The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volumes 1-10Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 - Reference [1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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Page 144
... Sumerian and obscure Akkadian scripts and languages . His athletic powers were shown in hunting , archery , and horsemanship . Though there is little evidence of his ex- perience on the actual battlefield , there is no reason to doubt ...
... Sumerian and obscure Akkadian scripts and languages . His athletic powers were shown in hunting , archery , and horsemanship . Though there is little evidence of his ex- perience on the actual battlefield , there is no reason to doubt ...
Page 225
... Sumerian names of the constellations still known as the lion , the bull , and the scorpion . Drawings of these astronomical animals appear on Babylonian boundary stones of the same period , and the previous recurrence of these motifs on ...
... Sumerian names of the constellations still known as the lion , the bull , and the scorpion . Drawings of these astronomical animals appear on Babylonian boundary stones of the same period , and the previous recurrence of these motifs on ...
Page 594
... Sumerian pe- riod of the 3rd millennium BC . The archipelago was men- tioned by Persian , Greek , and Roman geographers and historians . It has been Arab and Muslim since the Mus- lim conquest of the 7th century AD , though it was occu ...
... Sumerian pe- riod of the 3rd millennium BC . The archipelago was men- tioned by Persian , Greek , and Roman geographers and historians . It has been Arab and Muslim since the Mus- lim conquest of the 7th century AD , though it was occu ...
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