ISBN: 9781231742204

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 62 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. … Mehr…

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 62 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: . . . seventeen. The states are for the most part very small, and are governed by princes, grand dukes, or dukes. There were formerly manymore of these minute fragments of country with independent rulers; some of them were much smaller than most of the English counties. PRUSSIA (136, 700 square miles; population, 24, 000, 000). --This kingdom is the largest and most important of the German territories. It comprises a large part of the great plain of Northern Europe, and some small mountain chains. It consists of thirteen provinces. The government is a monarchy, nearly absolute, but admitting of a Parliament, who discuss public affairs. Old Prussia, on the shores of the Baltic, has a low coast. The interior is crossed by the Vistula, and it includes large forests and sandy heaths. Kbnigsberg (107, 000) is the chief town of the eastern, Dantzig (90, 000) of the western part. The latter town has a great export trade in corn. Memel (19, 000) has a large trade in timber. Elbing (28, 000) is a large town. Posen adjoins Old Prussia to the south, and was formerly part of Poland. The chief town is Posen (54, 000). Pomerania, on the Baltic coast, is to the west of Old Prussia. Stettin, on the Oder (74, 000), is its chief town. Stralsund (27, 000) is also important. Brandenburg contains Berlin, the capital of Prussia (705, 000). It is a modern city, on a wide, sandy plain, with some fine buildings, but very dull, and without much business. The town of Brandenburg (25, 500) is large. Potsdam (43, 000) is near Berlin. Frankfort-on-the-Oder (4, 000) is a place of important trade. At Spandau (17, 300) is a celebrated political prison. Silesia lies to the south-east, adjoining Poland. The capital is Breslaw (172, 000). It is situated on the Oder, and is a fine city, with a. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 90 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: . . . the TJbii; and higher up, there were the Treviri; and after them the Triboci, the Neimetes, and the Vaugoines. The Mediomatrici were settled along the Moselle, near where now stands the city of Metz; and beyond them, on the Rhine, in what is now the Swiss canton of Basle, were the Raurici. A nation beyond the Hercynian Mountains, known as the Borohemum, and in modern times as Bohemia, were close by the Quadii, whose territory, now called Moravia, touched the Danube on its southern part. These tribes, with the Marcomanni and some smaller clans, were comprehended under the general name of Suevi, which people subsequently forced their way into Spain, and established themselves there as an independent and warlike nation. The Suevi were a powerful people, who spread themselves widely. Among their possessions must be reckoned Saxony, Brandenburg, Lusatia, and Silesia. In the interior of Germany, the Cimbri and the Saxons occupied the country north of the Elbe; while on the south side of that stream the Chanci were the masters of the country through which the Weser flows. They were near to the two smaller tribes of the Cherusci and Chamavi. Such are the best accounts which can be collected from Caesar, Tacitus, and Ptolemy, respecting the various tribes which inhabited Germany before the period of intercourse between them and the Romans. Modern nations are fixed and permanent societies, connected amongst themselves by laws and government, and bound to their native soil by arts and agriculture. But the German tribes were only voluntary and fluctuating associations of soldiers, --they were almost savages; and the same territory often changed hands in the course of conquest or of emigration. It is likely that the accounts of the numbers of the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<

ISBN: 9781231742204

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 90 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. … Mehr…

RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 90 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: . . . the TJbii; and higher up, there were the Treviri; and after them the Triboci, the Neimetes, and the Vaugoines. The Mediomatrici were settled along the Moselle, near where now stands the city of Metz; and beyond them, on the Rhine, in what is now the Swiss canton of Basle, were the Raurici. A nation beyond the Hercynian Mountains, known as the Borohemum, and in modern times as Bohemia, were close by the Quadii, whose territory, now called Moravia, touched the Danube on its southern part. These tribes, with the Marcomanni and some smaller clans, were comprehended under the general name of Suevi, which people subsequently forced their way into Spain, and established themselves there as an independent and warlike nation. The Suevi were a powerful people, who spread themselves widely. Among their possessions must be reckoned Saxony, Brandenburg, Lusatia, and Silesia. In the interior of Germany, the Cimbri and the Saxons occupied the country north of the Elbe; while on the south side of that stream the Chanci were the masters of the country through which the Weser flows. They were near to the two smaller tribes of the Cherusci and Chamavi. Such are the best accounts which can be collected from Caesar, Tacitus, and Ptolemy, respecting the various tribes which inhabited Germany before the period of intercourse between them and the Romans. Modern nations are fixed and permanent societies, connected amongst themselves by laws and government, and bound to their native soil by arts and agriculture. But the German tribes were only voluntary and fluctuating associations of soldiers, --they were almost savages; and the same territory often changed hands in the course of conquest or of emigration. It is likely that the accounts of the numbers of the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<

ISBN: 9781231742204

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 90 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 90 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: . . . the TJbii; and higher up, there were the Treviri; and after them the Triboci, the Neimetes, and the Vaugoines. The Mediomatrici were settled along the Moselle, near where now stands the city of Metz; and beyond them, on the Rhine, in what is now the Swiss canton of Basle, were the Raurici. A nation beyond the Hercynian Mountains, known as the Borohemum, and in modern times as Bohemia, were close by the Quadii, whose territory, now called Moravia, touched the Danube on its southern part. These tribes, with the Marcomanni and some smaller clans, were comprehended under the general name of Suevi, which people subsequently forced their way into Spain, and established themselves there as an independent and warlike nation. The Suevi were a powerful people, who spread themselves widely. Among their possessions must be reckoned Saxony, Brandenburg, Lusatia, and Silesia. In the interior of Germany, the Cimbri and the Saxons occupied the country north of the Elbe; while on the south side of that stream the Chanci were the masters of the country through which the Weser flows. They were near to the two smaller tribes of the Cherusci and Chamavi. Such are the best accounts which can be collected from Caesar, Tacitus, and Ptolemy, respecting the various tribes which inhabited Germany before the period of intercourse between them and the Romans. Modern nations are fixed and permanent societies, connected amongst themselves by laws and government, and bound to their native soil by arts and agriculture. But the German tribes were only voluntary and fluctuating associations of soldiers, --they were almost savages; and the same territory often changed hands in the course of conquest or of emigration. It is likely that the accounts of the numbers of the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<