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| Preface |
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| Using This Book |
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| A Note on Chinese Romanization |
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Early Civilizations of Southwestern Asia and Northeastern Africa |
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1 | (18) |
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Using Primary Sources: The Laws of Hammurabi |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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Harkhuf, Egypt's Southern Neighbors |
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6 | (1) |
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The Old Testament---Genesis and Exodus |
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7 | (1) |
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The Aton Hymn and Psalm 104: The Egyptians and the Hebrews |
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8 | (1) |
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Using Visual Sources: The ``Royal Standard'' of Ur |
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Sumer: The ``Royal Standard'' of Ur (Illustration) |
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9 | (2) |
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Egyptian Wall Paintings from the Tomb of Menna (Illustration) |
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11 | (1) |
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The Environment and the Rise of Civilization in Southwestern Asia and Northeastern Africa (Maps) |
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12 | (2) |
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Using Secondary Sources: The Agricultural Revolution |
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The Agricultural Revolution |
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15 | (1) |
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The Process of Civilization |
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16 | (1) |
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Freedom in the Ancient World: Civilization in Sumer |
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17 | (1) |
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Women of Egypt and the Ancient Near East |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (12) |
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The Lawbook of Manu: The Caste System |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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The Lawbook of Manu: Marriage and Sexual Activity |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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The Book of Sermons: The Teachings of Jainism |
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22 | (1) |
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The Book of Later Instructions: Jainian Ideals |
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23 | (1) |
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The Life of Buddha: The Origins of Buddhism |
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23 | (1) |
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The Mahayana Tradition: The Compassion of a Bodhisattva |
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24 | (1) |
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Gateway at Sanchi (Illustration) |
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25 | (1) |
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Geography and Linguistic Divisions: The Indian Subcontinent (Map) |
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25 | (1) |
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The Ancient City of Harappa |
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26 | (1) |
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Aspects of Ancient Indian Culture |
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27 | (2) |
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Cultural Continuity in India |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (14) |
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The Analects: The Confucian School |
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32 | (1) |
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A Confucian Poem: The Role of Women |
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33 | (1) |
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Buddhist Song: The Stages of a Woman's Life |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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Han Fei Zi (Han Fei Tzu), Eminence in Learning: The Legalist School |
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35 | (2) |
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Daoist Writings: ``The Wise Judge'' and ``Social Connections'' |
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37 | (2) |
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Salt Mining (Illustration) |
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39 | (1) |
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A Chinese House (Illustration) |
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39 | (1) |
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Chinese Bureaucracy (Chart) |
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40 | (1) |
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China's Warring States (Map) |
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41 | (1) |
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Kinship in Chinese Culture |
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42 | (1) |
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China's Cultural Heritage |
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43 | (2) |
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The Mediterranean Basin: Greek Civilization |
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45 | (16) |
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46 | (1) |
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Semonides of Amorgos, Poem on Women |
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47 | (1) |
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Constitution of the Lacedaemonians |
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48 | (1) |
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The History of the Peloponnesian War: Athens during the Golden Age |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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Trade, Culture, and Colonization (Illustration) |
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54 | (1) |
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Migration and Colonization (Maps) |
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55 | (1) |
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The Women's Quarters (Illustration) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (3) |
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The Mediterranean Basin: Roman Civilization and the Origins of Christianity |
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61 | (12) |
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Histories: The Roman Constitution |
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62 | (1) |
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Diodorus of Sicily, The Ethiopians |
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63 | (1) |
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Pliny the Younger, Letters: The Daily Life of a Roman Governor |
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64 | (1) |
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The Gospel According to St. Matthew |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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The Geographic and Cultural Environment (Map) |
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66 | (1) |
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Commerce and Culture East and West (Map) |
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67 | (2) |
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Carved Gemstone: Augustus and the Empire Transformed (Illustration) |
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69 | (1) |
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Tomb Decoration: Death and Roman Culture (Illustration) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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The World of Ancient Times: The Appeal of Christianity |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (12) |
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74 | (1) |
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Letter to 'Umar II: Islamic Asceticism |
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74 | (1) |
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Autobiography of an Islamic Scholar |
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75 | (2) |
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Memoirs: Cultural Interactions |
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77 | (1) |
