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... capital to Nara , the great temples of the former capital moved to the new city one after another . Their buildings were sometimes carried to the new sites but more frequently were reconstructed there . Many new temples were also built ...
... capital to Nara , the great temples of the former capital moved to the new city one after another . Their buildings were sometimes carried to the new sites but more frequently were reconstructed there . Many new temples were also built ...
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... capital . To the visitor , nothing is more expressive of Washington's char- acter than the dozens of buildings and hundreds of monu- ments that relate to its functions as the nation's capital . The style of federal architecture has ...
... capital . To the visitor , nothing is more expressive of Washington's char- acter than the dozens of buildings and hundreds of monu- ments that relate to its functions as the nation's capital . The style of federal architecture has ...
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... capital . Such a situation was by no means unique in the history of the kingdoms of Guinea ( or , for that matter , of West Africa ) . Dahomey seems to have avoided it only because its kings , initiating their kingdom through the ...
... capital . Such a situation was by no means unique in the history of the kingdoms of Guinea ( or , for that matter , of West Africa ) . Dahomey seems to have avoided it only because its kings , initiating their kingdom through the ...
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