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National Geographic : 1919 Nov
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00 Photograph from Charles K.Moser OLD ADEN, SPREAD OUT UPON THE FLOOR OF A CRATER, WITH FIRE-WORN WALLSOF ROCK TOWERING ABOVE IT This Arabian seaport is the greatest camel market in the world and is the center of trade for theYemen region. The barren Aden peninsula, about 15 square miles in area, together with 65 square miles of adjacent territory, including the island ofPerim, came under theBritish flag 80 years ago, and has been so strongly fortified that it is appropriately called the Gibraltar of the East.
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