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... India was carried on by Arab merchants and it was not until the discovery of the monsoons by Hippalos about 100 B. C. that direct trade took place . By the time of Domitian ( 81-96 A. D. ) this direct trade was fully established and in ...
... India was carried on by Arab merchants and it was not until the discovery of the monsoons by Hippalos about 100 B. C. that direct trade took place . By the time of Domitian ( 81-96 A. D. ) this direct trade was fully established and in ...
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... India by residents of Calcutta.1 During the ' thirties the agitation for the employment of the Suez route for steam vessels gained considerable momentum and was carried on by British residents of India , by repre- sentatives of the East ...
... India by residents of Calcutta.1 During the ' thirties the agitation for the employment of the Suez route for steam vessels gained considerable momentum and was carried on by British residents of India , by repre- sentatives of the East ...
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... India , the canal must remain an important factor in her foreign policy . It seems , indeed , a strange irony of history that the great work of de Lesseps should have come under the control of the very nation whose opposition caused him ...
... India , the canal must remain an important factor in her foreign policy . It seems , indeed , a strange irony of history that the great work of de Lesseps should have come under the control of the very nation whose opposition caused him ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 23 |
The Canal of Ptolemy II | 30 |
Writings of private individuals in France concerning Egypt | 34 |
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