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... Eastern religion . Classical literature remains an important source for ancient Middle Eastern religion . The Roman historian Livy wrote many descriptions of religious rites of the an- cient Middle East . The Roman poet Virgil's Aeneid ...
... Eastern religion . Classical literature remains an important source for ancient Middle Eastern religion . The Roman historian Livy wrote many descriptions of religious rites of the an- cient Middle East . The Roman poet Virgil's Aeneid ...
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... East Asian civi- lization , musical instruments are classified according to their constructional material ; one of the eight substances in the system is bamboo , which the Chinese relate to the direction East , the season Spring , and ...
... East Asian civi- lization , musical instruments are classified according to their constructional material ; one of the eight substances in the system is bamboo , which the Chinese relate to the direction East , the season Spring , and ...
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... eastern Africa to Madagascar , and east through Persia , northern India , and Indochina to Indonesia and the southernmost Philippine Islands . The Christians began pushing back the Muslims in the 9th and 10th centuries in Spain , Sicily ...
... eastern Africa to Madagascar , and east through Persia , northern India , and Indochina to Indonesia and the southernmost Philippine Islands . The Christians began pushing back the Muslims in the 9th and 10th centuries in Spain , Sicily ...
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