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- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Gould, Stephen Jay (2000). The Lying Stones of Marrakech . New York: Random House|Harmony Books. ISBN 0-609-60142-3.