The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-09-22

rose 10 power, the glories OF q,
pissed away. Today practlcall,
Ing Is left Of the once great en-
Byzantlnes and Turks alike wua
old buildings In the place Of "A.
quarries as sources OF stone
which to build the latest metrOs,
the Marmora and the BOsphom
Nlcomedia, now Ismld, ut m
IRENE eastern end OF the Man
was another city Of world lmpOr,
Under the Emperor DlocletiaD
for brief time the capital Of Ro,
and the world. Nlcnea, Just b
south OF NlcOmedla and q shor
lance inland, has three times ben
seat OF empire. Twice the Turh
fore they reached Constants
made II a capital rivaliDg 10 . d
old Bagdad; and for more tAsn
the Thirteenth century, be,wea
peaks Of Turkish brilllanee, Win
Franks held ConstantlnOple. II va
capital Of the Byzantine a,
There, too, the Nlcene creed .
mark In the capitalization Of q
tlan theology was framed
Chalcedon, RodOsto, HeracisA
inthos, Selymorla were other ca
no mean cities In their day. Wild
disappeared or dwlndled to lnsp
canoe. Thriving communities b F
most each case until the Tuft
peared on the scene, they have
since touched with the blight to
perity and progress that is said
to follow his steps.
BOsphorus Most important
Shorter and narrower than the
daneIles, the BosphOrus. third llh
the chain Of historic waters that
arates Asia Minor and Europe d
hsps most important; II Is the Id
dlate gate to and from the great B
sea which reaches toward the bear
southwest Europe. To dominate
to dominate one Of the worlds 9
trade routes, a fact which has
put TO good account from the dan
pre-Byzantlne Greeks TO those Of
lux Turks. The strait Is about
ty miles long and varies in widlh
1900 feet or a third Of a mile %
miles. Darius chose not the nai'
but q point at which the shofe
more than a half-mlle apart
site for his famous bridge OF ooib
The water In the BOsphorus .
100 feet deep. A mighty currsol
along the surface from the Blaa
but beneath the surface retun
rent Of water flows In the reVeh
reetiOn. A similar inbouna
flows from the Mediterranean "
Sea Of Marmora, furnishing Nv
BLACK sea at least an answer y
old query: Why Is the sea san
The Seljuk Turks recosnih,a
strategic importance Of the Bosps1
and crossing II above Cons'anu,
In 1852, built on the European
the old "Cut-throat Castle oniJ I,
miles above the city. Win 'm
phorus in their control. they sap.
the ancient capital the follOw'ns y
Until the conclusion OF the y
war and the adoption Of the us''
Seyres with defeated Turksl
Turks had sat for over oOO ys''
the masters Of the Bosphorun :.
Many Nations Around slasA 7
At the northern end OF the DV y
~ lies the Black sea- darA' y
| ding ocean TO the landsman spu
worthy Of its name. One wohuu w.,
the early Greeks named II w,
slgnlfylng friendly to stranger
less they did so by way OF ~
a propItiatory complaint to inc
sea god. Here we are dea'"s
no small sea comparable ID J"
our lakes, but with a great eAp'
water 750 miles long ana tFOm
400 miles wide, which wou'u
Mississippi. Georgia. Alapams
South Carolina and a cohs'. ,
part OF Tennessee into the OATS
Around the Black sea a'
grouped more millions than 10
have touched. perhaps, al su y,
time In history. Just beyohu ~
row zone OF the straits ana ~ -
patch to which Turkey-ln'EulS,ss
shrunk. Greece, forging nor
now has a strip OF the coast ,,
comes Bulgaria with a shO,s'
about 100 miles; and Oeyonu,
ROumania, occupying the grea''
OF the western end OF the sea
the north stretches Russia. an1 :,
east lie Georgia and Arn'enla' !. =
ing along the rocky sou'h =,
: Turkey-In.Asla. Hardly less :,
I'd In the Black sen are ln'Hhu /,
t,EechO. SiOvakiA. Hungary w"
VA s,a. whnsr e5mulrrCr ""'
! SHlers axra ne Daauia