ancient world
collocation in Englishmeaningsofancientandworld
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ancient
adjective
uk/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/us/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very ...
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world
noun
uk/wɜːld/us/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofancientandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofancient world
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Theancientworldmade a welcome reappearance in three theses.
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Interpretations of theancientworldoften played a central role.
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Singing in particular had suggested such a relationship in theancientworld.
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In theancientworld, houses were not architecture, public buildings alone were architecture.
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Standing female nudity was much rarer than standing male nudity in theancientworld.
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The magnetic pull exerted by theancientworldwas, however, hard to resist.
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Dance, in fact, was a central element in opera's rediscovery and re-creation of theancientworld.
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Whatever debate there may be about the source of this rupture, all concur that theancientworldis irrecoverable.
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A wonderful case in point is the recent explosion of interest in identity in theancientworld.
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The political dimension long predates science, reaching back to the beginnings of accounting and surveying in theancientworld.
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We can trace these associations in contemporary conduct books as well as in the authoritative medical literature handed down from theancientworld.
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Its appearance every couple of years like a drop of blood in the sky led to warlike attributes in theancientworld.
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A study such as this, which focuses attention on an area, a landscape and a society, does much to nuance and qualify general assessments of theancientworld.
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Finally, temporal provincialism was opposed to politeness, which often (though not always) was related to the embodiment of good, sociable, and effective form found in theancientworld.
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On its own, the extract above is hardly strong on narrative sense, even if it is evocative of the rhythmic pulses of some unknown and alienancientworld.
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The way in which historians have regarded exchange in theancientworldis very much coloured by their view of the character of the ancient economy in general.
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Some of theancientworldreligions help to form the cultures of the newer economies.
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Today too much of the steel industry is in theancientworld.
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The dualism of mind and matter harassed and perplexed the finest minds of theancientworld.
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If so, he will find that there is a sharp divide between theancientworldand the modern world.
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I doubt whether we wanted to be committed to one that is representative of theancientworld, inefficient and opaque.
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There were locksmiths in theancientworld, as well as bodyguards, watchmen and craftsmen making security grilles.
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Scylax was famous in theancientworld.
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You know, power that's been preserved from theancientworld.
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