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Page 131
... modern Tunisia . It was acquired in 146 BC after the destruction of Carthage at the end of the Third Punic War . Initially , the province comprised the territory that had been subject to Carthage in 149 BC ; this was an area of about ...
... modern Tunisia . It was acquired in 146 BC after the destruction of Carthage at the end of the Third Punic War . Initially , the province comprised the territory that had been subject to Carthage in 149 BC ; this was an area of about ...
Page 510
... modern dialects have lost all dual forms . The classical language also has forms for the passive voice . There are three cases ( nominative , genitive , and accusative ) in the declensional system of Classical Arabic nouns ; nouns are ...
... modern dialects have lost all dual forms . The classical language also has forms for the passive voice . There are three cases ( nominative , genitive , and accusative ) in the declensional system of Classical Arabic nouns ; nouns are ...
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... modern Latvian and Lithuanian , spoken on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea , and the extinct Old Prussian ... Modern Art , New York City The Museum of Modern Art , New York City , James Thrall Soby Bequest ; photograph © 1994 The ...
... modern Latvian and Lithuanian , spoken on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea , and the extinct Old Prussian ... Modern Art , New York City The Museum of Modern Art , New York City , James Thrall Soby Bequest ; photograph © 1994 The ...
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