The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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... Western nuns more often have shoulder - length veils and occasionally calf - length tunics . For Eastern monks the basic costume is a long black cassock ( rhason ) and a tall , brimless black felt hat ( kamelaukion ) with lappets that ...
... Western nuns more often have shoulder - length veils and occasionally calf - length tunics . For Eastern monks the basic costume is a long black cassock ( rhason ) and a tall , brimless black felt hat ( kamelaukion ) with lappets that ...
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... western part of the Tethys Sea , and crossed the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula . Australia moved away from Antarctica , and New Zealand separated from Australia . More or less continuous subduction ( process by which one crustal ...
... western part of the Tethys Sea , and crossed the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula . Australia moved away from Antarctica , and New Zealand separated from Australia . More or less continuous subduction ( process by which one crustal ...
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... western Europe to the East in the 12th and 13th centuries , that aimed to free the holy places in Palestine from Muslim control and establish and maintain Christian rule there . Tra- ditionally , eight or nine Crusades are listed , from ...
... western Europe to the East in the 12th and 13th centuries , that aimed to free the holy places in Palestine from Muslim control and establish and maintain Christian rule there . Tra- ditionally , eight or nine Crusades are listed , from ...
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