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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
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through

What does through mean?

Magic, divination, and astrology, though not perculiar to Babylonia, were more developed there than elsewhere, and it was chiefly through Babylon that they acquired their hold on later antiquity.
  

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It means "via" or "by way of". In other words, later cultures became familiar with these ideas mostly as a result of contact with or study of Babylonian culture. Spelling: peculiar .

  • It means "via" or "by way of".
  • In other words, later cultures became familiar with these ideas mostly as a result of contact with or study of Babylonian culture.
  • Spelling: peculiar .
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It means "via" or "by way of". In other words, later cultures became familiar with these ideas mostly as a result of contact with or study of Babylonian culture.

Spelling: peculiar.

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