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Derbyshire Dales 24 neering in the eastern and southern coalfield. Apart from
gaining the rural district of Tin- twistle from Cheshire, the county remained
unaltered by the administrative reorganization in 1974. With an area of 1,016
square ...
Derbyshire Dales 24 neering in the eastern and southern coalfield. Apart from
gaining the rural district of Tin- twistle from Cheshire, the county remained
unaltered by the administrative reorganization in 1974. With an area of 1,016
square ...
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From there they apparently swept southward into central Greece and then into
the southern Aegean area in successive migrations beginning about 1 100 bc, at
the end of the Bronze Age. The invading Dorians had a relatively low cultural
level ...
From there they apparently swept southward into central Greece and then into
the southern Aegean area in successive migrations beginning about 1 100 bc, at
the end of the Bronze Age. The invading Dorians had a relatively low cultural
level ...
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The passage has an average depth of about 1 1 ,000 ft (3,400 m), with deeper
regions of up to 15,600 ft near the northern and southern boundaries. The
sediments on the sea floor result from the interplay of glacial debris from
Antarctica, ...
The passage has an average depth of about 1 1 ,000 ft (3,400 m), with deeper
regions of up to 15,600 ft near the northern and southern boundaries. The
sediments on the sea floor result from the interplay of glacial debris from
Antarctica, ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 4 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0852295537, 9780852295533 |
| Subjects | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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