Word: persia
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Vannic Civilization. 3. The Khaldis Moses of Kleoren's Traditions. 4. Advent of Armenians and the Persian Conquest. 5. Iranic Influence on Language, Religion, and Institutions of Armenia. 6. Greek Influence. Christianity. 7. Armenia as an Appanage of Parthia. Sassanid Epoch and Mohammedan Conquest. 8. Armenian Diaspora in Cilicia, Persia, Poland. Political Outlook of Today...
...today we learn that Rumania has bowed before the Kaiser, that Dobrudja has been ceded to the Central Powers, and that German and Turkish troops press on along the Black Sea to the very borders of Persia. Rumania a vassal of Austria, Bulgaria a willing tool, and vast territories wrung from Russia complete a brief but overwhelming accomplishment. The German tide, which we believed to be receding, has reached its highest flood. The Allies futilely hammer on the Western Front and their enemies reap whole nations in a seemingly irresistible advance. The world, as seen from our shores, presents...
...nation has seen the power and the glory of empire, as other nations, some greater and some less, have seen it for centuries, and united it is willing to give the very limit of its strength for empire. It is Persia risen again, without the wisdom of Persia, who had tolerance for subject peoples. It is revolutionary France, without the ideal vision of France. It is Rome...
Monday, May 21: "L'Iran" (Persia...
Today we see the Allies offered 200.000 Abyssinian soldiers, armed by German and Belgian rifles. It is suggested that they be carried by the Japanese navy to Egypt or Mesopotamia to fight for Britain, France and Russia, whose foreign policy in Morocco and Persia has helped to bring this war, in which Germany was tempted to invade Belgium, and Italy to land in Albania! Where under high heaven is there either "national honor, human justice or universal principles of righteousness" in this perfectly Gilbertian complexity of aims, policies and national alignments...