Cordoba

Province of Argentina, area 54,000 sq. m., pop. 380,000. It is well watered and fertile, affording good pasturage for cattle and producing much grain. The capital of the same name, pop.66,000, founded 1573, on the Rio Primero, has a fine old cathedral, university, and large beef, hide, and wool trade. Cordova. City of s. Spain on the Guadalquivir; founded by the Romans 152 B.C. It became the capital of an Arab IMG:content-0977.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed] IMG:content-0978.jpg:[graphic] Hall of Prayer in the Mosque at Cordova. kingdom 756, was taken and nearly destroyed by Ferdinand III. of Castile 1236. It was noted for its mosques, palaces, and Corea. has been the established creed since the 14th century. C. was invaded and mostly conquered by the Japanese 1597 in retaliation for previous hostilities, but abandoned the next year. From 1615 it paid tribute to Japan; from 1637, to the Manchu sovereigns of China. The policy of the nation has been one of absolute isolation. All attempts to Christianize C. have been met with repulse and persecution till within a very recent period. In 1875 three ports were opened to Japanese trade, and in 1882-86 treaties were made with China, the U. S., Great Britain, and other European powers. This more liberal policy led to insurrections in 1884 and 1894. The war of 1895 between Japan and China, fought out in part on Corean territory, resulted in breaking up the conservatism of C. and facilitated the introduction of Western ideas and methods.