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Page 377
... empire's history has often been subject , for its inhabitants would hardly have con- sidered the term appropriate to themselves or to their state . Theirs was , in their view , none other than the Ro- man Empire , founded shortly before ...
... empire's history has often been subject , for its inhabitants would hardly have con- sidered the term appropriate to themselves or to their state . Theirs was , in their view , none other than the Ro- man Empire , founded shortly before ...
Page 400
... Empire had now superseded the Byzantine Empire ; and some Greeks , like the contempo- rary historian Critobulus of Imbros , recognized the logic of the change by bestowing on the Sultan all the attributes of the emperor . The material ...
... Empire had now superseded the Byzantine Empire ; and some Greeks , like the contempo- rary historian Critobulus of Imbros , recognized the logic of the change by bestowing on the Sultan all the attributes of the emperor . The material ...
Page 707
... empire , beyond the fact that he was killed by his son Mao - tun , under whose long reign ( c . 209-174 BC ) the Hsiung - nu became a major power and a serious menace to China . In many respects the Hsiung - nu are the eastern ...
... empire , beyond the fact that he was killed by his son Mao - tun , under whose long reign ( c . 209-174 BC ) the Hsiung - nu became a major power and a serious menace to China . In many respects the Hsiung - nu are the eastern ...
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