| Show ASIA MINOR biard TO BOUND geographical names there have fre the vaguest meanings for the student or the traveler j basia 1 asia minor Is a n geographical ter term M of vogue bagu e extension it would puzz puzzle a anyone to say exactly where it leaves the name dates only from the fifth century AD when brosius used it evidently as a novelty the roman itoman empire knew no asia minor indeed the roman province of asia was actually smaller than this lesser asia athe the alter alternative e name anatolia land of bc the sunrise or east which has ifould found favor with the turks Is equally 1 I indeterminate determinate a I 1 the levant which means th the e is epame ma thing as anatolia region of the rising sun Is even vaguer in its scope it includes con and everything anywhere iasar the eastern mediterranean few geographical names have incurred more unfavorable association alev levantine antine morals particularly in the matter of honesty are a byword na 09 might be expected from such a bumble of people our words clevan ater ter and to levant on the other hand testify to the fact that dishonesty Is inot unknown even in the west they originate from the disappearance of mea who could not pay their gambling 10 or r other debts and were reported to have gone to the east american carpet and upholstery journal |
