The Historical Geography of Europe, Volumen1

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Longmans, Green, and Company, 1882
 

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Displacement and assimilation among the Aryan races
16
Greece Proper and its peninsulas
21
More distant colonies Sicily Italy Dalmatia
22
Greek colonies in Africa Gaul and Spain
36
First Roman possessions east of the Hadriatic
42
Ligurians and Etruscans
48
Origin of Rome its Latin element dominant
49
Sardinia and Corsica
55
Roman Africa restoration of Carthage
61
Use of the name Epeiros
63
Conquests from Augustus to Nero incorporation of vassal
68
CHAPTER IV
74
Prefecture of Italy its extent
80
The Wandering of the Nations
85
The Franks use of the name Francia
93
the name English
100
The Slaves of Macedonia
103
THE FINAL DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE
106
Loss of the Eastern provinces of Rome
112
Division of the Frankish dominion Austria and Neustria
124
Extent of the Carolingian Empire
130
CHAPTER VI
138
Lotharingia
144
Rivalry of the Eastern and Western Empires and Churches
145
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Slavonic settlements in Greece
159
Special character of the Hungarian kingdom effects of
160
Settlements in Britain and Gaul
162
Supremacy of Wessex
164
Scandinavian settlements Caithness and Sutherland
165
THE ECCLESIASTICAL GEOGRAPHY OF WESTERN EUROPE
169
nople
172
The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Gaul and Germany
176
The French Duchy the Middle Kingdom Regnum
177
Fluctuations in the duchies Danish possession of Olden
180
The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Spain
182
The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Northern and Eastern Europe
188
Great cities of the Burgundian kingdom
194
Loss of territory by the German kingdom its extension
196
The Slavonic frontier
202
Growth of the House of Austria separation of Switzerland
209
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Austria
221
Germany changes from a kingdom to a confederation
224
Case of Trieste
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Restoration of the Pope and the King of the Two Sicilies
260
Benevento
261
Luzern Zürich Bern
278
Act of Mediation the nineteen cantons
284
Relations to Geneva France and Bern
290
Savoyard advance in Italy
291
Growth of the kingdom of England
297
The Eastern Mark becomes a duchy division of Carinthia
319
History of the duchy of Burgundy its union with Flanders
323
Connexion of Austria and Burgundy the Austrian Nether
327
France a nation as well as a power
337
The Netherlands the counts of Flanders their Imperial
339
Acquisition of continental Normandy Anjou
345
Relations between the Empire and the Bulgarian kingdom
387
Distinction between the Republican and Imperial Con
389
Normans advance loss of Corfu and Durazzo
393
Empire of Trebizond loss of its western dominion
399
Advance of the Ottomans in Asia in Europe dominion
404
Bohemia and Moravia
405
Acre Malta
410
The Eastern Dominion of Venice and Genoa
416
Venice the champion against the Turk losses of Venice
425
Loss in Asia and advance in Europe recovery of Pelo
431
Salona and Bodonitza
432
The Kingdom of Hungary
447
Supremacy of the northern Vladimir commonwealths
453
Victory of Timour reunion of the Ottoman power under
460
Relations between Russia and the Turk Azof Treaty
466
Withdrawal of Turkish garrisons
469
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differences in their history
479
Denmark Norway Sweden
483
Relations of Russia to the Eastern Church and Empire
484
Settlements in Orkney Man Iceland Ireland
486
Early conquest of the Sorabi marks of Meissen and Lusatia
492
German Dominion on the Baltic
502
The Baltic still mainly held by the earlier races formation
510
The Teutonic order in Prussia union with the Sword
513
Deliverance of Russia Crim dependent on the Turk
519
Use of the name Northmen formation of the kingdom
525
Sweden after the peace of Oliva
527
Russian conquest of Finland
533
Russian America
540
CHAPTER XII
542
County and kingdom of Portugal
549
Holland and Friesland
557
CHAPTER XIII
563
Brabant Hainault union of Holland and Hainault
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Settlement of the Ostmen increasing connexion with Eng
575
The United States of America
582
The Danish invasions division between Ælfred and Guthrum
589
Greek colonies in Italy Kymê and Ankôn
590
The Austrian power its position as a marchland its union
592
Principality of Achaia recovery of Peloponnesian lands
593
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Its later history mainly swallowed up by France
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Extent of Greek colonization in Homeric times
600
History of Corfu
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Philips last acquisition of Luxemburg advance under
606
Rome and Parthia
607
Rivalry between France and the Empire
608
Conquests of Marcus Severus and Diocletian cessions
609
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First centre at Novgorod Russian advance union of
615
Patras under the Pope
616
First English settlements Virginia the New England
617
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Losses in Asia Knights of Saint John advance of the Turks 402
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