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Page 545
... important . Among soci- eties of higher levels of cultural complexity , the importance of kinship and the size of actively functioning kin groups decreases . Where continuity of kinship and inheritance of property are very important ...
... important . Among soci- eties of higher levels of cultural complexity , the importance of kinship and the size of actively functioning kin groups decreases . Where continuity of kinship and inheritance of property are very important ...
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... important things in the state . Sacrifice was inseparable from veneration of the ancestors , and almost no ceremonies were conducted without sacri- fice and offerings . These ceremonies were integral features of daily life and , as a ...
... important things in the state . Sacrifice was inseparable from veneration of the ancestors , and almost no ceremonies were conducted without sacri- fice and offerings . These ceremonies were integral features of daily life and , as a ...
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... important collegial ( cor- porate ) body advising the pope and participating in his judicial activity . Eventually it began to make oligarchic claims to a share in the powers of the Petrine office and attempted , with sporadic success ...
... important collegial ( cor- porate ) body advising the pope and participating in his judicial activity . Eventually it began to make oligarchic claims to a share in the powers of the Petrine office and attempted , with sporadic success ...
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PREHISTORIC Peoples aND CULTURES | 45 |
PRINTING TYPOGRAPHY AND PHOTOENGRAVING | 71 |
PRINTMAKING | 112 |
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