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The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom.(Review)
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June 22, 2000|
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The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom. By Grant D. Jones. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. Pp. xxvii, 568. $69.50.)
In this volume, the author meticulously examines the rise and fall of the Itza Maya and their state, located in the Peten region of Northern Guatemala. Ethnohistorian Grant D. Jones has scoured the Archive of the Indies in Seville and the General Archive of Central America in Guatemala City for relevant manuscripts. His study also draws upon recent archaeological work in the Itza region. Jones's interpretations are contextualized within the ...
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A show of courage.(Battle of Kadesh)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...in Syria, close by the ancient walled city of Kadesh. His plan was to capture Kadesh, but, at the moment, he had some doubts. He...a huge army to help his friend, the Prince of Kadesh, fight the Egyptians. But now, the two captives...
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Bartlett & Bendall.(FIRM CHANGES)(Mark Kadesh joins Bartlett, Bendall & Kadesh)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections
; Lobbying firm Bartlett & Bendall is changing their name to Bartlett, Bendall & Kadesh, as Mark Kadesh leaves his position as chief of staff to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to join the firm.
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The Transformation of an Ancient Egyptian Narrative: P. Sallier III and the Battle of Kadesh.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; ...Ancient Egyptian Narrative: P. Sallier III and the Battle of Kadesh. By ANTHONY J. SPALINGER. Gottinger Orientforschungen. IV...ancient accounts of Ramesses II's encounter with the Hittites at Kadesh in his fifth regnal year, Spalinger has produced an important...
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M'kadesh.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Midstream
; M'KADESH From the seed of ten clean words this very world emerged. For most of us, ten words bespeak a harmless sentence (if we're...
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From Kadesh to Kandahar
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review
; Military Theory and the Future of War Only the dead have seen the end of war. PLATO As the world enters the twenty-first century, it appears to be in the midst of revolutionary shifts in the character of international security, with the forces of information technology and globalization seemingly
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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FREE AFTER 5 YEARS IN A STINKING FOREIGN JAIL.. FOR A CRIME I DIDN'T COMMIT; EXCLUSIVE I drank toilet water to survive in vile Indian prison after being falsely accused of drug smuggling I was strip-searched, nearly died from malaria and left in filthy room with dead bodies My dad was dying of leukaemia but only allowed to see me for 10 minutes to say a last goodbye.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; ...when her case split and the boy, Yoram Kadesh, offered her the use of one of his...spare bag, and the next day, she and Kadesh headed for the airport for their KLM flight...contained most of her belongings while Kadesh carried the two cases. But as they passed...
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Handling life's turning points
Newspaper article from: Indianapolis Recorder
; ...Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and...because it mentions a city. Paran to Kadesh. It is a verse that if you're reading...note that the distance from Mt. Sinai to Kadesh Paran was about 150 to 200 miles. A journey...
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Take the bite of out eating; A $500 piece of plastic is designed to make you eat less
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; ...have signed on to sell it. Dr. Jeffrey Kadesh of Quincy is one of four dentists on the...anybody; that's why I got involved," Kadesh said. "Only good can come from it...Center for Eating and Weight Disorders - Kadesh figured there had to be some legitimacy...
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Die Feldzugdarstellungen des Neuen Reiches: Eine Bildanalyse. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; ...completely resolved, is the departure of the Kadesh reliefs from the presumed "norm" of...The unpredictability of the Battle of Kadesh--the desperate counterattack against...creative propagandists alike. Surely the Kadesh reliefs are not mere artistic codes for...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Our daughter was duped into being a drugs mule.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...met up with Israeli businessman Yoran Kadesh. She had met him on a previous trip to...selling them at festivals in the UK. Mr Kadesh, 37, is said to have owed Miss Angus...who discovered the cannabis. She and Mr Kadesh were arrested and have now spent six weeks...
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