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Свидетельство о рождении Абраши Леваевича Ильясова (Узбекистан)
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Russian wet nurse
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T10: Silver stater struck at Tarsos, c. 420-410 BC.
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Week 1: Sites and Sources
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Supplement regarding the subdivision and dioptre of the instruments, fol. 44r
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The mariner's astrolabe: an iconic instrument
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Russian woman
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Introduction
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Letter from Robert Hanley Hall to Edward Burnett Tylor, 18 May 1899
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Adhai-dvipa: Jain diagram of the world
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The Swedish Empire, 1560-1815
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Morisonian Herbarium
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Pilgrimage and the Jubilee
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Goblet made from a bezoar, Prague c. 1600
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Rhinoceros-Horn Cup
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Russian couple
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T27: Silver dishekel, struck at Sidon in the name of the satrap Mazaios, 336/5 BC.
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The terrestrial sphere: the four terrestrial elements
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Childrens' Socks (Kazakhstan)
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Orbis sensualium pictus, 1658
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Introduction
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Buff Ware Rhyton from Deve Hüyük
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Oxford's most famous sundial
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MS Ashmole 399, folios 14r-15r