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... ancient collection of poetry in Ja- pan , and other ancient writings , urging a return to old ways that had not been defiled by foreign ideas , such as Confucianism and Buddhism . By studying the ancient language of Japan's oldest ...
... ancient collection of poetry in Ja- pan , and other ancient writings , urging a return to old ways that had not been defiled by foreign ideas , such as Confucianism and Buddhism . By studying the ancient language of Japan's oldest ...
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... ancient rock forms a low swell with a northeasterly strike . Hills some 500 feet high , also south and southwest of Lake Ngami , form the most prominent topographical features of the Kalahari . Barchan dunes ( crescent - shaped dunes ...
... ancient rock forms a low swell with a northeasterly strike . Hills some 500 feet high , also south and southwest of Lake Ngami , form the most prominent topographical features of the Kalahari . Barchan dunes ( crescent - shaped dunes ...
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... ancient world came to its close , into the spiritual ideal of Judeo - Christianity , whose writers foreshadowed medieval literature . ASSYRO - BABYLONIAN LITERATURE Akkadian , the language of ancient Babylonia and Assyr- ia , is the ...
... ancient world came to its close , into the spiritual ideal of Judeo - Christianity , whose writers foreshadowed medieval literature . ASSYRO - BABYLONIAN LITERATURE Akkadian , the language of ancient Babylonia and Assyr- ia , is the ...
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