The Spoils of Time: A World History from the Dawn of Civilization Through the Early RenaissanceThis book provides a historic overview from the first appearance of man to the early civilizations of the Middle East, through the Indus Valley, on to the Mediterranean, the Far East, Greece and Rome, the time of Christ, the Dark Ages, and on to the highest flowering of the Renaissance--adapted from jacket. |
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Crete and Mycenaethe Phoeniciansthe Jews | 23 |
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