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... west and to the north ( where Canea has its fertile hinterland ) and steeply to the south . Eastward the country is lower but passage through it is still difficult ; one route from north to south goes through the sheer- sided Askiphos ...
... west and to the north ( where Canea has its fertile hinterland ) and steeply to the south . Eastward the country is lower but passage through it is still difficult ; one route from north to south goes through the sheer- sided Askiphos ...
Page 264
... West across the Medi- terranean during these two centuries . Background of the Crusades . The Crusades arose out of the feudal - clerical society of 11th century Europe , which was geared to war and in which the church had long been ...
... West across the Medi- terranean during these two centuries . Background of the Crusades . The Crusades arose out of the feudal - clerical society of 11th century Europe , which was geared to war and in which the church had long been ...
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... West , was in turn transformed into social , or ballroom , dancing , which is most characteristic of urbanized West- ern society . Although folk and social dance have lost much of the original seriousness of purpose of primitive dance ...
... West , was in turn transformed into social , or ballroom , dancing , which is most characteristic of urbanized West- ern society . Although folk and social dance have lost much of the original seriousness of purpose of primitive dance ...
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