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French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Archaeology / Writing from late Antiquity / Middle ages | | French term or phrase: une parasange un tiers | | Document used to translate description of location of an ancient lost city, description dates from fourteenth century. Distance relates to about 7km |
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Also known as a Laodicean, a word derived from an ancient Phrygian city noted for its lukewarm .... Why should we have lost demit (send away) but saved commit? .... parasang n. ancient-Persian measure of length, about 3¼ miles [5.2 km]. ...
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Weights, Measures and Volumes of the Ancient Mediterranean
In became an international city, as well as a Mediterranean centre of ...... Although full knowledge of the ancient British league was lost, ...... They also had many other units, including a Parasang of 4 Greek miles or 21000 feet. ...
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seems to be one of the favourites in Scrabble!
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