Difference between revisions of "Georgia"

<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Georgia'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/g/georgia.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p>

<p> 1 (1,837), one of the 13 original States of the American Union, lies to the S., fronting the Atlantic between [[Florida]] and S. Carolina; is divided into 136 counties, [[Atlanta]] being the capital and [[Savannah]] the chief port; it is well watered with rivers; is low and swampy for some miles inland, but it rises into plateaux in the interior, and the Appalachians and [[Blue]] Mountains intersect it in the NW.; excellent crops of wheat and fruit are grown among the hills, rice in the lowlands, while immense quantities of cotton are raised on the islands skirting the coast; the vast forests of pitch-pine supply an increasing lumber trade; the mountain lands are rich in minerals; the [[State]] was named after [[George]] II. in 1733 by the founder, James Oglethorpe. 2, The former name of an independent kingdom, which extended along the southern slopes of the Caucasus, and which, since the beginning of the century, has belonged to [[Russia]] under the name of Gruzia, and now forms the central portion of Russian Transcaucasia; the Georgians number at present about a million; they are a people of splendid physique, whose history reaches back to the time of [[Alexander]] the Great, and who attained their zenith in the 12th century; subsequently they suffered from [[Persian]] and Turkish invasion, and eventually, as we have said, fell into the hands of Russia; at present there is a Georgian literature growing, especially in Tiflis, if that is any sign of advance. </p>