thehandofnatureeveryforthingsofnovalue,andreceivingaveryhighpriceinretu
3thatthethoseofthenorthineuropethereisakindofbalanandsagreatdealtheequilibriusintainedbythelazinessofthesouthenations,andbytheindustryandaeansofsatisfyingallthosenaturethepeopleofthenorth,then,areinaforostallthepeopleofthesouthare,insoasure,inastateofviolence,iftheyarenotslaves
4theprinodesthetitoti,indifferentsituations;byrthenorthtothesouth;andthedifferenateistheerple,theliquorsofthesouth,areasuresof,isatpresentdeteedbytunsofliquor
theanediterraneantoanother;andosteongtheelvesasatetherceofeuropeerlylessextendedthanatpresent
thisdoesnotatallntradiatedestroysallrelationbetheirsandours
5otherdifferenesdestroyedbynquerors,sotistheplaceserlytobeseenbutdeserts,seas,androcks;andoncereignednohereareonlydeserts
toseelselvesbypieagihatthisuntryhadever,inthetioftherons,beenfullofentofthesefa,exceptinpliny3andstrabo4
thehistoryofrunierousdefeats,andthefluxandrefluxofpopulationsanddevastations,hereforhestextraordinaryevents
6ofthesetreasuresofseras,5selveshadpillagedotherrichnations,asotheationsafter
theeffeeris;6rcehenestablished
intheeiresofasiatherereredeshatoftheassyrians
greatrevolutionshavehappenedinasiathenortheastpartsofpersia,viz,hyrpire,8thatis,theisthsesthecaspianandtheeuxineseas,hcitiesandnations,royed
eratosthenesandaristobulus9leaedfroatroarepeyndedagainstthridates,theyedthatpeopleindiatotheuntryofthebaouthofedes,andpersianshadnicationostdistantpartsoftheeastand
anentirestopisnonicationalltheseuntrieshavebeenlaideprivatereasons,havechangeditsurse,anditnoselfinthebarrensands13
thejaxartes,erlyabarrierbetennerbythetartars,anditnolongeretiesitselfintothesea14
seleuedtheprojeeruntsthenorthoftheisths,andextendslikets17toes,akingsluices
itybeiginedthatseleucus;thatis,inthatneckoflandhetanaisapproachesthevolgbutthenorthofthe
