The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... considerable number of investigators , with Sir Henry Rawlinson in the van . Thanks to their efforts , the new science of Assyriology came into being , and before long the message of the Assyrian books had ceased to be an enigma . Of ...
... considerable number of investigators , with Sir Henry Rawlinson in the van . Thanks to their efforts , the new science of Assyriology came into being , and before long the message of the Assyrian books had ceased to be an enigma . Of ...
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... considerable company of other explorers , most notable of whom are Gardner Wilkinson and Professor Flinders Petrie , have brought to light a vast accumulation of new material , much of which has the highest importance from the ...
... considerable company of other explorers , most notable of whom are Gardner Wilkinson and Professor Flinders Petrie , have brought to light a vast accumulation of new material , much of which has the highest importance from the ...
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... considerable portions of history to this test . The The records of Shalmaneser II . , Tiglath - Pileser III . , and Sennacherib , kings of Assyria , of Nebuchad- rezzar , king of Babylon , and of Cyrus , king of Persia , all contain ...
... considerable portions of history to this test . The The records of Shalmaneser II . , Tiglath - Pileser III . , and Sennacherib , kings of Assyria , of Nebuchad- rezzar , king of Babylon , and of Cyrus , king of Persia , all contain ...
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... considerable interval after the events , and apparently lacking authentic sources , confused the peaceful occupation of Babylon by Cyrus with its siege and capture by a successor to that monarch , Darius Hystaspes . As to the confusion ...
... considerable interval after the events , and apparently lacking authentic sources , confused the peaceful occupation of Babylon by Cyrus with its siege and capture by a successor to that monarch , Darius Hystaspes . As to the confusion ...
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... considerable population , probably over 100,000 in number , miles from Chicago . ( W. R. H. ) inhabits the plain in the neighbourhood of the capital . Situated as it is , midway between Moulmein and Yunnan and between the valley of the ...
... considerable population , probably over 100,000 in number , miles from Chicago . ( W. R. H. ) inhabits the plain in the neighbourhood of the capital . Situated as it is , midway between Moulmein and Yunnan and between the valley of the ...
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