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... Empire in the north , c . 300 B.C. , influenced by Alexander the Great's short - lived ' empire ' . Cultural influences from Achaemenid Persia ( e.g. the Persepolitan type of memorial pillar or ' lath ' erected by Asoka ) are indicated ...
... Empire in the north , c . 300 B.C. , influenced by Alexander the Great's short - lived ' empire ' . Cultural influences from Achaemenid Persia ( e.g. the Persepolitan type of memorial pillar or ' lath ' erected by Asoka ) are indicated ...
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... Empire SEA R Baalbek ○ Bosra Jerusalem Alexandria HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL Byzantium was founded as a Greek colony c . 660 B.C. , and in A.D. 330 became the capital of the Roman Empire . On the death of the Emperor Theodosius I ( 395 ) the ...
... Empire SEA R Baalbek ○ Bosra Jerusalem Alexandria HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL Byzantium was founded as a Greek colony c . 660 B.C. , and in A.D. 330 became the capital of the Roman Empire . On the death of the Emperor Theodosius I ( 395 ) the ...
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... Empire persisted even after the Empire had fallen , especially in Russia and in the Balkans . Con- stantinople has continued up to the present day as the seat of a Patriarch of the Orthodox Church . Constantine reviewed the attempt ...
... Empire persisted even after the Empire had fallen , especially in Russia and in the Balkans . Con- stantinople has continued up to the present day as the seat of a Patriarch of the Orthodox Church . Constantine reviewed the attempt ...
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Architecture in the Ancient Near East | 47 |
Architecture in India and Pakistan | 86 |
Architecture in Sri Lanka | 109 |
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