Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium Bc: Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium Bc
(3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – other millennia) 2nd millennium BC - Events. To grasp the spirit of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ugarit: Encyclopedia - Ugarit
Ugarit (modern site Ras Shamra رأس شمرة; in Arabic) 35°35´ N; 35°45´E) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia - Colombia
 - Total (2003)  - Density 44,531,434 36/km²  - Declared  - Recognised July 20, 1810 August 7, 1819 The Republic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cleopatra's Needle: Encyclopedia - Cleopatra's Needle
Cleopatra's Needles are a trio of obelisks in London, Paris (Place de la Concorde) and New York City. Each is made of red granite, stands...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santorini: Encyclopedia - Santorini
Santorini (Greek Σαντορίνη) is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in the Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hittites: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittites - The Biblical Hittites
References to a people whose name is transcribed into English as "Hittites" (or sometimes "Hettites") are found throughout the Hebrew Bib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Disasters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Disasters - Transportation Disasters
List of disasters - Air disasters. See also: List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by year This is a list o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - History
Around 1450 BC there was cultural activity near Bogotá, in "El Abra". In 1000 BC, groups of Amerindians developed the political system o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Warfare And The Minoan Peace
It is generally assumed there was little internal armed conflict on Minoan Crete. In the past, this condition was known as "Pax Minoica,"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santorini: Encyclopedia Ii - Santorini - Ancient Volcanic Eruption
The devastating volcanic eruption of Thira has become the most famous single event in the Aegean before the fall of Troy. The eruption wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - History
As early as Akkadian times, Hurrians are known to have lived east of the river Tigris on the northern rim of Mesopotamia, and in the Khab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ugarit: Encyclopedia Ii - Ugarit - The Site
Ugarit's location was forgotten until 1928 when an Alawite peasant accidentally opened an old tomb while plowing a field. The discovered ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thutmose Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Thutmose Iii - Thutmose's Military Campaigns
Widely considered a military genius by historians, he was an active expansionist ruler, sometimes referred to as the Napoleon of Egypt, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurrians: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurrians - History
Like most aspects of Hurrian society, their origins are still a mystery. The Hurrians spoke an agglutinative language, conventionally cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium Bc: Encyclopedia Ii - 2nd Millennium Bc - Events
To grasp the spirit of the 2nd millennium BC, we must divide it in two parts, for there is a period of change around its middle so import...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - History
As early as Akkadian times, Hurrians are known to have lived east of the river Tigris on the northern rim of Mesopotamia, and in the Khab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cleopatra's Needle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cleopatra's Needle - History Of The Needles
Cleopatra's Needle - London. The London needle is in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - History
Around 1450 BC there was cultural activity near Bogotá, in "El Abra". In 1000 BC, groups of amerindians developed the political system o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habiru: Encyclopedia Ii - Habiru - The Sources
Habiru - Sumerian records. Sumerian documents from the reign of Shulgi of Ur (around 2150 BC) describe a class of "unclothed people, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ugarit: Encyclopedia Ii - Ugarit - Ugarit Religion
Ugaritic religion centered on the chief god, Ilu or El, the "father of mankind", "the creator of the creation". The Court of El or Ilu wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Most Important Cities Of Colombia
The most important cities of Colombia are those that have the most important politic, economy, industrial, Urban and cultural development...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ugarit: Encyclopedia Ii - Ugarit - Ugaritic Literature
Apart from royal correspondence to neighbouring Bronze Age monarchs, Ugaritic literature from tablets found in the libraries include myth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ugarit: Encyclopedia Ii - Ugarit - History
Though the site is thought to have been inhabited earlier, Neolithic Ugarit was already important enough to be fortified with a wall earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Demographics
Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful history and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thutmose Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Thutmose Iii - Controversy About Relationship With Hatshepsut
After the death of her husband Thutmose II, Hatshepsut usurped the throne from Thutmose III and held it until her death. Although Thutmos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Most Important Cities Of Colombia
The most important cities of Colombia are those that have the most important politic, economy, industrial, Urban and cultural development...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Economy
After experiencing decades of steady growth (average GDP growth exceeded 4% in the 1970-1998 period), Colombia entered into a recession i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Art
The great collection of Minoan art is in the museum at Heraklion, near Knossos on the north shore of Crete. Minoan art, with other remain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Demographics
Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful history and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Departments
