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... MESOPOTAMIAN CORROBORATION In Mesopotamia , kingship arose roughly at about the same time as in Egypt ; though in neither case can the earliest manifestation be dated . The ancient Sumerian King List expresses no doubt about the origins ...
... MESOPOTAMIAN CORROBORATION In Mesopotamia , kingship arose roughly at about the same time as in Egypt ; though in neither case can the earliest manifestation be dated . The ancient Sumerian King List expresses no doubt about the origins ...
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... Mesopotamia is as clear as that of Egypt for all their historic and geographic differences of culture . And the ... Mesopotamian history , " Frankfort notes , " the kingship of the gods was be- lieved to have originated , not as a ...
... Mesopotamia is as clear as that of Egypt for all their historic and geographic differences of culture . And the ... Mesopotamian history , " Frankfort notes , " the kingship of the gods was be- lieved to have originated , not as a ...
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... Mesopotamian ] is unthinkable without a superior author- ity to impose his will . " One can match Jacobsen's emphasis ... Mesopotamia he served usually as a surrogate , yet with full ' powers - of- attorney , ' as long as his luck held ...
... Mesopotamian ] is unthinkable without a superior author- ity to impose his will . " One can match Jacobsen's emphasis ... Mesopotamia he served usually as a surrogate , yet with full ' powers - of- attorney , ' as long as his luck held ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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