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Many landmarks described by Zhou Daguan can easily be recognised : the temple mausolea of ancestral kings , the huge reservoirs and their island temples , and the giants and gods who flanked the causeway over the city moats .
Many landmarks described by Zhou Daguan can easily be recognised : the temple mausolea of ancestral kings , the huge reservoirs and their island temples , and the giants and gods who flanked the causeway over the city moats .
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Some documents also set out contracts for the purchase of slaves , people who might well have been taken in war . Other texts record marriage and divorce . Although a many of these documents have been described as administrative ...
Some documents also set out contracts for the purchase of slaves , people who might well have been taken in war . Other texts record marriage and divorce . Although a many of these documents have been described as administrative ...
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... of Conscience.22 But more important than the continuity of this behaviour , given modern formulations , is the focus of this tradition , in what might broadly be described as “ long instructional narrative ' .
... of Conscience.22 But more important than the continuity of this behaviour , given modern formulations , is the focus of this tradition , in what might broadly be described as “ long instructional narrative ' .
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