Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . , sugar, grain and fruits. 16. Among its Mamifactures are silk goods and jwrcelainware, the first inventors of which were the Chinese. 17. Inland Trade is facihtated by important rivers, canals,creeks and lakes. 18. The Minerals of China and Japan include gold, silver,cojjper, lead, iron and coal. 19. TIIIJiET, an ekvated region, belongs chiefly to has a dry chmate, except in summer, and abounds in j^reciousmetals. 20. Tin: JAPAX EMPIIii: which is no
Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . , sugar, grain and fruits. 16. Among its Mamifactures are silk goods and jwrcelainware, the first inventors of which were the Chinese. 17. Inland Trade is facihtated by important rivers, canals,creeks and lakes. 18. The Minerals of China and Japan include gold, silver,cojjper, lead, iron and coal. 19. TIIIJiET, an ekvated region, belongs chiefly to has a dry chmate, except in summer, and abounds in j^reciousmetals. 20. Tin: JAPAX EMPIIii: which is no larger than CaU-fomia, has a population nearly equal to that of the United States. 21. //*? Climate is rainy, but uiUder than that of China, in thesame latitude. The coimtry suffers from hiUTicanes, earthquakesand volcanic enxptions. 22. Tlie Gorernmeut, like that of China, is a desj)otism. TheEmperor of Japan is called the Mikado. ASIA. CoHPARATrVB Miles. Russia iu Asia,5,800,000. United States,3,603,884. Japan Empire,149,399. California,188,981. Afghanistan,338,500. Austria,240,319. Bumiali,193,500. Spain,195,000. 9J compabativePofihations. CUnese ,000,000. United States,40,000,000. Japan Empire,83,000,000. Gt. Britain & ,000,000. Turkey in ,050,000. Spain,1(1,565,00:). Ceylon,2,000,000. Cliili,2,000,000. The City of Bagdad, on the Tigris River, the principal city in the eastern part of Turkey in Asia. The Mosque of Imam 23. ASIATIC TURKEY contains some of the most cele-brated places ill tlie world. Palestine, or the Holy Land, is in thesouth-west; Mt. Ararat is on the northeastern border ; Damascusis the oldest, and Jerusalem, the most renowned city iu the world. 24. Smyrna is the largest city in Asiatic Turkey. 25. TUMKESTAy is high in the east, with a western slope tothe Caspian Sea. Its western section is sandy, salt and barren. 26. It is now chiefly under the dominion of Russia. 27. PERSIA consists mainly of a desert plateau
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