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May 2012
The rule of the ancient King of Persia was more enlightened than the despots of today's Islamic Republic of Iran
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September 2009
Could anxiety over the future of the West be behind the publication of so many books on the fall of the Roman Empire?
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Whose Culture?: The Promise of Museums and the Debate over Antiquities edited by James Cuno
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Maurice Bowra: A Life by Leslie Mitchell
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