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c. 3000 BCE

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c. 1720 BCE

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c. 1700 BCE

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416 BCE

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c. 700

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c. 850

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1446
1466
c. 1550
1655
1657
1688

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1700

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1735

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1754

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c. 1770
1787

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1789
1793

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1807
1808
1813

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1816

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1820
1821
1822

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c. 1830

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1831

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1833

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1836

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1839

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c. 1841
1845
1848

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c. 1850

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1852
1854

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1856

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1857

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1858

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1859

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1860
1861
1862

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1865

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1873

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1875

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1876

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1878

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1881

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1888

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