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| ARTICLES RELATED TO 16th century BC | | | |  16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Moses - Moses in mediaMoses appears as the central character in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille movie, The Ten Commandments. He is played by Charlton Heston.
DeMille's introduction to the movie is timeless in its own right, and well illustrates the primary ethical dilemma confronting men in Moses' lifetime:
"...The theme of this picture is whether man ought to be ruled by God’s law or whether they are to be ruled by the whims of a dictator like Ramesses. Are men the property of the state or are they free souls under God? This same battle cont ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Jiangxi - Culture Jiangxi is the main area of concentration of the Gan varieties of Chinese, spoken over most of the northern two-thirds of the province. Examples include the Nanchang dialect, Yichun dialect and Ji'an dialect. The southern one-third of the province speaks Hakka. There are also Mandarin, Hui, and Wu dialects spoken along the northern border.
Ganju (Jiangxi opera) is the type of Chinese opera performed in Jiangxi.
Although little known outside of the province, Jiangxi cuisine is rich and distinctive. Flavors are some of the strongest in China, with heavy use of chile peppers and especia ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Jiangxi - Economy Rice is the dominant crop in Jiangxi. Cash crops commonly grown include cotton and rapeseed.
Jiangxi is rich in mineral resources, leading the provinces of China in deposits of copper, tungsten, gold, silver, uranium, thorium, tantalum, niobium, among others. Noted centers of mining include Dexing (copper) and Dayu County (tungsten).
Jiangxi is rather poor among the provinces of China. It is located in extreme proximity to some of the richest provinces of China (Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian), which are sometimes blamed for taking away talent and capital from Jiangxi.
Jiangxi's nominal GDP for 2003 was about 34 billion USD and ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Jiangxi - Administrative divisions Jiangxi is divided into 11 prefecture-level divisions, all of them prefecture-level cities:
Nanchang (Simplified Chinese: 南昌市; Hanyu pinyin: Nánchāng Shì)
Jiujiang (九江市 Jiǔjiāng Shì)
Jingdezhen (景德镇市 Jǐngdézhèn Shì)
Pingxiang (萍乡市 Píngxiāng Shì)
Xinyu (新余市 Xīnyú Shì)
Yingtan (鹰潭市 Yīngtán Shì)
Ganzhou (赣州市 Gànzhōu Shì)
Yichun (宜春市 Yíchūn Shì)
Shangrao (上饶市 Shàngráo Shì)
Ji'an (吉安市 Jí'ān Sh ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Jiangxi - Geography Mountains surround Jiangxi on three sides, with the Mufu Mountains, Jiuling Mountains, and Luoxiao Mountains on the west; Huaiyu Mountains and Wuyi Mountains on the east; and the Jiulian Mountains and Dayu Mountains in the south. The southern half of the province is hilly with ranges and valleys interspersed; while the northern half is flatter and lower in altitude. The highest point in Jiangxi is Mount Huanggang in the Wuyi Mountains, on the border with ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Jiangxi - Tourism Near the northern port city of Jiujiang (九江) is the resort area of Mount Lushan (卢山). A wellknown destination in China, this resort area has stunning scenery and also some historical interest. Sadly it is all too aware of its tourism suitability and, as a result, is a very expensive place to visit. Also near the city are Donglin (East Wood) Temple (东林寺) and Tiefo (Iron Buddha) Temple (铁佛 ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Moses - Moses in Judaism A wealth of stories and additional information about Moses can be found in the Jewish genre of rabbinical exegesis known as Midrash, as well as in the primary works of the Jewish oral law, the Mishnah and the Talmud. Little evidence outside of religious sources supports any of these stories, according to its detractors. However, the strong and rigid rules for scribes making copies of the Torah, provide a continuity into the ancient past, and many of the sto ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Moses - The horned Moses Due to a statement towards the end of the book of Exodus (at 34:29-35), in which Moses is depicted as having been disfigured due to his direct encounter with God, various traditions grew up as to what the disfigurement was. Jonathan Kirsch, in his book Moses: A Life, thought that, since Moses subsequently had to wear a veil to hide it, the disfigurement was a sort of "divine radiation burn".
