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World History To 1500: The Middle East

The Middle East before 1500 Research Guide

Young woman spinning and servant holding a fan. Fragment of a relief known as "The spinner". Bitumen mastic, Neo-Elamite period (8th century B.C.–middle of the 6th century B.C.). Images Provided by Wikimedia Commons.

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