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| Title | The Four Civilizations of the World: An Historical Retrospect |
| Author | Henry Wikoff |
| Publisher | Lippincott, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Nov 23, 2005 |
| Length | 416 pages |
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