See also:

• AMASIA (anc. Amasia)

AMASIA (anc. Amasia)  , the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of a sanjak in the See also:

• SIVAS
• SIVAS (anc. Megalopolis-Sebasteia)

Sivas vilayet of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor and an important See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade centre on the See also:

• SAMSUN (anc. Antisus)

Samsun-Sivas road, beautifully situated on the Yeshil Irmak (See also:

• IRIS

Iris) . Pop . 30,000; Moslems about 20,000, of whom a large proportion are Kizilbash (Shia); Christians (mostly Armenians), io,000 . It was one of the chief towns of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• TREBIZOND (Gr. Trapezus)

Trebizond and of the See also:

• SELJUKS

Seljuks, one of whose sultans, Kaikobad L, enriched it with See also:

• FINE

fine buildings and restored the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, which was thus enabled to stand a seven months' See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege by Timur . It was also much favoured by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Osmanli sultans, one of whom, See also:

• SELIM

Selim I., was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born,there . Bayezid II. built a fine See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was modernized about a See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation ago by Zia See also:

• PASHA

Pasha, the poet, when See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, and is now an unusually well built See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish town with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, See also:

• BAZAAR (Pers. bazar, market)

bazaar and khans and a fine See also:

• CLOCK

clock-See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower . The Americans and the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits have missionary See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for the Armenian See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population . See also:

• AMASIA (anc. Amasia)

Amasia has extensive orchards and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit gardens still, as in See also:

• IBN

Ibn Batuta's See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, irrigated by See also:

• WATER

water wheels turned by the current of the See also:

• RIVER

river; and there are See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• FLOUR

flour-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills . See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

Wheat, flour and See also:

• SILK

silk are exported . See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Amasia has See also:

• LEFT

left little trace of itself except on the castle See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, on the left of the river, where the See also:

• ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

acropolis walls and a number of splendid rock-cut tombs, described by See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo as those of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• PONTUS

Pontus, can be seen . The cliff is cut away all See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round these immense sepulchres so that they stand See also:

• FREE

free .

The finest, known from its polished surfaces as the " See also:

• MIRROR (through O. Fr. mirour, mod. miroir, from a sup-posed Late Lat. miratorium, from mirari, to admire)

Mirror See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

Tomb," is about 2 M. from the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Amasia See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose into See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical importance after the time of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander as thecradle of the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Pontus; but the last See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to reign there was the See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• MITHRADATES

Mithradates Eupator " The See also:

• GREAT

Great." The latter, however, made it the See also:

• BASE

base of his operations against the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans in 89, 72 and 67 B.C . See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey made it a free city in 65, after Mithradates' fall . It was the birthplace of Strabo . (D . G .