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... capital . After the sack of Napata in c . 590 by the Egyp- tian pharaoh Psamtik II , Meroe became the capital of the kingdom and developed into a wide and prosperous area . It survived a Ro- man invasion - though its status was lowered ...
... capital . After the sack of Napata in c . 590 by the Egyp- tian pharaoh Psamtik II , Meroe became the capital of the kingdom and developed into a wide and prosperous area . It survived a Ro- man invasion - though its status was lowered ...
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... capital of an - Najaf muhafazah ( governorate ) , central Iraq . One of Iraq's two holy cities ( the other is Karbala ' ) , an - Najaf lies on a ridge just west of the Euphrates River . The caliph Harun ar- Rashid is reputed to have ...
... capital of an - Najaf muhafazah ( governorate ) , central Iraq . One of Iraq's two holy cities ( the other is Karbala ' ) , an - Najaf lies on a ridge just west of the Euphrates River . The caliph Harun ar- Rashid is reputed to have ...
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... capital . The echinus itself is carved with an egg - and- dart motif . The height of the entire Ionic or- der - column , base , capital , and entablature- is nine lower diameters . The base of the col- umn has two tori ( convex moldings ) ...
... capital . The echinus itself is carved with an egg - and- dart motif . The height of the entire Ionic or- der - column , base , capital , and entablature- is nine lower diameters . The base of the col- umn has two tori ( convex moldings ) ...
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