During this period non-nobility was usually killed with an ax. In the 14th Century BC, the Hittite Code also prescribed the death penalty. The 7th Century BC Draconian Code of Athens made death ...

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In the 19th century, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann ... These entrances allowed the nobility to enter with their horse-drawn carriages. “Pièrre de taille”––also known as ashlar or ...

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More likely the Javanese nobility was influenced by learned Muslim mystics (Sufis) and holy men claiming to possess supernatural powers. In the late 14th and early 15th century the influence of ...