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		<title>Cremation of a Viking Chieftain: more than just fire in a boat…</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matthew Scheer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the The Mammoth Book of Eye-Witness History by Jon E. Lewis, the Arab traveler Ibn Fadlan describes what he saw of a Swedish Viking’s funeral in the tenth century: One day I learnt that one of their chieftains had died. He was placed apart in a grave which was covered over for ten days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Schoolboy’s Day, Sumer, c. 2000 BC; and Hunting Crocodiles, Egypt, c. 450 BC</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[These two quotes are from The Mammoth Book of Eye-Witness Histories, edited by Jon E. Lewis. They are both translations from the original texts: A Schoolboy’s Day, Sumer, c. 2000 BC Anonymous [The Sumerians of Mesopotamia (now Iraq), built the first cities, the first state. They invented writing and the formal education of children.] Arriving [...]]]></description>
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