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... Sumerian , the Mayan , and the Indic- coupled human destiny with long vistas of abstract calendar time , the essential contribution of the Renascence was to relate the cumulative re- sults of history to the variety of cultural ...
... Sumerian , the Mayan , and the Indic- coupled human destiny with long vistas of abstract calendar time , the essential contribution of the Renascence was to relate the cumulative re- sults of history to the variety of cultural ...
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... Sumer ; and in the very act of inventing , organizing , and diffusing the genuine goods of civilization , some of which , like iron tools , eventually benefited the con- quered groups , the new power complex only repeated and magnified ...
... Sumer ; and in the very act of inventing , organizing , and diffusing the genuine goods of civilization , some of which , like iron tools , eventually benefited the con- quered groups , the new power complex only repeated and magnified ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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