美国学生世界地理教材 第159期:昔日辉煌的小亚细亚(2)

The Temple built to the Goddess Diana was one of these wonders. 为女神狄安娜建造的神庙就是这七大奇观之一。 This Temple was at Ephesus in Asia Minor, and silversmiths made little copies of this wonderful temple to sell as souvenir

美国学生世界地理教材 第158期:昔日辉煌的小亚细亚(1)

We call a small boy a minor until he grows up. 在一个小男孩长大成人之前，我们都称之为小。 The corner of Asia on the other side of the Bosporus is only a small part of Asia, so we call it Asia Minor. 在博斯普鲁斯海峡的另一

美国学生世界地理教材 第160期:昔日辉煌的小亚细亚(3)

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A king like this was soon as popular with the Greek soldiers as he was with the Macedonians. 军队里的希腊人不久便和马其顿人一样喜爱这样一位国王。 They were more than willing to fight for him. 他们乐意为他而战斗。 S

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美国学生人类历史 第90期:罗马帝国的兴起(3)

All the little citystates once more began to quarrel with each other as they had done in the good old days. 所有的希腊城邦再度陷人无休止的相互争吵中，一如它们在光荣的旧时代的所为。 The Romans, who had little unders

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Chapter 12 第十二章 The Aegean sea 爱琴海 The people of the Aegean Sea Carried the Civilisation of old Asia into the wilderness of Europe 爱琴海的人民将亚洲的古老文明带到了蛮荒的欧洲 When Heinrich Schliemann was a little

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Chapter 18 第十八章 The Persian Wars 抗击波斯人侵的战争 How the Greeks defended Europe Against Asiatic invasion and drove the Persians back across the Aegean Sea 希腊人成功抵御了亚洲对欧洲的入侵，将波斯人赶回了爱琴

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Chapter 34 The crusades 第三十四章 十宇军东征 But all these different quarrels were forgotten when the Turks took the holy land, desecrated the holy places and interfered seriously with the trade from east to west. 当土耳其人夺取圣地