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Brideshead Revisited Book Two
Brideshead Deserted Chapter One Samgrass revealed - I take leave of Brideshead - Rex revealed 144 caravan
a group of travellers, possibly with both horses and camels
145 Aleppo
historic city in Syria, containing wonderful architecture from many periods 145 a rather tiresome Kurd
The Kurds are a proud people who have not been able to create their own nation and so find their lands divided between Turkey, Iran and Iraq. Why this particular one should follow Samgrass around is an intriguing question; there probably is a sexual connotation. Anyway, who took the photos of Samgrass if Sebastian was not there? 145 Pontus, Ephesus, Trebizond
Pontus was successively a Persian satrapate, an independent Kingdom and a Roman province in what is now north-eastern Turkey.
The city of Trebizond (Trabzon) lies within old Pontus. The city gained importance as an artistic, cultural, and commercial centre during the Middle Ages when it was the capital of the Trebizond Empire, which lasted from 1204 until it was conquered by the Ottoman Turkish sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror in 1461.
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Asia Minor, now in Turkey. It was the site of the temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and later an important centre for early Christianity. Saint Paul addressed one of his letters to the Ephesians. | |
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