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Manuscript Illuminations: Scenes from the Life of Muhammad (Illustrations) |
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77 | (2) |
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The Spread of Islam in Africa (Map) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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The Muslim Pattern of Conquest |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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The Eastern Orientation of Islam |
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82 | (3) |
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India and Southeast Asia, 500--1500 |
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85 | (12) |
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The Key to Paradise: Islam in India |
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86 | (1) |
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Muhammad Mujir Wajib Adib |
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The Four Legs of the Realm |
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87 | (1) |
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Governmental Appointments |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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Zhou Daguan (Chou Ta-Kuan), An Account of Cambodia |
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90 | (1) |
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Trade along the Shores of the Indian Ocean (Map) |
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91 | (1) |
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The Borobudur Stupa: An Oceangoing Ship (Illustration) |
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92 | (1) |
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Women and the Sultan (Illustration) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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India the ``Honey Jar'' and the Lure of Trade |
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94 | (1) |
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The Traditional Burmese Legal System |
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95 | (2) |
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China and Japan, 500--1500 |
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97 | (16) |
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Wang Daokun (Wang Tao-k'un), The Biography of Zhu Jiefuy (Chu Chieh-Fu): Merchants in China |
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98 | (1) |
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The Lady Who Was a Beggar: Women in Chinese Society |
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99 | (2) |
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Secret Societies in China |
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101 | (1) |
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The Records of the Legitimate Succession of the Divine Sovereigns: Japanese Uniqueness |
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102 | (1) |
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Tales of Uji: Dishonest Priests |
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103 | (1) |
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Ban Zhao (Pan Chao), Lessons for Women |
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103 | (1) |
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Culture, Politics, and Power in Tang China, 618--907 (Map) |
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104 | (1) |
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Zhang Zeduan (Chang Tse-tuan), Riverside Scene in Qing Ming (Ch'ing Ming) Festival (Illustration) |
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105 | (1) |
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The Glory of the Samurai (Illustration) |
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105 | (2) |
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Daily Life in China in the 13th Century |
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107 | (1) |
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The Imperial Examination System |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (3) |
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The Mongols, the Turks, and the Middle East, 1000--1500 |
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113 | (14) |
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al-Jahiz, Turks and Arabs |
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114 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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Cruelties of Conquest (Illustration) |
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117 | (1) |
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Life in the Camp: The Nomadic Tent (Illustration) |
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117 | (1) |
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Power in Central Asia and the Middle East (Maps) |
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117 | (4) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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The Status of Women under Mongol Rule |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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The Mongols and the Ottoman Turks |
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125 | (2) |
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The Struggle for Order in the West: Europe's Middle Ages, 500--1300 |
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127 | (16) |
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The Institutes of Justinian: Byzantium and the Legacy of Roman Law |
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128 | (1) |
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Feudal Contracts and Obligations |
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129 | (1) |
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Letters: Secular and Ecclesiastical Authority |
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130 | (1) |
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Reginald of Durham, The Life of Saint Godric: A Merchant Adventurer |
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131 | (1) |
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The Decretum: Medieval Women---Not in God's Image |
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131 | (1) |
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The Opening of the Crusades |
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132 | (1) |
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St. Francis of Assisi, The Rule of St. Francis |
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133 | (1) |
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Illustration from a Gospel Book: Christianity and Early Medieval Culture (Illustration) |
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134 | (1) |
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Medieval Life (Illustration) |
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135 | (1) |
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Contraction and Expansion in the Middle Ages (Maps) |
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136 | (3) |
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Mohammed and Charlemagne: The Beginnings of Medieval Civilization |
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139 | (1) |
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Sanctity and Power: The Dual Pursuit of Medieval Women |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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The Byzantine Empire: Defeat, Decline, and Resilience |
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141 | (1) |
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Ecological Conditions and Demographic Change |
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142 | (1) |
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Transitions in the West, 1300--1500 |
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143 | (16) |
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The Decameron: The Plague in Florence |
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144 | (1) |
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The Goodman of Paris: Instructions on Being a Good Wife |
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145 | (1) |
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A Letter to Boccaccio: Literary Humanism |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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The Triumph of Death (Illustration) |
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150 | (1) |
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Wealth, Culture, and Diplomacy (Illustration) |
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150 | (1) |
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Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride: Symbolism and the Northern Renaissance (Illustration) |
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150 | (4) |
