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Free Shipping Location: China Gautama Buddha, popularly known as the Buddha (also Siddhattha Gotama, Siddhārtha Gautama[note 4] or Shakyamuni), was an ascetic and a religious teacher ... moreof South Asia who lived in the latter half of the first millennium BCE.
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$9.99 Shipping Location: China Introduction to the bottom paragraph: Wu Qunxiang, born in Dingshu Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province in 1954, is a senior craftsman and master of ceramic ... moreart in Jiangsu Province. In 1972, he entered Yixing Purple Sand Craft Factory.
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$6.99 Shipping Condition: Brand New Location: Lummi Island, United States The known history of Babylon, then, begins with its most famous king: Hammurabi (1792-1750 B.C.). I found myself unable to put this book down. However, ... moreI feel that the title is a bit misleading in that while it does cover the Babylonians it also covers a whole lot more.
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