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... period when the lectures were delivered . When the hand of Time compels one to look back upon the past , one feels less pleasure in surveying the fields of even honorable and successful controversy , than in viewing those seasons in ...
... period when the lectures were delivered . When the hand of Time compels one to look back upon the past , one feels less pleasure in surveying the fields of even honorable and successful controversy , than in viewing those seasons in ...
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... period of 1700 years , when Egypt was an independent monarchy . Scanty , indeed , are the materials we possess for a history of com- merce during that period . We have not a single book , or manuscript , written by an Egyptian author ...
... period of 1700 years , when Egypt was an independent monarchy . Scanty , indeed , are the materials we possess for a history of com- merce during that period . We have not a single book , or manuscript , written by an Egyptian author ...
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... period the earth , or mud , which the waters held in solution , has fallen on the soil , and on the retiring of the waters , the whole land is covered with a rich manure ; and , according to Herodotus , required so little cultivation ...
... period the earth , or mud , which the waters held in solution , has fallen on the soil , and on the retiring of the waters , the whole land is covered with a rich manure ; and , according to Herodotus , required so little cultivation ...
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... period , for linen , and , subsequently , for paper . Egypt produced plenty of flax , which was manufactured into linen , of so fine a texture that the threads could not be observed . Their paper was manufactured of the vegetable called ...
... period , for linen , and , subsequently , for paper . Egypt produced plenty of flax , which was manufactured into linen , of so fine a texture that the threads could not be observed . Their paper was manufactured of the vegetable called ...
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... external commerce . This was proved experi- mentally in a subsequent period of her history . With regard to the construction of ships . CANALS -SHIPS , 27 Egypt must have imported the timber 26 THE COMMERCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT .
... external commerce . This was proved experi- mentally in a subsequent period of her history . With regard to the construction of ships . CANALS -SHIPS , 27 Egypt must have imported the timber 26 THE COMMERCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT .
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