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... period is the period of the most ancient inscriptions and poetry ; most loanwords in Chinese were borrowed af- ter that period . The works of Confucius and Mencius mark the beginning of the Archaic Chinese period . Modern knowledge of ...
... period is the period of the most ancient inscriptions and poetry ; most loanwords in Chinese were borrowed af- ter that period . The works of Confucius and Mencius mark the beginning of the Archaic Chinese period . Modern knowledge of ...
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... period was calculated to be 4,320,000 sidereal years and separated into four stages , or yu- gas . The Hindus also reckoned dates from the number of years elapsed since a king's conse- cration . During the 6th century BC , the death of ...
... period was calculated to be 4,320,000 sidereal years and separated into four stages , or yu- gas . The Hindus also reckoned dates from the number of years elapsed since a king's conse- cration . During the 6th century BC , the death of ...
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... period of Croce's life ( until about 1900 ) was the period of Croce's agony . Or- phaned ( with his brother , Alfonso ) by the earthquake of Casamicciola in 1883 , his life became , in his words , a " bad dream . " The stable world of ...
... period of Croce's life ( until about 1900 ) was the period of Croce's agony . Or- phaned ( with his brother , Alfonso ) by the earthquake of Casamicciola in 1883 , his life became , in his words , a " bad dream . " The stable world of ...
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