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| The Cradle of Humanity |
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1 | (4) |
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Turning Point: Irrigation |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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Archeological Discoveries |
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8 | (6) |
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9 | (2) |
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Turning Point: The Discovery of Lucy |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (4) |
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Link In Time: Pyramids: Egyptian and Mayan |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (2) |
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Link In Time: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (5) |
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Link To Place: Masks in Africa and the Americas |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (4) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (3) |
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Link In Time: Ancient Ghana and Modern Ghana |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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Link In Time: European Finding of Great Zimbabwe (C.E. 1871) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (2) |
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Link To Place: Africa's First Roman Catholic Dynasty |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (6) |
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Link In Time: The Rosetta Stone |
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56 | (3) |
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Turning Point: The Invention of Papyrus |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (4) |
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Link To Place: African and American Flood Myths |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (1) |
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Link To Place: Searching for the Source of the Nile |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (5) |
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Link To Place: Ethiopian Jews |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (3) |
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Link In Time: Ancient and Modern Salt Production |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (4) |
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Link To Place: Initiation Rites: The Xhosa and the Lakota |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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Technology and Inventions |
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97 | (5) |
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102 | (2) |
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Link To Place: The Great Mosques |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (4) |
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Ancient Weapons: Throwing Knives |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (3) |
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109 | (2) |
| Glossary |
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111 | (4) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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115 | (4) |
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| Crossroads of Culture |
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1 | (3) |
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Link To Place: Lunar Calendars in Europe ana in Asia |
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3 | (1) |
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Alexander III, the Great (356-323 B.C.E.) |
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4 | (2) |
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Link To Place: The Spread of Hellenistic Culture |
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5 | (1) |
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Archeological Discoveries |
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6 | (7) |
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Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (5) |
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Link To Place: Classic Columns: Ancient Greece and the United States |
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17 | (2) |
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Caesar, Gaius Julius (100-44 B.C.E.) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (3) |
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Link In Time: Lascaux: Then and Now |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (3) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (6) |
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Link In Time: Celtic Samhain and Halloween Today |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (3) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (4) |
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47 | (3) |
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Turning Point: Democracy in Athens |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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Justinian I (C.E. 483-565) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (5) |
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Turning Point: The Iliad and the Odyssey |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (3) |
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Ancient Weapons: Metallurgy |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (5) |
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Link To Place: Viking Sagas and the Norse Landing in North America |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (4) |
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Ancient Weapons: Longboats |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (2) |
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Pax Romana (27 B.C.E.-C.E. 180) |
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77 | (3) |
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Link In Time: Pax Romana and Pax Britannia |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.) |
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80 | (3) |
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Ancient Weapons: Hoplites |
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82 | (1) |
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Persian Wars (490-479 B.C.E.) |
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83 | (3) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (5) |
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Great Lives: Theodosius I, The Great (C.E. 346-395) |
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92 | (1) |
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Turning Point: The Edict of Milan |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (4) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (3) |
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Link To Place: Citizenship in Ancient Greece and in the United States Today |
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100 | (1) |
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Technology and Inventions |
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101 | (7) |
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Ancient Weapons: Chain Mail |
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104 | (2) |
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Turning Point: The Roman Aqueduct |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (3) |
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Ancient Weapons: The Roman Chariot |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (2) |
| Glossary |
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113 | (3) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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116 | (7) |
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ix | |
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| The New World |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (4) |
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Turning Point: The Domestication of Maize |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (3) |
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Link To Place: Pueblos and Kivas |
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8 | (1) |
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Archeological Discoveries |
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9 | (5) |
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Link In Time: Kennewick Man |
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12 | (1) |
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Turning Point: Discovery of the Aztec Calendar |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (4) |
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18 | (5) |
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Link To Place: Tenochtitlan |
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19 | (1) |
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Great Lives: Moctezuma II |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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Link To Place: Stonehenge and Woodhenge |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (6) |
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Link To Place: Choco Canyon |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (1) |
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Link In Time: Poverty Point Earthworks (Louisiana) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (5) |
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Link In Time: The Quipu, An Incan Computer |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (5) |
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Link To Place: Rock Drawings and Petroglyphs in the Southwestern United States |
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50 | (1) |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (2) |
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Link In Time: Machu Picchu Today |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (4) |
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Great Lives: Pakal the Great |
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59 | (1) |
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Turning Point: Mayan Astronomy |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (3) |
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Great Lives: Frederick Ward Putnam |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (4) |
