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... represented a formal garden with watercourses , paths , rectangular beds filled with flowers , and blossoming shrubs and fruit trees . Yellow gravel was represented by gold ; and the blossoms , fruit , and birds were worked with pearls ...
... represented a formal garden with watercourses , paths , rectangular beds filled with flowers , and blossoming shrubs and fruit trees . Yellow gravel was represented by gold ; and the blossoms , fruit , and birds were worked with pearls ...
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... represented Marduk , the victor and cre- ator . Another cult drama represented the death and resur- rection of the god of vegetation , in which the participants in mourning processions searched for the vanished god ( represented by the ...
... represented Marduk , the victor and cre- ator . Another cult drama represented the death and resur- rection of the god of vegetation , in which the participants in mourning processions searched for the vanished god ( represented by the ...
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... represented by the symbol of the element , and molecules , or compounds , are represented by the symbols of their component atoms , with the number of atoms indicated in subscripts ; thus , one molecule of water consists of two atoms of ...
... represented by the symbol of the element , and molecules , or compounds , are represented by the symbols of their component atoms , with the number of atoms indicated in subscripts ; thus , one molecule of water consists of two atoms of ...
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