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| The agricultural revolution
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About 10,000 years ago Central Africa began to undergo an economic . It started in the north, where a new dry phase in the Earth's history forced people to make better use of a more limited part of ...
 | Egyptian
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The sensational discovery of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen (18th dynasty; 1539–1292 BC) revealed the fabulous treasures that accompanied an Egyptian sovereign, both during his lifetime and ...
| Teutonic
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While in the Byzantine area classic forms of expression were being wiped out by the development of a skillful class of artisans who impressed their entirely ornamental taste on jewelry produced ...
| North American
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The diverse forms taken by personal ornamentation are related to the type of life led by the numerous ethnic and tribal groups scattered throughout the vast American territory. The most highly ...
| Southeast Asian
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There is a long gold-working tradition among the peoples of Southeast Asia, whose jewelry shows evidence of Tibetan, Chinese, and Indian stylistic influence. The areas in which personal ornamentation ...
| Nomadic cultures
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During the 1st millennium BC and the 1st centuries of the Christian era, certain nomadic tribes affected the course of Central Asia's artistic history. Cyrus II the Great, the ancient Persian king ...
| Traditional culture patterns
from Central American and northern Andean Indian
Accounts of the indigenous cultures are fragmentary and based largely on occasional reports by missionaries, explorers, and soldiers. In some instances, widespread and apparently important cultures ...
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