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Page 204
... later Mus- lim devotion he came to be venerated as the mediator between God and man , whose intercession was decisive . Zoroastrianism and Parsiism . According to Zoroaster , a good and evil force struggled for mastery in the uni- verse ...
... later Mus- lim devotion he came to be venerated as the mediator between God and man , whose intercession was decisive . Zoroastrianism and Parsiism . According to Zoroaster , a good and evil force struggled for mastery in the uni- verse ...
Page 306
... later , in France , from which they could make raids into the interior areas ; settlements by the Norsemen fol- lowed soon after . By 842 half of Ireland was subject to the Vikings , and 11 years later , Olaf the White was the overking ...
... later , in France , from which they could make raids into the interior areas ; settlements by the Norsemen fol- lowed soon after . By 842 half of Ireland was subject to the Vikings , and 11 years later , Olaf the White was the overking ...
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... later to the mainland . There black slavery prevailed and , with the development of sugar plantations , assumed colossal pro- portions beginning at the end of the 17th century . Thus a measure of mercy conceived for the protection of ...
... later to the mainland . There black slavery prevailed and , with the development of sugar plantations , assumed colossal pro- portions beginning at the end of the 17th century . Thus a measure of mercy conceived for the protection of ...
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