The Four Civilizations of the World: An Historical RetrospectS. Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1875 - 416 páginas |
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... period . The " Institutes of Menu , " a compilation of moral and political laws , are said to have appeared some twelve centuries before the Chris- tian era . The most remarkable feature in this civilization is , that it remains to this ...
... period . The " Institutes of Menu , " a compilation of moral and political laws , are said to have appeared some twelve centuries before the Chris- tian era . The most remarkable feature in this civilization is , that it remains to this ...
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... periods sought to perpetuate . The code attributed to Menu , already alluded to , rigidly forbids the people , under the cruellest penalties , to acquire knowledge . For instance , one of these native laws says : - " If , moved by the ...
... periods sought to perpetuate . The code attributed to Menu , already alluded to , rigidly forbids the people , under the cruellest penalties , to acquire knowledge . For instance , one of these native laws says : - " If , moved by the ...
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... period , Agriculture and the Arts made advances ; Laws and Institutions were established ; and a Reli- gion modelled on those of Egypt and Phoenicia was founded . Then succeeded the " Heroic Age , " from 1500 to 1200 B.C. , signalized ...
... period , Agriculture and the Arts made advances ; Laws and Institutions were established ; and a Reli- gion modelled on those of Egypt and Phoenicia was founded . Then succeeded the " Heroic Age , " from 1500 to 1200 B.C. , signalized ...
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... period of some 500 years came the Aristocratic regime , divided into three periods : in the first period the Archons ( magistrates ) being elected for life , in the second for ten years , and in the third for one year . This lasted some ...
... period of some 500 years came the Aristocratic regime , divided into three periods : in the first period the Archons ( magistrates ) being elected for life , in the second for ten years , and in the third for one year . This lasted some ...
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... period of the Con- sulate , the Sovereign Power was really in the hands of the Senate , a purely aristocratic body . The Consular Government lasted 480 years , when the Monarchy was restored under Augustus Cæsar , the first Emperor , 29 ...
... period of the Con- sulate , the Sovereign Power was really in the hands of the Senate , a purely aristocratic body . The Consular Government lasted 480 years , when the Monarchy was restored under Augustus Cæsar , the first Emperor , 29 ...
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