The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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... island in the latter year , during the First Punic War . Roman colonization was begun in earnest in the 1st century B. C. , and soon the Romans ruled the whole island , building many towns and ports . Corsica became one of the ...
... island in the latter year , during the First Punic War . Roman colonization was begun in earnest in the 1st century B. C. , and soon the Romans ruled the whole island , building many towns and ports . Corsica became one of the ...
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... island of Greece , is situ- ated on the south side of the Aegean basin in the eastern Mediterranean . It has an area of 3,186 square miles ( 8,252 sq km ) . Politically , the ... island . Geography . Crete , and the islands of Cythera ,. 180.
... island of Greece , is situ- ated on the south side of the Aegean basin in the eastern Mediterranean . It has an area of 3,186 square miles ( 8,252 sq km ) . Politically , the ... island . Geography . Crete , and the islands of Cythera ,. 180.
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... island's fertile plains greatly increased Cuba's overall value to Spain . As sugarcane production came to domi- nate the island's economy , the Spanish crown en- couraged , with the establishment of the Havana Company in 1740 , the ...
... island's fertile plains greatly increased Cuba's overall value to Spain . As sugarcane production came to domi- nate the island's economy , the Spanish crown en- couraged , with the establishment of the Havana Company in 1740 , the ...
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