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Unrest in the Late Middle Ages (Map) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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A Psychological Perspective of the Black Death |
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155 | (1) |
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy |
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156 | (1) |
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The Myth of the Renaissance |
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157 | (2) |
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Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas, to 1500 |
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159 | (20) |
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A Muslim's View of the African Kingdom of Mali |
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160 | (1) |
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Chronicles of an Ethiopian King |
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161 | (1) |
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Ethiopia Oriental: Courtly Life in an African Kingdom |
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162 | (1) |
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Political Practices in West Africa |
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163 | (1) |
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The Chronicle of Peru: The Incas |
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164 | (1) |
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A Peruvian Chief's Description of Inca Society |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (1) |
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West African Goldweights (Illustrations) |
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168 | (1) |
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The Western Sudan in the 14th Century: Trade Routes and Politics (Map) |
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168 | (1) |
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Mayan Woman and Children (Illustration) |
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169 | (1) |
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The Americas in 1490 (Map) |
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169 | (3) |
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Developing West African States |
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172 | (1) |
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The Origins of Great Zimbabwe |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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Red, White and Black: The Peoples of Early America |
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175 | (1) |
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Indians of the Americas: A Geopolitical Analysis |
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176 | (3) |
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Global Encounters and Cultures in Conflict, 1500--1700 |
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179 | (20) |
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The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea |
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180 | (1) |
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Afonso I of Kongo, Africa and Europe: The Problems of Alliances |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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Women and Poverty in Japan |
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184 | (1) |
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The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico |
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185 | (1) |
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Laws of the Burgos: The Spanish Colonize Central and South America |
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185 | (1) |
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Voyages from Holland to America: The Dutch Colonize North America |
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186 | (1) |
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A Voyage to South America: Caste and Race in Latin America |
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187 | (1) |
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Exploration, Expansion, and Politics (Map) |
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188 | (1) |
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A Buddhist Temple: European Views of Asia (Illustration) |
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189 | (1) |
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The Conquest of Mexico as Seen by the Aztecs (Illustration) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Epidemics and Environmental Change in the Americas |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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China's Response to the West |
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193 | (1) |
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Europeans Arrive in Japan |
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194 | (1) |
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The Effects of Expansion on the Non-European World |
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195 | (4) |
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Europe's Early Modern Era, 1500--1789 |
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199 | (16) |
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200 | (1) |
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Constitution of the Society of Jesus |
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200 | (1) |
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The Powers of the Monarch in England |
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201 | (1) |
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The House of Commons, The Powers of Parliament in England |
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202 | (1) |
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Peter the Great, Decree on the Invitation of Foreigners |
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203 | (1) |
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Luther and the New Testament (Illustration) |
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203 | (1) |
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Luther and the Catholic Clergy Debate (Illustration) |
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203 | (1) |
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Loyola and Catholic Reform (Illustration) |
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204 | (1) |
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder, The Harvesters (Illustration) |
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205 | (1) |
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The Leviathan: Political Order and Political Theory (Illustration) |
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206 | (2) |
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Happy Accidents of the Swing (Illustration) |
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208 | (2) |
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What Was the Reformation? |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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The World We Have Lost: The Early Modern Family |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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The Ancien Regime: Ideals and Realities |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (11) |
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216 | (1) |
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Greater Learning for Women |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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Travels in the Mogul Empire: Politics and Society in India |
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219 | (1) |
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Village Life and Government in China |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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Tulsi the Elder, Bandi, and Madhu the Younger, Akbar Inspecting the Construction of Fatehpur-Sikri (Illustration) |
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221 | (1) |
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Architecture and the Imperial City (Map) |
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222 | (1) |
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Expansion of the Ottoman Empire, 1520--1639 (Map) |
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223 | (1) |
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Marriage, Caste, and Society in India |
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224 | (1) |
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The Ottoman Empire and Its Successors |
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225 | (1) |
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Hard Times and the Fall of China's Ming Dynasty |
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