The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 149, Issue 3National Geographic Society., 1976 - Geography |
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... island's suffering economy . Massive financial aid is needed , Sicilians say . S O FAIR AND VERDANT was this ancient land , according to a legend of the Greeks who colonized it , that the dogs of the hunters could not follow a scent ...
... island's suffering economy . Massive financial aid is needed , Sicilians say . S O FAIR AND VERDANT was this ancient land , according to a legend of the Greeks who colonized it , that the dogs of the hunters could not follow a scent ...
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... island . But how ? By building a few automated , stagger- ingly expensive oil refineries and electronics plants . Cathedrals in the desert ! They employ only a few thousand technicians . " Within the past twenty years , 600,000 ...
... island . But how ? By building a few automated , stagger- ingly expensive oil refineries and electronics plants . Cathedrals in the desert ! They employ only a few thousand technicians . " Within the past twenty years , 600,000 ...
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... island passed to the Normans . Guiscard's death in 1085 left Roger in control . From the beginning he im- posed a policy of tolerance unique in 11th- century Europe . Charters guaranteed that " Latins , Greeks , Jews and Saracens shall ...
... island passed to the Normans . Guiscard's death in 1085 left Roger in control . From the beginning he im- posed a policy of tolerance unique in 11th- century Europe . Charters guaranteed that " Latins , Greeks , Jews and Saracens shall ...
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