Advanced Geography . of Himalaya Mountains. the land-surface of the earth. Bokhara 1 Trans-Caucasia is the name of the Asiatic portion of the large Russianprovince lying on both sides of the Caucasus mountains. COUNTRIES OF AFRICA. 179 /- J. S. A Georgian of Tlflis, and Khiva also are under the control of Russia. Tash-kent, the largest city in Asiatic Russia, is in a districtmade fertile by irrigation. Tiflis is a city .through whichRussia conducts a large part of itstrade with Persia and other countriesof southwest Asia. The railroadwhich carries great quantities ofpetroleum from Baku to the
Advanced Geography . of Himalaya Mountains. the land-surface of the earth. Bokhara 1 Trans-Caucasia is the name of the Asiatic portion of the large Russianprovince lying on both sides of the Caucasus mountains. COUNTRIES OF AFRICA. 179 /- J. S. A Georgian of Tlflis, and Khiva also are under the control of Russia. Tash-kent, the largest city in Asiatic Russia, is in a districtmade fertile by irrigation. Tiflis is a city .through whichRussia conducts a large part of itstrade with Persia and other countriesof southwest Asia. The railroadwhich carries great quantities ofpetroleum from Baku to the portof Batum passes throughTiflis. Irkutsk andVladivostok are cen-ters of Siberian latter city is thePacific port of Si-beria, and the pres-ent terminus of theSiberian railroadnow being built. Doubtless some portfarther south will be madea terminus of this railroad, as the harborof Vladivostok is frozen several months each year. Persia. Cereals and the opium-poppy grow in thefertile portions of Persia, chiefly in the districts near theCaspian sea. Many sheep are reared in the highlandregions. Dates thrive along the coast, and pearlsare obtained from the border waters on thesouth. The Persians are famous for theirhandmade carpe
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