The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... established the phonetic values of certain of the Persian characters , and his successors were perfecting the discovery just about the time when the new Assyrian finds were made . It chanced that there existed on the polished surface of ...
... established the phonetic values of certain of the Persian characters , and his successors were perfecting the discovery just about the time when the new Assyrian finds were made . It chanced that there existed on the polished surface of ...
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... established , and the recent discoveries of Professor Petrie carry back the record to a period which cannot well be less than five thousand , perhaps not less than six thousand years B.C. Both from Egypt and Mesopotamia , then , the ...
... established , and the recent discoveries of Professor Petrie carry back the record to a period which cannot well be less than five thousand , perhaps not less than six thousand years B.C. Both from Egypt and Mesopotamia , then , the ...
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... established his court on the site now known as Tel el - Amarna , where he founded the city which existed only during the brief period of thirty years ending with the death of the monarch about 1370 B.C. The date of the documents found ...
... established his court on the site now known as Tel el - Amarna , where he founded the city which existed only during the brief period of thirty years ending with the death of the monarch about 1370 B.C. The date of the documents found ...
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... established rules . If the central authorities take the initiative , and issue orders , as they occasionally are forced to do , under foreign pressure , it by no means follows that they will be carried out . The orders , if unwelcome ...
... established rules . If the central authorities take the initiative , and issue orders , as they occasionally are forced to do , under foreign pressure , it by no means follows that they will be carried out . The orders , if unwelcome ...
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... established by the early emperors of the dynasty of treating public affairs on the footing of a military council . The usual time of trans- acting business is , in accordance with Chinese custom , from 4 to 6 A.M. 3. Tsung - Li - Yamen ...
... established by the early emperors of the dynasty of treating public affairs on the footing of a military council . The usual time of trans- acting business is , in accordance with Chinese custom , from 4 to 6 A.M. 3. Tsung - Li - Yamen ...
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