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Excerpt from full article: Sarah F. Derbew believes you cannot analyze ancient writings and performances solely through the modern lens of race, even though many scholars do.
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Description: From Akkad’s “First World Empire” to the fall of Rome, imperial rulers of the ancient world often sought ways to express their…

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Rush Rehm
2022
Didier Natalizi Baldi, Lena Cavicchia, Lucy Chat, Fiona Clunan, Katherine Finley, Natalie Francis, Kiana Hu, Michaela Phan, Sadie Sarkisian
2022