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And so , such Bronze Age defenceworks as do exist today in Britain no doubt reflect the gradual break - up of that hegemony as the weather turned colder and wetter , harvests became uncertain , local communities began to hoard grain ...
And so , such Bronze Age defenceworks as do exist today in Britain no doubt reflect the gradual break - up of that hegemony as the weather turned colder and wetter , harvests became uncertain , local communities began to hoard grain ...
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But if the bow was unfair , how was it that the sling , a similar equaliser in the hands of the ignoble , became acceptable ? Perhaps the answer to that lies in the story of David and Goliath . It was a shepherd's weapon , used by ...
But if the bow was unfair , how was it that the sling , a similar equaliser in the hands of the ignoble , became acceptable ? Perhaps the answer to that lies in the story of David and Goliath . It was a shepherd's weapon , used by ...
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But in 1073 Hildebrand became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements within monasticism and by his own personal ambitions , his zeal for Church reformation became an attack on the Holy Roman Emperor .
But in 1073 Hildebrand became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements within monasticism and by his own personal ambitions , his zeal for Church reformation became an attack on the Holy Roman Emperor .
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| Title | Stronghold: A History of Military Architecture |
| Author | Martin Hubert Brice |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Schocken Books, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 0805239383, 9780805239386 |
| Length | 192 pages |
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