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... Later Han ( 23-220 ) histo- ry records that in AD 57 the " state of Nu in Wo " sent emissaries to the Later Han court and that the Emperor gave them a gold seal . The " state of Nu , " located around what is now Hakata Bay , in Kyushu ...
... Later Han ( 23-220 ) histo- ry records that in AD 57 the " state of Nu in Wo " sent emissaries to the Later Han court and that the Emperor gave them a gold seal . The " state of Nu , " located around what is now Hakata Bay , in Kyushu ...
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... ( later ) of several Christian saints . When Abraham's life is threatened he dreams of a cedar about to be felled -the same omen said to have presaged the deaths of Domitian and Severus Alexander . ( True , the parallels are of later date ...
... ( later ) of several Christian saints . When Abraham's life is threatened he dreams of a cedar about to be felled -the same omen said to have presaged the deaths of Domitian and Severus Alexander . ( True , the parallels are of later date ...
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... later peri- od the poem tended to be longer and to concern itself with moral instruction , travel accounts , banishment , and the writer's personal misfortunes . The later writers were usually commoners . Immediately after the founding ...
... later peri- od the poem tended to be longer and to concern itself with moral instruction , travel accounts , banishment , and the writer's personal misfortunes . The later writers were usually commoners . Immediately after the founding ...
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