The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier 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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... Europe , within a few centuries deep - rooted civilizations began to thrive . Orthodox Russia grew in the east and Latin Christendom in the west . Japan became civilized at roughly the same time , thus extending the radius of Chinese or ...
... Europe , within a few centuries deep - rooted civilizations began to thrive . Orthodox Russia grew in the east and Latin Christendom in the west . Japan became civilized at roughly the same time , thus extending the radius of Chinese or ...
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... Europe , and Cluny's abbots spoke with an authority that sometimes exceeded that of the popes . As the order spread over Europe , the abbey became richer and in time lax in observing the Benedic- tine rule . The abbey church of St ...
... Europe , and Cluny's abbots spoke with an authority that sometimes exceeded that of the popes . As the order spread over Europe , the abbey became richer and in time lax in observing the Benedic- tine rule . The abbey church of St ...
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... Europe , produced partly by international rivalries and partly by racist theories . All these explanations focus in Europe , but while there were elements of truth in each , the evidence suggests that the dynamics of European expansion ...
... Europe , produced partly by international rivalries and partly by racist theories . All these explanations focus in Europe , but while there were elements of truth in each , the evidence suggests that the dynamics of European expansion ...
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