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Word: alalakh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...demon, a god, or some ancient's idea of a joke? Was I molded and cast by a Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Kassite, Hurrian, Hyksos, Elamite, or by some barbaric genius of the Caucasus? Was my native city Eridu, perhaps, or Susa. Persepolis, Nineveh, Larsa, Lagash, Umma, Ur, Alalakh, or Hattusas? Am I 5,000 years old, or closer to a mere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Men of Mystery | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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