... Byzantine Empire. Again and again Constanti nople was the salvation of the state, the rock upon which every wave of hostile invasion broke fruitlessly. When in a.d. 622 the great Emperor Heraclius set out to save the empire from the Persians, hardly anything ...

... has a great deal more behind it than the j transport of1-- sand and gravel. The Dutch closed the traffic soon after' the invasion of Belgium, in order to avoid complications, and the Germans -.never pressed the matter until the other: day. It is quite ...

... name by Consta^tine, and under that of Karntz by Armenian writers. The kinglets of Kars were submerged by the wave of Seljuk invasion, but the reigning prince contrived to appease the wrath of the conqueror of Ani and to gain time lor the cession of the ...

... has a great deal more behind it than the j transport of1-- sand and gravel. The Dutch closed the traffic soon after' the invasion of Belgium, in order to avoid complications, and the Germans -.never pressed the matter until the other: day. It is quite ...

... the male line with the death of her father Duke William. As its German dynasty was unable to protect the little State from invasion in 1914 any. more than the formal pledge in the 1867 treaty, it is not surprising to learn that the people of Luxembourg ...

... the male line with the death of her father Duke William. As its German dynasty was unable to protect the little State from invasion in 1914 any. more than the formal pledge in the 1867 treaty, it is not surprising to learn that the people of Luxembourg ...