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Show 1 ASIA MINOR HARD TO BOUND Geographical Names There Have Frequently Fre-quently Only the Vaguest Meanings for tho Student or the Traveler. "Asia Minor" Is u geographical term of vague extension. It would puzzle nn.voue to suj exactly where It leaves off. Tho name dates only from the llfth century, A. D., when Oroslus used It, evidently as a novelty. Tho Roman empire knew no Asia minor; Indeed, the Roman provluco of "Asia" was actually smaller thnn this Lesser Asia, The alternative uume Auutollu (land of tl.e sunrise or Knst). which hns found favor with the Turks, Is equally Indeterminate. "The Levant," which means tho Minio thing as "Anatolia" region of the rising sun Is even vaguer lu Its geographical scope. It Includes Constantinople Con-stantinople and everything nnywhero near the eastern Mediterranean. Few geographical mimes have Incurred In-curred more uufuvornblu iissoclntlon. "Levantine" morals, particularly In the matter of honesty, are a byword, as might be expected from such u Juinblo of people. Our words "levan-tor" "levan-tor" mid "to levant." on tho other hand, testify to the fact that dishonesty Is not unknown even In the West. They originate from the disappearance of men who could not pay their gambling or other debts, and were reported to have gone to the Utist. American Carpet Car-pet and Upholstery Journal, |