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Page 179
... ancient cities and the modern cities . The former date from ancient or medieval times and include Nanking , Su - chou , Yang - chou , Chen - chiang , and Suchow . Several of them are well known in East Asian history , are rich in ...
... ancient cities and the modern cities . The former date from ancient or medieval times and include Nanking , Su - chou , Yang - chou , Chen - chiang , and Suchow . Several of them are well known in East Asian history , are rich in ...
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... ancient rocks , also contain partially weathered feldspars . Because of their false bedding , it is clear that some of the red beds resulted from wind deposits ; others appear to be associated with alluvial fans ( fan - shaped ...
... ancient rocks , also contain partially weathered feldspars . Because of their false bedding , it is clear that some of the red beds resulted from wind deposits ; others appear to be associated with alluvial fans ( fan - shaped ...
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... ancient and probably developed out of the use in commerce of ordinary ingots of bronze and other metals that possessed an intrinsic value . Until the development of bills of exchange in medieval Europe and paper currency in medieval ...
... ancient and probably developed out of the use in commerce of ordinary ingots of bronze and other metals that possessed an intrinsic value . Until the development of bills of exchange in medieval Europe and paper currency in medieval ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
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