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Перевод: caspian
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- Ease of travel Was one of the benefits brought by an empire as large and stable as the Persian, which after the conquests of Cyrus, Kambyses and Darius I in the second half of the sixth century extended from Thrace to modern Afghanistan and from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf and the Third Cataract of the Nile.
- Fairy Tales by Terry Jones (Puffin, 1.95) CHRISTMAS BEST-SELLERS Based on last week's sales in the children's department of Waterstone's in Edinburgh: 1 Rhyming Stew by Roald Dahl (Jonathan Cape, 7.95) 2 Oi Get Off Our Train by John Burningham (Jonathan Cape, 7.95) 3 Matilda by Roald Dahl 4 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CSLewis (Fontana Lion, 2.25) 5 Prince Caspian by CSLewis (Fontana Lion, 2.25) 6 Almost Everything There Is To Know by Tim Hunkin (Pyramid Books, 4.95) 7 The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter (Frederick Warne, 20) 8 Budgie The Helicopter by HRHDuchess of York (Simon Schuster, 4.95) 9 The Way Things Work by David MacAuley (Dorling Kindersley, 14.95) 10 Peace At Last by Jill Murphy (Walker, 6.95) THE YEAR'S BEST-SELLERS Supplied by Jane Churchill at Children's Bookcentre in Kensington, London:
- The finest silk for rug-making traditionally comes from China and an area around the Caspian Sea.
- There are occasional rumours of tigers in the region of the Caspian Sea but no confirmed sightings.
- Caucasian rugs were produced in a region of about 160,000 square miles, stretching from the Black Sea in the west to the Caspian Sea in the east, in what is now the most south-westerly part of the Soviet Union.
- Myeloski, not having had his customary oatmeal porridge for breakfast, had stopped at a shop to buy some vobla, a dried Caspian roach.
- Some suggest a tropical origin for the breed, probably Indian; some talk about a yellow Caspian type drifting through the Balkans and into Spain, and thence into France and the Channel Islands - bearing in mind that Jersey was directly linked with mainland France by a landbridge or causeway until the year 709.
- Economic and political uncertainty and the rise of truculent local nationalisms from the Baltic to the Caspian have raised the ancient spectre of anti-Semitism, never far below the surface of Soviet life.
- In the aquarium, you will see a number of aquatic tortoises, including Malayan Box, Reeve's from Asia, Helmeted from Africa, Caspian and Pond Terrapins from Europe and Three-toed Box from North America.
- One hundred and eighty-six different species of birds have been noted at Strathbeg, including rarities such as Caspian tern, little egret, crane, pied-billed grebe and red-footed falcon; amongst nesting residents are shelduck, mallard, tufted duck, secretive water rail, sedge and willow warbler, black-bibbed reed bunting and diminutive wren.
- Changing agricultural policies have transformed former wintering grounds, bordering the Caspian Sea, into cotton fields - which are shunned by the geese.
- Other impressive bodies of water - the Mediterranean, the Caspian, the Black, the Baltic - were not included in the list.)
- Which of the kings of this land before her Majesty had ever their banners seen in the Caspian Sea?
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