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HIST 174: The History of Traditional East Asia

Professor Mark McNicholas

Boolean Operators: AND ~~ OR ~~ NOT

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AND narrows your search results

  • Confucius AND history

OR expands and broadens your search results

  • Neolithic OR Yangshao

NOT excludes and narrows your search results

  • katakana NOT hiragana

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  • "Bronze Age"
  • "mysterious learning"
  • "Dong Zhongshu"

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  • Confucius and history site:.edu
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