The Journal Of Race Development 1918 1919 Vol 9 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Journal of Race Development, 1918-1919, Vol. 9 In 1888, when the all-rail route to Constantinople was completed there were only short railway lines anywhere within the Turkish Empire eastward and these were mostly in the hands of Germany, with kilometric guarantees from the Ottoman Government. Little by little the Germans Obtained from the Turkish government concessions to con struct a railway toward the southeast from Constantinople. In 1893 they were granted such a concession from Eski shehir to Konia. This line was open to traffic in 1896. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.