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... Sumerian times , was the digging - stick , sometimes with a stone attached near the bottom to weight it . Even after the plow had been invented , it was actually a digging - stick in traction , not the furrow - turning plow that came in ...
... Sumerian times , was the digging - stick , sometimes with a stone attached near the bottom to weight it . Even after the plow had been invented , it was actually a digging - stick in traction , not the furrow - turning plow that came in ...
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... Sumerian King List expresses no doubt about the origins of king- ship : it was " lowered down from heaven . " This means ... Sumer or Akkad combined both authority and power , understanding and command : the same qualities that Breasted ...
... Sumerian King List expresses no doubt about the origins of king- ship : it was " lowered down from heaven . " This means ... Sumer or Akkad combined both authority and power , understanding and command : the same qualities that Breasted ...
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... Sumer , 22 , 153 , 166 , 175 , 223 Sumerian phalanx , [ 18 ] , 227 , 235 Sumerian poems , 66 Sumerian school , 185 Sun , worship of the , 199 Sun God , 172 , 174 , 175 , 215 INDEX 339.
... Sumer , 22 , 153 , 166 , 175 , 223 Sumerian phalanx , [ 18 ] , 227 , 235 Sumerian poems , 66 Sumerian school , 185 Sun , worship of the , 199 Sun God , 172 , 174 , 175 , 215 INDEX 339.
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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