative safety. That work is done...