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This source names Africa directly: "khagans and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Americas directly: "and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Asia directly: "founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Mesopotamians directly: "Rulers, emperors and monarchs held political sovereignty, whatever their religious significance beyond it: the Roman emperors under whom Christianity moved from persecuted sect to state church, the..."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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