There is one longstanding and possibly pagan tradition that Moses grew horns. This is derived from a mistranslation of the Hebrew p ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Moses - Ethical dilemmas If the Bible gives an accurate description of Moses' views, then by "modern standards" some of his commands might amount to calls for murder, war crimes or slavery. For instance, according to Numbers 31:15-18, he called for the massacre of boys and the enslavement of female children to Israelite veterans of the Midian war ("kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the little girls among the women, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves"). ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Moses - Moses in Christianity For Christians, Moses – mentioned more often in the New Testament than any other Old Testament figure – is often a symbol of the contrast between traditional Judaism and the teachings of Jesus. New Testament writers often made comparison of Jesus' words and deeds with Moses' in order to explain Jesus' mission. In the book of Acts, for example, the rejection of Moses by the Jews when they worshipped the golden calf is liken ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Chariot - Indo-Iranians The earliest chariots known are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan from around 2000 BC. This culture is at least partially derived from the earlier Yamna culture. It built heavily fortified settlements, engaged in bronze metallurgy on a scale hitherto unprecedented and practiced complex burial rituals reminiscent of Aryan rituals known from the Rigveda. The Sintashta-Petrovka chariot burials yield spoke-wheeled chariots. The Andronovo culture over t ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Chariot - China The earliest chariot burial site in China, discovered in 1933 at Hougang, Anyang of central China's Henan Province, dates to the rule of King Wu Ding of the Yin Dynasty (ca. 1200 BC). But chariots may have been known before, from as early as the Xia Dynasty (17th century BC) [1]. During the Shang dynasty, members of the royalty were buried with a complete household and servants, including a chariot, horses, and a charioteer. Shang chariot was often drawn by two horses, but four are occasionally found in burials. The crew consisted of an arch ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Hatshepsut - Changing image
Hatshepsut - In Egyptology.
After her death, many of her monuments were defaced or destroyed. Replacing the names on older monuments with the name of the current ruler was a common practice of pharaohs, but in some cases this is thought to have been an act of damnatio memoriae—condemning a person by erasing him or her from recorded existence[10]. Egyptologists have differing views on who defaced Hatshepsut's monuments and their possible motivations including resentment for the be ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Hatshepsut - Names As with most pharaohs, Hatshepsut had a number of names. Her birth name, or nomen, was Hatshepsut, to which she suffixed the epithet Khenmetamun, and prefixed the praenomen, or throne name Maat-ka-re. Her names are written as shown in Egyptian hieroglyphs on the right; Maat-ka-re to the top and Hatshepsut to the bottom.
Maat-ka-re means "Maàt is the ka-spirit of Ra" and Hatshepsut means "Foremost of distinguished women, Joined with Amun". Together they mean "Maàt is the ka-spirit of Ra, Foremost of distin ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Hatshepsut - Family and pre-pharaonic life She was the eldest daughter of Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose, both of whom were of fully royal blood. Thutmose I and Ahmose are known to have had only one other child, a daughter Akhbetneferu (Neferubity), who died in infancy. Thutmose I had been married to Mutnofret before Ahmose, and produced several half-brothers to Hatshepsut: Wadjmose, Amenose, Thutmose II, and possibly Ramose, through that union. Both Wadjmose and Amenose were prepared to succeed their father, but neither lived beyond adolescence. In childhood, Hatshepsut is believed to ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Greek language - History This article does not cover the reconstructed history of Greek prior to the use of writing. For more information, see main article on Proto-Greek language.
Greek has been spoken in the Balkan Peninsula since the 2nd millennium BC. The earliest evidence of this is found in the Linear B tablets dating from 1500 BC. The later Greek alphabet (q.v.) is unrelated to Linear B, and was derived from the Phoenician alphabet (abjad); with minor modifications, it is still used today. Greek is conventi ...
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| | | | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - History of literature - The Greeks and the Romans
History of literature - The Greeks.
Ancient Greek society placed considerable emphasis upon literature. Many authors consider the western literary tradition to have begun with the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, which remain giants in the literary canon for their skillful and vivid depictions of war and peace, honor and disgrace, love and hatred. Notable among later Greek po ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - History of literature - Early Chinese literature The first great author on military tactics and strategy was Sun Tzu, whose The Art of War remains on the shelves of many modern military officers (and its advice has been applied to the corporate world as well). Philosophy developed far differently in China than in Greece—rather than presenting extended dialogues, the Analects of Confucius and Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching presented sayings and proverbs more dire ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - History of literature - Early Indian literature Indian epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita have influenced countless other works, including Balinese Kecak and other performances such as shadow puppetry (wayang), and many European influenced works.
See main articles:
Indian literature
Sanskrit literature
Tamil literature
Hindi literature
Urdu literature
Indian writing in English
Bengali literature ...
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| | | | | 16th century BC: Encyclopedia II - Greek language - Examples
Greek language - Some common words and phrases.
Greek (man): Έλληνας, IPA /ˈe̞liˌnas/
Greek (woman): Ελληνίδα /ˌe̞liˈniða/
Greek (language): Ελληνικά /e̞ˌliniˈka/
hello: γεια /ʝa/ (informal, literally "health"), you say this only t ...
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