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Title: The universal geography : the earth and its inhabitants
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905 Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913 Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: London : J.S. Virtue & Co., Ltd.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he town ofMezereh, known also as New Kharput. The Armenian College founded atKharput by the American missionaries, has become the chief centre of publicinstruction for the whole of Armenia and Kurdistan. In the south-eastern section of the Armenian plateaux, the largest place is Van,which gives its name to the neighbouring lake. It stands about 2 miles from theeast bank in a level plain, surrounded on the north, east and south by bare lime-stone hills. The city proper is enclosed on three sides by broad ditches, and adouble rampart of crenelled walls flanked by towers. But the outer city, that ofthe Baghlar or gardens, is far more extensive, stretching a long way across thefertile plain, which has given rise to the saying, Van in this, heaven in thenext world ! In summer nearly the whole population leaves the inner town forthe suburban district, whose glories are mostly concealed by high walls from thejjassing traveller. The wine of the local vintages is light and very pleasant to the
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fto hi o SEMIEAMGHEED. 189 taste. The native women ^veave a species of goat-hair waterproof moire antique,highly esteemed even in Constantinople. The walled town, like so many otherplaces in Xnrdistan and Persia, is sometimes known as Shemimm or Semi raw. Inthis case, however, there is historical evidence to show that, before taking thename of Van, from an Armenian king, its second founder, it was speciallydesignated by the title of Scmiramgherd, or City of Semiramis. The historian,Moses of Khorene, who saw the magnificent palaces attributed to the famous queen,states that she brought from Assyria sixty architects and 42,000 workmen, whowere employed for five years in the construction of those palaces and gardens whichbecame one of the wonders of the world. Here Semiramis chose her summerresidence in order to enjoy the pm-e air of the highlands. Although no trace Fig. 70.—Lake Van.Scale 1 : 1,500,000.

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