So on their way to conquests in Egypt, or Asia Minor or Mesopotamia, armies would tramp through the land.

当他们前行征服埃及，小亚细亚或美索不达米亚时，他们践踏这片土地。

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These conditions permitted a development of institutions and habits needed for freedom, even as they also made Europe vulnerable to conquests and to extinction, and Europe was almost extinguished practically before there was a Europe; very early in its history.

这些恰恰是自由的形成和发展,需要的的制度和特征,尽管这也使欧洲,在外敌入侵时变的不堪一击,实际上,在它早期的历史中,欧洲在尚未形成前就差点消失

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