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See also:RODOSTO (See also:Turkish, Tekir Dagh) , a See also:town of See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Adrianople, on the See also:coast of the See also:Sea of See also:Marmora, 78 m. W. of See also:Constantinople. Pop. (1905) about 35,000, of whom See also:half are Greeks. The picturesque See also:Bay of Rodosto is enclosed by the See also:great promontory of Combos, a See also:spur about 2000 ft. in height from the hilly See also:plateau to the See also:north. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Panagia Rheumatocratissa contains the See also:graves, with See also:long Latin See also:inscriptions, of the Hungarians who were banished from their See also:country in 1686 by the imperialist captors of Buda. Rodosto was long a great See also:depot for the produce of the Adrianople See also:district, but its See also:trade suffered when See also:Dedeagatch became the See also:terminus of the railway up the Maritza, and the town is now
dependent on its maritime trade, especially its exports to Constantinople. It is the administrative centre of a district (sanjak) producing and exporting See also:barley, oats, spelt and See also:canary See also:seed, and largely planted with mulberry trees, on which See also:silk-See also:worms are fed. See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White cocoons are exported to western See also:Europe (394 cwt. in 1901), silkworms' eggs to See also:Russia and See also:Persia.
Rodosto is the See also:ancient Rhaedestus or Bisanihe, said to have been founded by Samians. In See also:Xenophon's See also:Anabasis it is mentioned as in the See also:kingdom of the Thracian See also:prince Seuthes. Its restoration by Justinian in the 6th See also:century A.D. is chronicled by See also:Procopius. In 813 and again in 1206 it was sacked by the Bulgarians, but it continues to appear as a See also:place of considerable See also:note in later See also:Byzantine See also:history.
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