The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Africa through the drier regions of tropical Africa , it is best known as the sacred snake ( uraeus ) of the ancient Egyptians . It appears in many temple drawings , and Egyptian rulers wore its image on their foreheads as a symbol of ...
... Africa through the drier regions of tropical Africa , it is best known as the sacred snake ( uraeus ) of the ancient Egyptians . It appears in many temple drawings , and Egyptian rulers wore its image on their foreheads as a symbol of ...
Page 303
... Africa and southern Asia - but it seems doubtful that the pre- colonial societies of sub - Saharan Africa and the Pacific could have achieved so much by the mid - 1900's on their own account . For them colo- nialism was a shortcut ...
... Africa and southern Asia - but it seems doubtful that the pre- colonial societies of sub - Saharan Africa and the Pacific could have achieved so much by the mid - 1900's on their own account . For them colo- nialism was a shortcut ...
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... African Cooperatives . Great expanses of Africa are devoid of cooperative institutions . Where they exist , they can be found in all stages of development because of the uneven degrees of social and economic advancement . Many associ ...
... African Cooperatives . Great expanses of Africa are devoid of cooperative institutions . Where they exist , they can be found in all stages of development because of the uneven degrees of social and economic advancement . Many associ ...
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