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... century BC rustic proph- et , ridiculed the idea that the Israelites could limp along on both legs - i.e . , observe loyalty to both the Yahwistic and the Baal cults . Reforms were carried out occasion- ally , but not until the time of ...
... century BC rustic proph- et , ridiculed the idea that the Israelites could limp along on both legs - i.e . , observe loyalty to both the Yahwistic and the Baal cults . Reforms were carried out occasion- ally , but not until the time of ...
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... millennium BC . In the early 3rd mil- lennium the combed pottery was gradually replaced by painted pottery , most of which has been found at the settlement of Erimi not far from the south coast . Houses were circular , and the general ...
... millennium BC . In the early 3rd mil- lennium the combed pottery was gradually replaced by painted pottery , most of which has been found at the settlement of Erimi not far from the south coast . Houses were circular , and the general ...
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... century BC . They belonged to the Osco - Sabel- lian group of tribes and lived ( c . 600 BC ) in the valley of the upper Liris River . Later events , however , drove them first westward and then south to the fertile land of southern ...
... century BC . They belonged to the Osco - Sabel- lian group of tribes and lived ( c . 600 BC ) in the valley of the upper Liris River . Later events , however , drove them first westward and then south to the fertile land of southern ...
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