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... period of Mayan cul- ture ( 900-300 BC ) , and before the close of the Late Formative period ( 300 BC - AD 100 ) a number of ceremonial buildings had been erected , including a temple with giant stucco masks reminiscent of the more ...
... period of Mayan cul- ture ( 900-300 BC ) , and before the close of the Late Formative period ( 300 BC - AD 100 ) a number of ceremonial buildings had been erected , including a temple with giant stucco masks reminiscent of the more ...
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... period ( 1603-1867 ) in Japan . The style is a mixture of the realistic narrative of the emaki ( " picture scrolls " ) pro- duced in the Kamakura period and the ma- ture decorative style of the Momoyama and Tokugawa periods . The ukiyo ...
... period ( 1603-1867 ) in Japan . The style is a mixture of the realistic narrative of the emaki ( " picture scrolls " ) pro- duced in the Kamakura period and the ma- ture decorative style of the Momoyama and Tokugawa periods . The ukiyo ...
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... period , 29th - 24th century BC . In the next ( Early Dynastic ) pe- riod Ur became the capital of the whole of southern Mesopotamia under the Sumerian kings of the 1st dynasty of Ur ( 25th century BC ) . Excavation of a vast cemetery ...
... period , 29th - 24th century BC . In the next ( Early Dynastic ) pe- riod Ur became the capital of the whole of southern Mesopotamia under the Sumerian kings of the 1st dynasty of Ur ( 25th century BC ) . Excavation of a vast cemetery ...
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