ANTAKIA  , the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• TOWN

town, is still of considerable importance . Pop. about 25,000, including Ansarieh, See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews, and a large See also:

• BODY

body of Christians of several denominations about 8000 strong . Though superseded by See also:

• ALEPPO (native Haleb)

Aleppo (q.v.) as See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of N . See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, it is still the centre of a large See also:

• DISTRICT

district, growing in See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and productiveness with the draining of its central See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake, undertaken by a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• COMPANY

company . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal cultures are See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, and the mulberry for See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . See also:

• LIQUORICE

Liquorice also is collected and exported . In 1822 (as in 1872) Antakia suffered by See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake, and when See also:

• IBRAHIM

Ibrahim See also:

• PASHA

Pasha made it his headquarters in 1835, it had only some 5000 inhabitants . Its hopes, based on a See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates valley railway, which was to have started from its See also:

• PORT

port of Suedia (See also:

• SELEUCIA (Gr. EeXeimeta)

Seleucia), were doomed to disappointment, and it has suffered repeatedly from visitations of See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera; but it has nevertheless grown rapidly and will resume much of its old importance when a railway is made down the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• ORONTES

Orontes valley . It is a 132 centre of See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• MISSION

mission enterprise, and has a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul . See C . O . See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, Antiquitates Antiochenae (1839); A .

See also:

• FREUND, WILHELM (1806—1894)

Freund, Beitrage zur antiochenischen . . Stadtchronik (1882) ; R . See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, in Jahrbuch of See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

Arch . See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, xii . (1897) . Also authorities for SYRIA . (D . G .