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The Caspian Gates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

J. F. Standish
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Extract

The exact situation of this historic opening within the compass of the Elburz mountains has long been in dispute among travellers and scholars, so a fresh review of the evidence is not untimely.

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Research Article
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Greece & Rome , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , April 1970 , pp. 17 - 24
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1970

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