The war and the Bagdad Railway; the story of Asia Minor and its relation to the present conflict (1917) (14582970807)

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Title: The war and the Bagdad Railway; the story of Asia Minor and its relation to the present conflict
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Jastrow, Morris, 1861-1921
Subjects: Baghdad Railway Eastern question World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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1 «.- THE WAR AND THEBAGDAD RAILWAY THE STORY OF ASIA MINOR AND ITS RELATION TO THE PRESENT CONFLICT BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE CIVILIZATION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA ITS REMAINS, LANGUAGE, HISTORY, RELIGION, COMMERCE, LAW, ART AND LITERATURE BY MORRIS JASTROW, Jr., Ph.D., LL.D. Professor of Semitic Languages, University of Pennsylvania With map and 164 illustrations. Octavo. Gilt top,in a box. Net $7.00. Art and Archaeology:—This magnificent bookgives a comprehensive and complete survey of thewhole civilization of the ancient peoples, who dwelt inthe Tigro-Euphrates Valley. It is written by one ofthe foremost Semitic scholars of the world, and super-sedes all works upon the subject. Written in theauthors characteristic lucid style, it is sumptuouslyillustrated, and is a beautiful specimen of bookmaking.
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THE WAR AND THEBAGDAD RAILWAY THE STORY OF ASIA MINOR AND ITSRELATION TO THE PRESENT CONFLICT BY MORRIS JASTROW, Jr., Ph.D., LL.D. PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAAUTHOR OF THE CIVILIZATION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, ETC. WITH U ILLUSTRATIONSAND A MAP Hard Days, Sword Days, Death Days.(Vaulundar Saga) PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1917 V\ IB4 6 5 COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PUBLISHED NOVEMBER, I917 •m 13 1917 PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. A\^-^ g)Ci.A47958!: TO THEMEMBERS OF THE WEDNESDAYMORNING CLUB OF PITTSFIELD, MASS.WITH MANY PLEASANT MEMORIES PREFACE The purpose of this volume is to elucidate anaspect of the war which although it is overshadowedat present by the paramount issue—the menace ofa militarism in league with autocracy—was the mostsignificant single factor contributing to the outbreakof the long-foreseen war in 1914, and will form oneof the most momentous problwarbagdadrailway01jast