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... continued . " Of the Egyptians we learn that as an early melting pot , its people were drawn from the Semites , the Libyans and the Cushites . A people whose ancient wisdom and power ascends beyond the records of history . The earliest ...
... continued . " Of the Egyptians we learn that as an early melting pot , its people were drawn from the Semites , the Libyans and the Cushites . A people whose ancient wisdom and power ascends beyond the records of history . The earliest ...
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... continued . " Mesopotamia is essen- tially a land of origins , having cradled and nurtured the human race for centuries . For milleniums this land and its adjacent plains have con- tained the capitals of great world empires and have ...
... continued . " Mesopotamia is essen- tially a land of origins , having cradled and nurtured the human race for centuries . For milleniums this land and its adjacent plains have con- tained the capitals of great world empires and have ...
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... continued through the ages to play a great role in war . Even without saddles until the time of Constantine , or stirrups until after William the Conqueror . In Homer , the horse is mentioned only in connection with the chariot . In the ...
... continued through the ages to play a great role in war . Even without saddles until the time of Constantine , or stirrups until after William the Conqueror . In Homer , the horse is mentioned only in connection with the chariot . In the ...
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Farewell to Youth | 1 |
Has War a Moral | 13 |
A Free India | 31 |
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