Studies in ancient and medieval scienceNoonday Press, 1961 - Science |
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... language ; their treaties with Egypt , how- ever , were drawn up in the Babylonian language . * At the capital of Amenophis IV in Egypt there has been found in a private house an interesting historical text composed in the Babylonian ...
... language ; their treaties with Egypt , how- ever , were drawn up in the Babylonian language . * At the capital of Amenophis IV in Egypt there has been found in a private house an interesting historical text composed in the Babylonian ...
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... language and the Hittites had adapted the script to their own language . In the ninth century , so we are told by L. W. King , 10 " the Urartians , settled in the mountains of Armenia , adopted the cuneiforms as their national 8 See ...
... language and the Hittites had adapted the script to their own language . In the ninth century , so we are told by L. W. King , 10 " the Urartians , settled in the mountains of Armenia , adopted the cuneiforms as their national 8 See ...
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... language and script , religion and law of the preceding culture . This school of language and theology created an atmosphere of general learning , supporting large numbers of well - educated scholars . In these circles Arabian ...
... language and script , religion and law of the preceding culture . This school of language and theology created an atmosphere of general learning , supporting large numbers of well - educated scholars . In these circles Arabian ...
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