Laws and customs in the South, however,still kept blacks and whites mostly separated.

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Some point to the presence of Egyptian names, and customs, and religious beliefs and laws as a sign of some historical memory being preserved in these stories.

一些人指出故事中埃及名字的出现，以及风俗，宗教信仰和律法,当它们当作故事中保存的历史记忆。

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I looked at this, you see, and at the men who were in politics, at the laws and customs.

我观察这些人,这些在掌握政治权力法律及海关的人。

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From time to time, they wandered to Egypt or Mesopotamia often in search of pasture for their animals. And various details of their language, their customs, their laws, their religion, it's argued, seem to fit well into the period of the Late Bronze Age.

时而不时的，他们常在埃及或美索不达米亚游荡,为他们的牲口寻找牧场，大量关于他们的语言,他们的习俗，他们的律法，他们的宗教的细节，据说，都与融入了后青铜时期的特征。

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We are what we are because of the power and authority of the laws, the customs, the traditions, the culture that has shaped us.

我们的存在,是因为法律，习俗，传统及文化的职权与威信,这些形塑了我们。

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Their distinctive customs manners laws habits moral dispositions and sentiments and Aristotle's constitutional theorizing begins by asking a simple question.

意即他们特有的习惯，风俗，法律，习性,道德意向及社群观感,而亚里士多德的本质理论化过程,是透过提问一个简单的问题。

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