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1369:Old Persian
1179:Jemdet Nasr
738:Wadi Mataha
712:Kharaneh IV
707:Jebel Hamra
656:(WHNBS 242)
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634:Kharaneh IV
312:Baradostian
254:Paleolithic
61:Followed by
51:Preceded by
1945:Categories
1849:Bronze Age
1691:Peking Man
1552:Divination
1262:Achaemenid
1227:Isin-Larsa
1120:Trialetian
1115:Mousterian
1102:Prehistory
804:Shubayqa 6
799:Shubayqa 1
702:Neve David
665:Uwaynid 18
660:Uwaynid 14
654:Tor Sageer
389:Humanities
349:References
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1736:Neolithic
1425:Cuneiform
1301:Languages
1110:Acheulean
997:Babylonia
934:Euphrates
884:Geography
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779:Gilgal II
687:(WHS 784)
625:(WHS 618)
553:Mushabian
548:Nizzanian
302:Levantine
213:Neolithic
186:Caucasus
1829:Daimabad
1721:Ubeidiya
1711:Solo Man
1701:Sangiran
1671:Java Man
1571:Academia
1525:Religion
1394:Urartian
1389:Sumerian
1374:Parthian
1309:Akkadian
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1272:Parthian
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1207:Akkadian
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1130:Natufian
1042:Simurrum
1027:Kassites
1022:Hittites
977:Adiabene
794:Mureybet
769:Azraq 18
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589:Harifian
584:Natufian
558:Ramonian
517:Nebekian
497:Cultures
427:Khiamian
396:See also
365:Archived
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323:Shanidar
294:Natufian
277:Caucasus
181:Natufian
1706:Soanian
1557:Prayers
1542:Deities
1506:Looting
1349:Kassite
1344:Hurrian
1339:Hittite
1329:Elamite
1324:Eblaite
1319:Aramaic
1314:Amorite
1237:Kassite
1212:Gutians
1194:History
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1155:Hassuna
1125:Zarzian
1047:Subartu
1037:Mitanni
1002:Chaldea
992:Assyria
965:Ancient
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568:Zarzian
527:Zarzian
522:Qalkhan
512:Kebaran
305:Kebaran
275:of the
196:Zagros
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1334:Gutian
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1072:Cities
1067:Urartu
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987:Armani
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1696:Riwat
1470:Music
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1277:Roman
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1164:Halaf
1062:Tukri
1057:Sumer
1052:Suhum
1032:Media
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