. Europe and other continents . Fig. at a Shinto temple in Japan. TURKISH EMPIRE 367 Some of the mountain slopes are forested, but elsewherethe country is open, and in places suited to herding andagriculture. In the valleys, wheat, grapes, olives, figs,oranges, and cotton are raised, usually by the aid of irri-gation. Smyrna is the most important seaport. Locateit. Find Fig. as done in Palestine and other parts of Turkey in Europe. The inhabitants, though so near Europe, have not advancedas Europeans have. The valuable minerals are scarcelyworked at all
. Europe and other continents . Fig. at a Shinto temple in Japan. TURKISH EMPIRE 367 Some of the mountain slopes are forested, but elsewherethe country is open, and in places suited to herding andagriculture. In the valleys, wheat, grapes, olives, figs,oranges, and cotton are raised, usually by the aid of irri-gation. Smyrna is the most important seaport. Locateit. Find Fig. as done in Palestine and other parts of Turkey in Europe. The inhabitants, though so near Europe, have not advancedas Europeans have. The valuable minerals are scarcelyworked at all; herding and farming are carried on in muchthe same way as in the time of Christ; and there is practicallyno manufacturing excepting that done by hand (Figs. 255 and257). Some of this work, however, is very beautiful, as, forexample, the Turkish rugs already mentioned (p. 345). The unfortunate history of the region furnishes an expla-nation of its lack of development. Asia Minor, the peninsulabetween the Mediterranean and Black seas, was the pathway 368 ASIA for the ancient caravan trade between Europe and Asia. Whilethis brought prosperity, it also led to many invasions. Morethan five centuries before Christ the country was conquered bythe Persians; two centuries later it came under the control ofthe Greeks; and later still it became a part of the RomanEmpire. After that, with the declin
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