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Little is known about Persian carpet making before the 15th century , when the art
was already approaching a peak . The Mongol invasion of the 13th century had
depressed Persia's artistic life , only partly restored by the renaissance under ...
Little is known about Persian carpet making before the 15th century , when the art
was already approaching a peak . The Mongol invasion of the 13th century had
depressed Persia's artistic life , only partly restored by the renaissance under ...
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placed for a harbour display of overlapping black and Sailboat development (
15th - 17th century ) . At the yellow . In time the Vikings devised the bowline , a
line start of the 15th century , three - masted ships were com Threeleading
forward to ...
placed for a harbour display of overlapping black and Sailboat development (
15th - 17th century ) . At the yellow . In time the Vikings devised the bowline , a
line start of the 15th century , three - masted ships were com Threeleading
forward to ...
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the West Slavic groups that resulted from the settling Western ( Roman ) Christian
churches in the 11th century of the Magyars in Hungary during the 10th century
and and the beginning of the Crusades , the Church Slavonic from the ...
the West Slavic groups that resulted from the settling Western ( Roman ) Christian
churches in the 11th century of the Magyars in Hungary during the 10th century
and and the beginning of the Crusades , the Church Slavonic from the ...
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