New geographies . Fig. 269. — Ruins of ancient Athens. Ttie rocky height in thebackground is the Acropolis, on ?which there are some fineruins ol buildings many centuries old. They were highly cultured people, andsome of their sculpture and buildings arethe most perfect and beautiful that haveever been made. The cent;er of this important country wasAthens, once the most famous city in theworld, and still the capital of the , . little kingdom of Greece. It wasan important place many years later, at thetime of Christ. Both Athens and Cokinth arementioned in the Bible. Athens is even nowthe princ
New geographies . Fig. 269. — Ruins of ancient Athens. Ttie rocky height in thebackground is the Acropolis, on ?which there are some fineruins ol buildings many centuries old. They were highly cultured people, andsome of their sculpture and buildings arethe most perfect and beautiful that haveever been made. The cent;er of this important country wasAthens, once the most famous city in theworld, and still the capital of the , . little kingdom of Greece. It wasan important place many years later, at thetime of Christ. Both Athens and Cokinth arementioned in the Bible. Athens is even nowthe principal city, and, like Eome, has manyinteresting ruins (Fig. 269). The surface of Greece is so mountainous, andthe climate so dry, that the farm . .products are not of great value. i„gtrtesAmong the principal crops arecurrants, grapes, and other fruits. Grazing is. Fig. 270. — A street scene in Constantinople. EUROPE 213 one of the leading industries, but there is littlemining or manufacturing, and the commerce isnot extensive. (8) Turkey and the Balkan Countries The largest city in southeastern Eu-rope is Constantinople, which is a littleChief city of Smaller than Jt jg situated on the narrow- strait of the Bosporus, and guards the en-trance to the Black Sea at the pointwhere southern Europe comes nearest toAsia. This city is the capital and largestcity of the Turkish Empire, which, likeRussia, is a country that lies partly inEiu-ope and partly in Asia. In addition,it has territory in northern Africa. The Turkish goTernment has been theworst in Europe, worse even than thatof Russia. The ruler, calledthe Sultan, has been an ab-solute despot, who governedhis people so badly that they have beenkept very ignorant and poor. Only re-cently have the peoplebeen given some voice inthe government. One proof that thegovernment has be
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