16th century BC - Overview. 16th century BC - Events. 1700 – 1500 BC -- Hurrian conquests. 1600 BC* — Shang Dynasty of China established. 1595 BC - Sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I. 1567 BC - Egypt: End of Fifteenth Dynasty, end of Sixteenth Dynasty, end of Seventeenth Dynasty, start of Eighteenth Dynasty. 1550s BC - The city of Mycenae, located in the northeast Peloponnesus, comes to dominate the rest of Achaea, g ...

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Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC 1500s BC - Events and trends. Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England. The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade. Settlers from Crete, Greece move to Miletus, Turkey. Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize. The Phoenic ...

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The 1526 Battle of Mohács was a crucial event in which the rule of the Jagiellon dynasty was shattered by the death of King Louis II. The Ottoman Empire further expanded in the 16th century to include most of Slavonia, western Bosnia and Lika. Later in the same century, large areas of Croatia and Slavonia adjacent to the Ottoman Empire were carved out into the Military Frontier (Vojna Krajina, German Militaergrenze) and ruled directly from Vienna military headquarters. The area became rather deserted and was subsequentl ...

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History of Croatia, History of Croatia - Croatian lands before the Croats until 7th c., History of Croatia - Medieval Croatian state until 1102, History of Croatia - Personal union with Hungary 1102–1526, History of Croatia - Habsburg Empire Venice and the Ottomans 1527–1918, History of Croatia - First Yugoslavia 1918–1941, History of Croatia - World War II 1941–1945, History of Croatia - Second Yugoslavia 1945–1991, History of Croatia - Modern Croatia from 1990/1991

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After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Karabakh became part of the Transcaucasian Federation, but this soon dissolved into separate Armenian, Azeri, and Georgian states. Azerbaijan claimed sovereignty over the province, and sought to secure its claims with the help of the Ottoman Empire. Despite the fact that the Ottomans were defeated in the course of World War I, Karabakh's de facto ownership by Azerbaijan was provisionally recognized in 1919 by the Allies, who recognized Khosrov-bey Sultanov (appointed by the Azerbaijan government) ...

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Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh - Name, Nagorno-Karabakh - Geography, Nagorno-Karabakh - From origins to 1917, Nagorno-Karabakh - Soviet era, Nagorno-Karabakh - Post-Soviet era, Nagorno-Karabakh - UN Security Council Resolutions, Nagorno-Karabakh - From an Armenian perspective, Nagorno-Karabakh - From an Azeri perspective

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Jaina Kalpasutra - A Visual Treat

The Kalpasutra is held in great honour especially by the Svetambara sect of Jainism. A work in Prakrit, its composition is originally attributed to the celebrated author Bhadrabahu (BC 433 to 357).

The Kalpasutra shows the early stage of the development of Jainism, the succession of pontiffs and the rules for Jaina monks during the four months of monsoon or chaturmasa when the monks are not on the move. The text records the five auspicious events - the descent from heaven, birth, initiation, obtaining of omniscience, and death - and many legends of the last three Pathfinders or Tirthankaras: Aristanemi, Parsvanatha, and Mahavira, and those of Rishabhanatha, the first of the 24 Tirthankaras. The arrangement of Bhadrabahu's book moves back in time.

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As an epic, the Iliad contains a sometimes confusingly great number of characters. The latter half of the Iliad's second book (often called the Catalogue of Ships) is devoted entirely to listing the various commanders. Many of the battle scenes in the Iliad feature bit characters who are quickly slain. See Trojan War for a detailed list of participating armies and warriors. The Achaeans (Αχαιοί) - the word "Hellenes", which would today be translated as "Greeks", is not used by Homer Achilles, ...

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Iliad, Iliad - Major characters, Iliad - The story of the Iliad, Iliad - Background to the Iliad: The Trojan War, Iliad - The Iliad's story, Iliad - After the Iliad: Conclusion of the war and after, Iliad - Technical features and translations, Iliad - The Iliad as oral tradition, Iliad - The relationship of Achilles and Patroclus, Iliad - The Iliad in subsequent arts and literature, Iliad - English translations

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Though the Lisbon public transportation network is extremely far-reaching and reliable, the city still suffers from endemic severe traffic problems. Lisbon's transportation system has the Metro as its main artery. Connecting the city centre with the upper and eastern districts. Ambitious expansion projects will increase the network by almost one third, connecting the airport, and the northern and western districts. Bus, funicular and tram services have been supplied by the Companhia de Carris de Ferr ...

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Lisbon, Lisbon - Geography and location, Lisbon - Climate, Lisbon - Demographics, Lisbon - Culture, Lisbon - History, Lisbon - Neolithic era to the Roman Empire, Lisbon - Roman Empire to the Moorish conquest, Lisbon - Moorish Rule, Lisbon - From the Middle Ages to the Portuguese Empire, Lisbon - XIX and XX centuries, Lisbon - Contemporary Events, Lisbon - Economy, Lisbon - Transportation, Lisbon - Education in Lisbon, Lisbon - Gallery, Lisbon - Miscellaneous, Lisbon - Buildings, Lisbon - Prominent people born in Lisbon, Lisbon - Greater Lisbon

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Lisbon is situated at 38°43' north, 9°8' west, making it the westernmost capital in mainland Europe. It is located in the west of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean coast at the point where the river Tagus flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The city occupies an area of 84.6 km². It is important to say that, unlike most major cities, the city boundaries are narrowly defined around the historical city perimeter. This gave rise to the existence of several administratively defined cities around Lisbon, such as Loures, Odivelas, Amadora and Oeiras, which in fact ...

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Lisbon, Lisbon - Geography and location, Lisbon - Climate, Lisbon - Demographics, Lisbon - Culture, Lisbon - History, Lisbon - Neolithic era to the Roman Empire, Lisbon - Roman Empire to the Moorish conquest, Lisbon - Moorish Rule, Lisbon - From the Middle Ages to the Portuguese Empire, Lisbon - XIX and XX centuries, Lisbon - Contemporary Events, Lisbon - Economy, Lisbon - Transportation, Lisbon - Education in Lisbon, Lisbon - Gallery, Lisbon - Miscellaneous, Lisbon - Buildings, Lisbon - Prominent people born in Lisbon, Lisbon - Greater Lisbon

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