The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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Page vii
... period for such nations as the Egyptians and the Babylonians . It has come to be fully accepted , that when we use such a phrase as " the age of the world " we are dealing with a period that must be measured not in thousands but in ...
... period for such nations as the Egyptians and the Babylonians . It has come to be fully accepted , that when we use such a phrase as " the age of the world " we are dealing with a period that must be measured not in thousands but in ...
Page xi
... period exceeding by hundreds , perhaps by thousands , of years the term which had hitherto been considered the full period of man's existence . We may note at once how these new figures disturb the historical balance . If our ...
... period exceeding by hundreds , perhaps by thousands , of years the term which had hitherto been considered the full period of man's existence . We may note at once how these new figures disturb the historical balance . If our ...
Page xii
... period , in the reigns of David and Solomon did the Hebrews rise to anything like an equal plane of political importance with their immediate neighbours . What gave them a seeming importance in the eyes of posterity was the fact that ...
... period , in the reigns of David and Solomon did the Hebrews rise to anything like an equal plane of political importance with their immediate neighbours . What gave them a seeming importance in the eyes of posterity was the fact that ...
Page xvi
... period regarding which nothing definite was known , or in all probability could be known . It was ably argued by Sir George Cornewall Lewis , in connexion with his inquiries into early Roman history , that a verbal tradition is not ...
... period regarding which nothing definite was known , or in all probability could be known . It was ably argued by Sir George Cornewall Lewis , in connexion with his inquiries into early Roman history , that a verbal tradition is not ...
Page xvii
... period of thirty years ending with the death of the monarch about 1370 B.C. The date of the documents found in the royal library is , therefore , fixed within very narrow limits . The documents in question consist chiefly of letters ...
... period of thirty years ending with the death of the monarch about 1370 B.C. The date of the documents found in the royal library is , therefore , fixed within very narrow limits . The documents in question consist chiefly of letters ...
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