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... existence of grammatically complex and highly articulated lan- guages at the onset of civilization five thousand years ago , when tools were still extremely primitive , suggests that the human race may have had even more fundamental ...
... existence of grammatically complex and highly articulated lan- guages at the onset of civilization five thousand years ago , when tools were still extremely primitive , suggests that the human race may have had even more fundamental ...
Page 112
... existence - if only because the last steps always prove the easiest . The relative rapidity of man's advance , in a period when the physical conditions of existence , up to 10,000 B.C. were often quite formidable , would indicate two ...
... existence - if only because the last steps always prove the easiest . The relative rapidity of man's advance , in a period when the physical conditions of existence , up to 10,000 B.C. were often quite formidable , would indicate two ...
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... existence of an all- embracing god , Ptah , whose energies pervade creation . By the time kingship took form as a unifying agent that transcended local limitations , a multitude of deities , male and female , great and small ...
... existence of an all- embracing god , Ptah , whose energies pervade creation . By the time kingship took form as a unifying agent that transcended local limitations , a multitude of deities , male and female , great and small ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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