Larousse Encyclopedia of Ancient and Medieval HistoryMarcel Dunan Foreword by Arnold Toynbee. Translated by Delano Ames and Geoffrey Sainsbury from Larousse Histoire universelle. |
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... B.C. The Temple of Hadrian and Marble Street , Ephesus . 208 A Babylonian seal from Lagash c . 2050 B.C. 17 The ... century The bull of Minos , Cnossus . 49 Roman mosaic . 224 Statue of Ramesses II . 64 A hunter . From a sixth - century ...
... B.C. The Temple of Hadrian and Marble Street , Ephesus . 208 A Babylonian seal from Lagash c . 2050 B.C. 17 The ... century The bull of Minos , Cnossus . 49 Roman mosaic . 224 Statue of Ramesses II . 64 A hunter . From a sixth - century ...
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... century B.C. Syria and Canaan were in a state of effervescence . The installation of the Hittites in Cappadocia and the spread of their empire towards upper Syria sent bands of na- tives or of Semites mixed with Indo - Europeans and ...
... century B.C. Syria and Canaan were in a state of effervescence . The installation of the Hittites in Cappadocia and the spread of their empire towards upper Syria sent bands of na- tives or of Semites mixed with Indo - Europeans and ...
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Marcel Dunan. 140 141 142. The Temple of Apollo at Corinth , late sixth century B.C. Cor- inth , a member of the Peloponnesian League , possessed a large fleet , a powerful weapon against Athens . Viollet The Thirty in Athens — The ...
Marcel Dunan. 140 141 142. The Temple of Apollo at Corinth , late sixth century B.C. Cor- inth , a member of the Peloponnesian League , possessed a large fleet , a powerful weapon against Athens . Viollet The Thirty in Athens — The ...
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