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... Sumerians and Baby- lonians , the Egyptians , and the Romans , and of Western Christendom so far as civil reckoning was ... Sumerian society . Once the day is divided into parts , the next task is to gather numbers of days into groups ...
... Sumerians and Baby- lonians , the Egyptians , and the Romans , and of Western Christendom so far as civil reckoning was ... Sumerian society . Once the day is divided into parts , the next task is to gather numbers of days into groups ...
Page 420
... Sumerians had used artificial time units in referring to the tenure of some high official - e.g . , on N - day of the turn of office of PN , governor . The Sumerian administration also needed a time unit comprising the whole ...
... Sumerians had used artificial time units in referring to the tenure of some high official - e.g . , on N - day of the turn of office of PN , governor . The Sumerian administration also needed a time unit comprising the whole ...
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... sumer products , many of which require the importation industrial of raw materials . Products include refined petroleum , sector matches , footwear , soap and vegetable oils , cement , alco- holic beverages , and textiles . Finance ...
... sumer products , many of which require the importation industrial of raw materials . Products include refined petroleum , sector matches , footwear , soap and vegetable oils , cement , alco- holic beverages , and textiles . Finance ...
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