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The Tran dynasty The Le dynasty Organi- zation of the state Early Western contacts French invasion. archy of state officials trained in a civil service institute set up in 1076. Buddhist learning , widespread in Vietnam long before ...
The Tran dynasty The Le dynasty Organi- zation of the state Early Western contacts French invasion. archy of state officials trained in a civil service institute set up in 1076. Buddhist learning , widespread in Vietnam long before ...
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... dynasty , built a highly original funerary temple that was a synthesis , on a smaller scale , of the Old Kingdom complex of pyramids . The pharaohs of the 12th dynasty erected their funerary temples and pyramids on the edge of the ...
... dynasty , built a highly original funerary temple that was a synthesis , on a smaller scale , of the Old Kingdom complex of pyramids . The pharaohs of the 12th dynasty erected their funerary temples and pyramids on the edge of the ...
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... dynasty , and established a new dynasty , the Hsin . The Hsin proved short - lived and was replaced by the Later , or Eastern , Han ( AD 23-220 ) . Wang Mang was born in 45 BC into a distinguished Chinese family . Three years earlier ...
... dynasty , and established a new dynasty , the Hsin . The Hsin proved short - lived and was replaced by the Later , or Eastern , Han ( AD 23-220 ) . Wang Mang was born in 45 BC into a distinguished Chinese family . Three years earlier ...
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