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... remained at the apex of soci- ety ; they were joined by numerous parvenu families that had risen in government service . Particularly striking was the prosperity of the dyak class of professional adminis- trators , which had become a ...
... remained at the apex of soci- ety ; they were joined by numerous parvenu families that had risen in government service . Particularly striking was the prosperity of the dyak class of professional adminis- trators , which had become a ...
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... remained in force , it is clear that a class of wealthy chieftains or nobles was beginning to come into being there . In the 6th - 5th century BC the richest burials were in southern Russia and the Crimea . These are associated with a ...
... remained in force , it is clear that a class of wealthy chieftains or nobles was beginning to come into being there . In the 6th - 5th century BC the richest burials were in southern Russia and the Crimea . These are associated with a ...
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... remained in control of the greater part of Khorasan while Toghrïl , with a mixed army of Turkmen and regular Mamlūk ( slave ) troops , set out to conquer new territories in the west . The great Seljuqs . Toghrïl Beg , a strong leader of ...
... remained in control of the greater part of Khorasan while Toghrïl , with a mixed army of Turkmen and regular Mamlūk ( slave ) troops , set out to conquer new territories in the west . The great Seljuqs . Toghrïl Beg , a strong leader of ...
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