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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Page 72
... tribes , Psit- taculirastrini and Trichoglossini , about 14 genera , 62 species ; length 11-32 cm ; Australo ... Tribe Platycercini ( rosellas and allies ) . Most with long tails , many with bright plumage colours . Twelve genera , 31 ...
... tribes , Psit- taculirastrini and Trichoglossini , about 14 genera , 62 species ; length 11-32 cm ; Australo ... Tribe Platycercini ( rosellas and allies ) . Most with long tails , many with bright plumage colours . Twelve genera , 31 ...
Page 444
... tribe had a true calendar - a single integrated system of denoting days and longer periods of time . Usu- ally , intervals of time were counted independently of one another . The day was a basic unit recognized by all tribes , but there ...
... tribe had a true calendar - a single integrated system of denoting days and longer periods of time . Usu- ally , intervals of time were counted independently of one another . The day was a basic unit recognized by all tribes , but there ...
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... tribes affected the course of Central Asia's artistic history . Cyrus II the Great , the an- cient Persian king who founded the Achaemenid Empire , was killed by the nomadic Massagetai when campaigning in eastern Iran in 530 BC . At the ...
... tribes affected the course of Central Asia's artistic history . Cyrus II the Great , the an- cient Persian king who founded the Achaemenid Empire , was killed by the nomadic Massagetai when campaigning in eastern Iran in 530 BC . At the ...
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