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Duration of Frankish Empire

Duration of Frankish Empire (700 y)

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Duration of Frankish Empire (700 y)

  • is 2.5 x Duration of Ming Dynasty (276 y)...more

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Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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