Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 17D. Appleton & Company, 1893 |
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... chiefs . The Abyssinians have been Christians since the fourth century . They worship according to the rites of the ... chief exports are ivory , skins , gums , butter , and mules . The metallic currency consists of Maria Theresa ...
... chiefs . The Abyssinians have been Christians since the fourth century . They worship according to the rites of the ... chief exports are ivory , skins , gums , butter , and mules . The metallic currency consists of Maria Theresa ...
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... chief of Asmar , Shah Tahmasp Khan , being dissatisfied with his reception at a durbar given by Lord Dufferin at Peshawur in 1887 , accepted the protection of Abdurrahman . After his murder a year later , Umra Khan , of the neighboring ...
... chief of Asmar , Shah Tahmasp Khan , being dissatisfied with his reception at a durbar given by Lord Dufferin at Peshawur in 1887 , accepted the protection of Abdurrahman . After his murder a year later , Umra Khan , of the neighboring ...
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... Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , George W. Stone ; for Associate Justices , Thomas W. Coleman , Thomas N. McClellan , J. B. Head , and Jon . Haralson . Democratic presidential electors were also nominated . A platform was adopted ...
... Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , George W. Stone ; for Associate Justices , Thomas W. Coleman , Thomas N. McClellan , J. B. Head , and Jon . Haralson . Democratic presidential electors were also nominated . A platform was adopted ...
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... chief industry of the country is raising cattle . Sheep breeding is also carried on extensively . There is not much agriculture , although many districts are very fertile . Only about a hundredth part of the soil is under cultivation ...
... chief industry of the country is raising cattle . Sheep breeding is also carried on extensively . There is not much agriculture , although many districts are very fertile . Only about a hundredth part of the soil is under cultivation ...
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... chief of the republic , the lead- ers of the army , and prominent citizens , by means of dynamite , and claiming to ... chiefs who escaped arrest fled to Montevideo , and others were banished to that city by order of a court of justice ...
... chief of the republic , the lead- ers of the army , and prominent citizens , by means of dynamite , and claiming to ... chiefs who escaped arrest fled to Montevideo , and others were banished to that city by order of a court of justice ...
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