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... traditional modes and personnel of government were perpetuated in ad hoc fash- ion in the earliest Ming years , but as the new empire became consolidated and stabilized , highly refined control structures were imposed that — in theory ...
... traditional modes and personnel of government were perpetuated in ad hoc fash- ion in the earliest Ming years , but as the new empire became consolidated and stabilized , highly refined control structures were imposed that — in theory ...
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... traditional ways ; Roman propaganda and political communication were conditioned , by statement , allusion , and symbol , to express these expectations . It is significant , for instance , not that the pagan gods and their legends ...
... traditional ways ; Roman propaganda and political communication were conditioned , by statement , allusion , and symbol , to express these expectations . It is significant , for instance , not that the pagan gods and their legends ...
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... Traditional Maypole dance from England , with circle formation of dancers interweaving ; detail from a 19th - century drawing . single or in pairs , dancers are usually grouped in circles ( often two concentric circles moving at the ...
... Traditional Maypole dance from England , with circle formation of dancers interweaving ; detail from a 19th - century drawing . single or in pairs , dancers are usually grouped in circles ( often two concentric circles moving at the ...
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