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EGYPT
The Flight of
the Israelites
Age of Moses a fid
Building; of the
Pyramids
"How the Ancient People
Lived, Loved and Died
GREECE
WOODEN HORSE
OF ULYSSES
. WINS A CITY
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Entrancing 5tory
of Intrlgueand
Warfare
The DftYrf of Alexander
And the Field of Marathon
ROME
Julius Caesar
Quells Mutiny
NeroFiddlesWhile
Rome Is In
Flatqes
Persecution oftfaGtefe
tians ia Paaa JImmi
EUROPE
Deeds of Richard
The Lion Hearted
The Crudrs Em
bark for Palestine
Park Centarift of FaA
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MODERN WORLD
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People Against
The Monarchs
riasst Raise The
Standard of
Liberty
Tlfr .MtwrifriliSff' rod
- s Fall of Napoleon
AMERICA
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Washington Leads
Colonists to
Freedom
America Takes its
Platte Among --Nations
The BcwWoridftf Mtxlk
to faprtamqr. Btgiass
19th CENTURY
Age of Progress
and Invention
Wonders of EIcc-tricity-Qrowth
of Science
ticth Ccatary
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