Word: persia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...These are the countries which have recognized the Bolshevik Government given in order of recognition: Esthonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Persia, Afghanistan, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Austria, Greece, Sweden, China, Denmark, Mexico, Hungary, France, Japan...
Palestine subsequently came under the Byzantine Emperors, was lost once to Persia (c. 611) but regained before Islam, under Calif Omar, ploughed the country under in 637. Then came the period of the Cru- sades and the Prankish Kingdoms (1099-1291), followed by the rule of the Egyptian Mamelukes (1291 to 1516). This uneventful period was punctuated by a fleeting visit from Tamerlane in 1400. In 1516, Pales- tine was conquered by the Turks, from whom little more than 400 years later the country was delivered by General Allenby. And now, after nearly 2,000 years of exile and persecution...
...Persia, at 31,845,000 barrels last year, showed almost double its 1921 output, and both the Dutch East Indies at 21,000,000 barrels and Rumania at 13,296,000 barrels showed considerably increased output. Venezuela, which produced only 1,4333,000 barrels in 1921, has developed very rapidly, last year attaining a production of 9,500,000 barrels...
Having traveled far and wide on the continent, he went, after his Oxford days were over, to explore Central Asia. His visits to Persia, Siam, the Pamirs, Indo-China and Korea were not the fitful visits of a tourist, but the premeditated acts of a scholar who traveled to discover and store a fund of knowledge that books could not give...
...Dodd, who has been connected with medical missionary work in Persia, will speak at the meeting and Dr. J. J. Vaughn, former medical advisor to the City of Nanchang and the Provincial Court of Kiang-si, will speak of his experiences in China. The Chinese phase of the question will also be discussed by Dr. T. D. Sloan and Dr. P. T. Watson. The West Chinese phase will be taken up by Dr. W. R. Morse...