The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... developed a more universal orientation . In the post - Aśokan period , Buddhist monasteries grew in size and acquired a great deal of wealth . By about the 5th century AD there developed mahāvihāras , or monastic centres , serving as ...
... developed a more universal orientation . In the post - Aśokan period , Buddhist monasteries grew in size and acquired a great deal of wealth . By about the 5th century AD there developed mahāvihāras , or monastic centres , serving as ...
Page 324
... developed the first safe steam - powered roped elevators with toothed guide rails and catches in the late 1850s . The steam- powered hydraulic elevator , which was limited to build- ings of about 15 stories , was developed in 1867 by ...
... developed the first safe steam - powered roped elevators with toothed guide rails and catches in the late 1850s . The steam- powered hydraulic elevator , which was limited to build- ings of about 15 stories , was developed in 1867 by ...
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... developed into marine insurance . Much more is known of the commercial law of the Ro- mans . It was in Rome that for the first time a separation developed between the ordinary civil law and special rules for foreign ( that is ...
... developed into marine insurance . Much more is known of the commercial law of the Ro- mans . It was in Rome that for the first time a separation developed between the ordinary civil law and special rules for foreign ( that is ...
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