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... established separate monarchies in the dismembered provinces , engaged in sanguinary wars that had no object but plunder , and were too ignorant to form anything like a political system . There is consequently a want of unity in the ...
... established separate monarchies in the dismembered provinces , engaged in sanguinary wars that had no object but plunder , and were too ignorant to form anything like a political system . There is consequently a want of unity in the ...
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... established in the Roman empire . All the Germanic tribes were remarkable for the respect which they showed to the delicacy of the female character ; they neither treated their women like slaves , as most other barbarians have done ...
... established in the Roman empire . All the Germanic tribes were remarkable for the respect which they showed to the delicacy of the female character ; they neither treated their women like slaves , as most other barbarians have done ...
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... established in Armenia . The chief of this colony was probably one of the imperial dynasty of the Huns : driven from his country by civil wars , he at first sought refuge at the court of Ar- deshir , the founder of the Sassanid dynasty ...
... established in Armenia . The chief of this colony was probably one of the imperial dynasty of the Huns : driven from his country by civil wars , he at first sought refuge at the court of Ar- deshir , the founder of the Sassanid dynasty ...
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... established in India , pursued their evangelical labours until they had penetrated into the remote country of the Seres , or Chinese ( A.D. 551 ) . There they observed the labours of the silk - worm , the mode in which these animals ...
... established in India , pursued their evangelical labours until they had penetrated into the remote country of the Seres , or Chinese ( A.D. 551 ) . There they observed the labours of the silk - worm , the mode in which these animals ...
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... established by Clovis extended from the Rhine to the Pyrenees , from the Alps to the ocean ; but its security was very uncertain . Wherever the conqueror appeared , he met nothing but submission from the various races settled in Gaul ...
... established by Clovis extended from the Rhine to the Pyrenees , from the Alps to the ocean ; but its security was very uncertain . Wherever the conqueror appeared , he met nothing but submission from the various races settled in Gaul ...
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