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Link To Place: Trickster Stories in the Americas and Africa |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (4) |
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Link In Time: Earliest Known Writing Discovered |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (5) |
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Link To Place: Shamans in the Americas and Africa |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (4) |
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87 | (3) |
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90 | (2) |
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Great Lives: Bartolomeo de las Casas (1484-1566) |
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91 | (1) |
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Technology and Inventions |
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92 | (3) |
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Ancient Weapons: The Atlatl |
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93 | (2) |
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Teotihuacan (ca. 300 B.C.E.-C.E. 700) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (1) |
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Tiwanaku (200 B.C.E.-C.E. 1000) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (3) |
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Link In Time: Legacy of Ancient Ritual |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (2) |
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Ancient Weapons: Clovis Points |
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103 | (1) |
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Ancient Weapons: The Self-Bow |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (3) |
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Great Lives: Leif Eriksson |
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107 | (3) |
| Glossary |
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110 | (3) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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113 | (6) |
| Index |
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ix | |
| Preface |
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| Birthplace of Modern Civilization |
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Map of the Ancient Near East and Southwest Asia |
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1 | (4) |
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Turning Point: Founder Crops |
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2 | (3) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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Archeological Discoveries |
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6 | (6) |
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Turning Point: The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Earliest Scriptures |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (3) |
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Turning Point: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
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18 | (3) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (4) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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Great Lives: Jesus of Nazareth |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (6) |
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Link To Place: Sacred Recipes in Ancient Mesopotamia |
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32 | (3) |
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Link In Time: Divination and Prophets |
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35 | (2) |
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Darius I, the Great (549-486 B.C.E.) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (3) |
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Turning Point: First Planned Cities |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (3) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (5) |
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52 | (3) |
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Turning Point: The Difficulties of Monotheism |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (5) |
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Link In Time: Parallel Creation Stories |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (3) |
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Turning Point: The First Coins |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (2) |
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Link In Time: Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (6) |
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Link To Place: The Watery Void |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (4) |
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Ancient Weapons: Persian Swords and Daggers |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (4) |
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Turning Point: The Phoenician Alphabet |
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79 | (4) |
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83 | (7) |
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Turning Point: The Unifying Power of Islam |
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87 | (3) |
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90 | (1) |
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Link To Place: Scythian Cultures in Central Asia |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (4) |
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Link To Place: Carpets in Traditional Societies |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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97 | (2) |
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Technology and Inventions |
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99 | (4) |
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Link To Place: Development of Scientific Thinking |
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100 | (3) |
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103 | (4) |
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Link To Place: Standard of Ur |
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105 | (1) |
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Ancient Weapons: The Scythed Chariot |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (3) |
| Glossary |
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111 | (4) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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115 | (6) |
| Index |
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| Topic Finder |
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| Preface |
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| Ancient Asia and the Pacific Basin: More Than the Sum of Its Parts |
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Map of Ancient Asia and the Pacific |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (4) |
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Turning Point: Terraced Farming |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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Archeological Discoveries |
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7 | (7) |
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Turning Point: Terra-cotta Soldiers |
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10 | (2) |
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Link In Time: The Great Wall |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (4) |
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Turning Point: Todaiji Temple |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (4) |
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Link To Place: Fossils: Australia and the Americas |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (4) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (7) |
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Turning Point: Chinese Civil Service |
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28 | (5) |
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33 | (3) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (4) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (2) |
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Great Lives: Attila the Hun---``Scourge of God''? |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (5) |
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Turning Point: The Divine Wind |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (5) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (4) |
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Ancient Weapons: The Mongolian Bow |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (4) |
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Link To Place: Indian and Greek Epics |
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78 | (2) |
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Link To Place: Asian Creation Myths |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (3) |
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Link In Time: Maori Culture: Ancient and Modern |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (6) |
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Turning Point: Reincarnation |
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89 | (2) |
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Turning Point: Indian Temples and Temple Worship |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (4) |
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Ancient Weapons: The Japanese Samurai Sword and the Javanese Kris |
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98 | (3) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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Technology and Inventions |
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104 | (5) |
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Turning Point: The Concept of Zero |
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106 | (2) |
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Turning Point: The First Seismograph |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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Zheng He (ca. C.E. 1371-1433) |
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112 | (2) |
| Glossary |
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114 | (3) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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117 | (5) |
| Index |
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