Al-Mamun, Caliph, 420 Argonauts, 42 Argos, 44 Arianism, 232 Aristarchus of Samothrace, 106 Al-Mansur, founder of Bagdad, 409 Aristotle, 83 Ameghino, Dr., 453 America, does not know or care Ammianus Marcellinus, 297 Armenian question, 208 Armenians, business ability of, 271 massacre of 1909, 205 responsible in great part for mas- sacres, 207 Arrians, 101, 305 Artemidorus, 201 Amru, 316 Ashbelkala, 380 Anathema Maran-atha, 327 Ashurnasirpal III, 380 517 Bourse, the, 163 Bozanti Khan, 188 Bronze Horses of Lysippus, 58 Bruin, Cornelius de, 358 Budapest, 18 Bukcovitz, Stephen, 114 Bukharest, city of, 29 Bulgar Dagh, the, 189 block, 275 Burnouf, Eugène, 362 Byron, Lord, 43 Catherine de Medici, 110 Catherine II, of Russia, 61, 383 Cerularius, Michael, 325 Chaldean church, 307 Champollion, Jean François, 356 222 Burckhardt, discovers black basaltic Chardin, Jean, 358 Byzantine liturgy, 313 Byzantines, 305 Byzas, son of Neptune, 67 Cæsaropapism, 326 Caliphs, triumphs of the, 281 Calmet, Dam, the Benedictine, 459 Canals, Danube-Elbe, 34 Danube-Oder, 34 Danube-Salonica, 34 Suez, 153 Canon law of Mohammedanism, 244 kept in communication with friends by homing pigeons, Charlemagne, 10, 324 Chateaubriand, 52 Chesney, Colonel, 152 Chilat, 298 Chosroes I, 194, 281, 287 in relation to Mohammedanism, 247 need of change of attitude of the Cilician Plain, or Cilicea Campes- population of, 198 the Garden of Eden, 214 three decisive battles of the world Citadel, at Aleppo, 273 Code of Hammurabi, 345, 364, 504 protection against Arab robbers, Coffeehouse, Oriental, 181 266 trade, 264 Carchemish, the, 276, 282 Carmelite priests, of Bagdad, 403 Castle of Simeon, 256 Columbus, 452 Comnena, Princess Anna, 72 Constantine Porphyrogenitus, 414 "Father of Medicine," 105 Gladstone, William, 64 Glaser, E, 465 Glorietta of Schönbrunn, 12 Fatihah, first chapter of the Koran, Godefroy de Bouillon, 121 96 Feringees, 319 Figueroa, Don Garcia de Sylva y, 357 Fourth Crusade, 327 France, as a protector of Turkey, fate of the French railway in Near East, 160 has always encouraged scientific not willing to give recommenda- on friendly terms with Ottoman Franciscan friars, 262 Fra Oderic of Pordenone, 39 Galambocz, 24 Galata, 65 Galatz, 31 Garden of Eden, 214 location of, 447 motoring in the, 437 one of the oldest accounts of crea- tion discovered, 462 Gargar, valley of, 298 Germans, determined to build Bag- dad railway unaided, 166 Golden Fleece, 44 Golden Horn, 47 Gordianus III, 297 Gourea, Antonio de, 357 "Granary of Northern Syria," 278 159 Great Britain and the Gold Coast, attitude toward Bagdad railway, attitude toward Turks, 159 fear of protectorate over Turkey Great Cemetery, 96 Great Chimu, 497 "Great Idea," 332 "Great Schism," 325 Great Sweet Water, 48 Great Wall of China, 483 Greece, people of, in ancient days, 274 Greeks, business ability of, 271 Gregory of Nyssa, 369 Grotefend, Georg Friederich, 360 Hadj, annual pilgrimage to Mecca, 244 |