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... early as the 8th century BC , not in sufficient quantity to satisfy the demands of growing urban populations . Spe- cialized crops producing oil or wine , which could be traded for wheat , proved a more economic use of land for some ...
... early as the 8th century BC , not in sufficient quantity to satisfy the demands of growing urban populations . Spe- cialized crops producing oil or wine , which could be traded for wheat , proved a more economic use of land for some ...
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... Early life and works . Frans Hals left no written evi- dence about his life or his works , and only a brief out- line of his biography is known . Though Flemish by birth , he was brought by his family to Holland at an early age . His ...
... Early life and works . Frans Hals left no written evi- dence about his life or his works , and only a brief out- line of his biography is known . Though Flemish by birth , he was brought by his family to Holland at an early age . His ...
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... earliest Euro- pean site from which early sapient man is known to have led a relatively settled existence . The Omo site . This site is situated to the north of Lake Rudolf in the valley of the Omo River in southern Ethi- opia . The early ...
... earliest Euro- pean site from which early sapient man is known to have led a relatively settled existence . The Omo site . This site is situated to the north of Lake Rudolf in the valley of the Omo River in southern Ethi- opia . The early ...
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