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Hems
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noted Syrian city known to the Romans as Emesa, on the Orontes, 63 m. NE. of Tripoli; here stood in ancient times a famous temple of the Sun, one of whose priests, Heliogabalus ( q. v .), became Roman emperor; the Crusaders captured it from the Saracens in 1098; it does a good trade in oil, cotton, silk, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hems'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hems.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hems'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hems.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
