It was just a more refined, more highly evolved, version of Ancient Near Eastern religion.

这是一种更加精炼的，更加进化的,古近东宗教版本。

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One that was developed a number of years ago but has been perfected and refined in recent years with very, very good research.

该概念很多年前就已经提出了,但在近年通过高水平的研究才被改进完善

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Typically, we speak of the Bronze Age, the Mycenaean Period and so on, followed by the Dark Ages, but after that,you started having refined terms which derive actually from the world of the history of art.

通常,我们会说,青铜时代,迈锡尼文明时代,等等,之后是黑暗时代,但是在那之后,开始有精确的术语来界定时代,这些术语实际上源于艺术史的领域

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