Additionally, there is one capital district (distrito capital), Bogotá D.C. ... See also:Colombia, Colombia - History, Colombia - Pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Geography
Located in the North of South America (4 00 N, 72 00 W) and part of Caribbean South America. The only South American country with coast i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Agriculture
The Minoans raised cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and grew wheat, barley, vetch, chickpeas, cultivated grapes, figs, olives, and grew poppie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Hurri Mitanni/maitani And Hanilgalbat
"Mitanni" seems to have been the native term; this entity may also have been the Biblical Harran, though this is contested. We may assume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Politics
Colombia is a republic where the executive branch dominates government structure. Up until recently, the president was elected together w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Possible Connections To Sanskrit And Indo-aryans
Some scholars try to equate the deities venerated by the Mitanni with Vedic deities, and trace the names used by the aristocracy to Indo-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Art
The great collection of Minoan art is in the museum at Heraklion, near Knossos on the north shore of Crete. Minoan art, with other remain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Possible Connections To Sanskrit And Indo-aryans
Some scholars try to equate the deities venerated by the Mitanni with Vedic deities, and trace the names used by the aristocracy to Indo-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hittites: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittites - Archaeological Discovery
The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets found at the Assyrian colony of Kültepe (ancient Karum Kanesh), c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurrians: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurrians - Impact
Hurrian speakers formed the majority population of the kingdom of Mitanni, though they appear to have been governed by a class of foreign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurrians: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurrians - Connections And Origin Theories
It is believed by some scholars that the Hurrians mixed with their neighbors, such as the Armenians after arriving in the Caucasus around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Hurri Mitanni/maitani And Hanilgalbat
"Mitanni" seems to have been the native term; this entity may also have been the Biblical Harran, though this is contested. We may assume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Geography
Located in the North of South America (4 00 N, 72 00 W) and part of Caribbean South America. The only South American country with coast i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Politics
Colombia is a republic where the executive branch dominates government structure. Up until recently, the president was elected together w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Economy
After experiencing decades of steady growth (average GDP growth exceeded 4% in the 1970-1998 period), Colombia entered into a recession i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colombia: Encyclopedia Ii - Colombia - Demographics
Colombia has a diverse population that reflects its colourful history and the peoples that have populated her from ancient, to colonial a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurrians: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurrians - Notes
Note 1: Güterbock, Hans Gustav: "Hittite Religion"; in Forgotten Religions: Including Some Living Primitive Religions (ed. Vergilius Fer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Disasters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Disasters - Natural Disasters
List of disasters - Prehistoric disasters. The Snowball Earth hypothesis. The Toba eruption about 75,000 years ago. Various extinction...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Culture
Minoan men wore loincloths and kilts. Women wore robes that were open to the navel and had short sleeves and flounced skirts. The pattern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Politics
In Minoan art, women vastly outnumber men (see archaeologists Goodison and Morris, 1998, p. 115). Women are shown seated on thrones, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Religion
The Minoans worshipped goddesses, (see Rodney Castleden, Minoans, 1994; Goodison and Morris, Ancient Goddesses, 1998; Nanno Marinatos, Mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Technology
The Minoan cities were connected with stone-paved roads, formed from blocks cut with bronze saws. Streets were drained and water and sewa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Palaces
The first palaces were constructed at the end of the Early Minoan period in the third millenum BC (Malia). While it was formerly believed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Agriculture
The Minoans raised cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and grew wheat, barley, vetch, chickpeas, cultivated grapes figs, olives, and grew poppies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Disasters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Disasters - Other Man-made Disasters
List of disasters - Nuclear disasters. Windscale, United Kingdom (October 7, 1957) Three Mile Island, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Geography And Climate
Crete is a mountainous island with natural harbors. There are signs of earthquake damage at Minoan sites. Homer recorded a tradition that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Chronological History
The oldest signs of inhabitants on Crete are ceramic Neolithic remains that date to approximately 7000 BC. See History of Crete for detai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Theories Of Failure
There is evidence that the trade networks collapsed, and that Minoan cities perished by famine. The Minoans' grain supply is believed to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santorini: Encyclopedia Ii - Santorini - Minoan Akrotiri
Excavations starting in 1967 at the site called Akrotiri under the late Prof. Spyridon Marinatos have made Thera the best-known "Minoan" ...   » Read the article