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Cyrus, Babylon, Persia
Today there are about a quarter of a million Zoroastrians worldwide.
Cyrus, Babylon, Persia
Today there are about a quarter of a million Zoroastrians worldwide.
Images on scrolls are nonrepresentational talismanic designs that reveal mysteries and enhance the effectiveness of written prayers.
likely originated during the Aksumite empire (ca. 1st–8th centuries), with several million
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The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
tear-shaped oasis dedicated to Lennon, a project for which she herself allocated one million
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institution has since grown to become a microcosm of a city, encompassing nearly 2.1 million
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
1855, southern Plateau tribes, including the Nez Perce, ceded more than twenty million
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the city’s general post office rose from approximately 60,000 before 1840 to 1.2 million
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forbears) had participated in The Great Migration, the mass migration of over six million