TURKEY 



5909 



TURKEY 



220 fl 

 MEDITERRANEAN 5&T* ^\v^ 





BOUNDARIES OF THE EMPIRE IX 1683 



map emphasizes the dismemberment of the Empire, with the dates at which 

 provinces were lost. 



The table-land is not well adapted to agri-' 

 culture, save when redeemed by irrigation, 

 which is practiced in few sections. It is worthy 

 of note that ancient peoples had here irrigation 

 systems much 

 more ext 

 than any which 

 exist to-day in 

 the region. The 



of the 



treeless, w i t h 

 numerous salt y 

 lakes and i 

 and evidences 



and there LOCATION MAP. 19H 



>rmer volcanic activity. It is essentially a 

 v. with Inch and low ranges of 

 temperature. In the east there are mountain 

 I 12.000 f. 



ng has received lit tip attention, hut Ana- 



.-> for the fut 10 is gold, 



coal. -alt and j in abun- 



dance, Farming is conducted under advene 



::tions, but grain is raised, and conditions 



t "air for tol cotton raising. 



products of Western Asia 

 tribute largely to the wealth of the com 



such as prunes, olives and tigs. It is a land of 

 silk culture (see illustration, in article SILK), 

 and is likewise famous for its carpets. 



Eastward and to the north lies Armenia, 

 home of Christians who devotedly cling to 

 land of their fathers in spite of persecu 

 which has earned them the sympathy of 

 enlightened world. What is known as Kurdi- 

 stan is largely within the limits of South, in 

 Armenia. The Russian province of Transcau- 

 casia lies to the east, and once Armenia in- 

 cluded its western section. Nearly the whole 

 of this part of old Turkey is a tablr-l:ind. with 

 an ;i n of a mile or more above 



sea level. Rainfall is light, and irrigation must 

 be resorted to. The summers are hot, so grains 

 are ripened without difficulty. In the valleys 



>n and rice are produced, and in the same 

 sections olives and figs form a staple article of 

 export. 



The district of. Mesopotamia contains the 

 \ il.iyct, or province, of Bagdad and the city of 

 that name, once magnificent and powerful. The 



state of Ohio, 



but economically it i of I/ ccpt 



ro watered by the Tigris and Knph rates 



H the region is arid, and it supports only 

 615,000 population, nearly a third of whom are 



