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Traces of the various waves of people who arrived in Japan can be distinguished
archeologically into the Old Stone Age (50,000-12,000 bce), the Jomon culture (1
1,000-300 bce) and the Yayoi culture (300 bce-ce 300). Jomon culture sites ...
Traces of the various waves of people who arrived in Japan can be distinguished
archeologically into the Old Stone Age (50,000-12,000 bce), the Jomon culture (1
1,000-300 bce) and the Yayoi culture (300 bce-ce 300). Jomon culture sites ...
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. They travelled so far &St that today ties of language, .^ fcj* JJ^ - J culture and
physical appearance (high i 1^ ^*%? cheekbones, slanted eyes, *^fc^^□ darkish
...
„w„ ^*», v.ix,KKi,x& flint, weaving baskets, J^T^ ' ^> 1^*5* making clay pots. ^0^. .>
. They travelled so far &St that today ties of language, .^ fcj* JJ^ - J culture and
physical appearance (high i 1^ ^*%? cheekbones, slanted eyes, *^fc^^□ darkish
...
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SEMITIC Peoples of ancient cultures in the Middle East, speakers of Semitic
languages and founders of Islam, Judaism and Christiainty. SHAMAN Ancient
priests believed to be both of the spirit and material world and possess
supernatural ...
SEMITIC Peoples of ancient cultures in the Middle East, speakers of Semitic
languages and founders of Islam, Judaism and Christiainty. SHAMAN Ancient
priests believed to be both of the spirit and material world and possess
supernatural ...
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Introduction | 5 |
India and Australia 229 | 141 |
Greece and Rome 51 Tibet and Africa | 161 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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