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... cultural life , but this tendency has disappeared . Okinawan culture , including its dialect and religion , is now recognized as sharing many traits with Japanese culture and , in some respects , represents a prototype . The ethnic ...
... cultural life , but this tendency has disappeared . Okinawan culture , including its dialect and religion , is now recognized as sharing many traits with Japanese culture and , in some respects , represents a prototype . The ethnic ...
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... cultural exchange between South and Central America . In Peru the Chavin culture ( c . 5th century AD ) has supplied the oldest products , consisting of embossed gold sheets with ornamental motifs that suggest some Chinese influence ...
... cultural exchange between South and Central America . In Peru the Chavin culture ( c . 5th century AD ) has supplied the oldest products , consisting of embossed gold sheets with ornamental motifs that suggest some Chinese influence ...
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... culture and religion of ancient Israel ) : JOHANNES PEDERSEN , Israel : Its Life and Culture , 4 vol . in 2 ( 1926-40 , reprinted 1959 ) ; SALO W. BARON , A Social and Religious History of the Jews , vol . 1 , Ancient Times , pt . 1 ...
... culture and religion of ancient Israel ) : JOHANNES PEDERSEN , Israel : Its Life and Culture , 4 vol . in 2 ( 1926-40 , reprinted 1959 ) ; SALO W. BARON , A Social and Religious History of the Jews , vol . 1 , Ancient Times , pt . 1 ...
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