The Story of Civilization, Part 1Simon and Schuster, 1935 - Civilization Portrays the enigmatic character and incredible career of Napoleon Bonaparte, and describes the world he helped to fashion in the course of his ambitions. |
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... Hammurabi ( 2123-2081 B.C. ) conqueror and law- giver through a reign of forty - three years . Primeval seals and inscriptions transmit him to us partially - a youth full of fire and genius , a very whirl- wind in battle , who crushes ...
... Hammurabi ( 2123-2081 B.C. ) conqueror and law- giver through a reign of forty - three years . Primeval seals and inscriptions transmit him to us partially - a youth full of fire and genius , a very whirl- wind in battle , who crushes ...
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... Hammurabi's time , was swathed in turbans . The women wore necklaces , bracelets and amulets , and strings of beads in their carefully coiffured hair ; the men flourished walking - sticks with carved heads , and carried on their girdles ...
... Hammurabi's time , was swathed in turbans . The women wore necklaces , bracelets and amulets , and strings of beads in their carefully coiffured hair ; the men flourished walking - sticks with carved heads , and carried on their girdles ...
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... Hammurabi , and had maintained its substance , despite every change of circumstance and detail , through fifteen centuries . The legal development was from supernatural to secular sanctions , from severity to lenience , and from ...
... Hammurabi , and had maintained its substance , despite every change of circumstance and detail , through fifteen centuries . The legal development was from supernatural to secular sanctions , from severity to lenience , and from ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | |
THE ECONOMIC ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION | 5 |
THE POLITICAL ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION 2 I | 21 |
Copyright | |
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