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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC - 203 BC - 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC Events Second Punic War: Scipio's surprise night attack destroyed the first Carthaginian army under Hasdrubal Gisco and Syphax The Romans under Scipio again defeat the second Carthaginian army of Hasdrubal Gisco and Sy ...

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Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη, sometimes given the etymology "she of the hair" if her name is Greek, not Phrygian, but more widely considered of Luwian origin, from Kubaba; Roman equivalent: Magna Mater or "Great Mother") was a manifestation of the Earth Mother goddess who was worshipped in Anatolia from Neolithic times. Like Gaia or her Minoan equivalent Rhea, Cybele embodies the fertile earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals (especially lions and bees) ...

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• Cybele - Cult history
• Cybele - Overview: Anatolia Greece and Rome
• Cybele - Anatolian Cybele
• Cybele - Cybele and Attis
• Cybele - Aegean Cybele
• Cybele - Roman Cybele
• Cybele - Notes

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Antiochus III the Great, (c. 241–187 BC, ruled 223–187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. His traditional designation, the Great, stems from a misunderstanding of Megas Basileus (Great king), the traditional title of the Persian kings, which he adopted. Antiochus III the Great - Early years. Antiochus III inherited a disorganized state. Not only had Asia Minor become detached, but the further easte ...

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• Antiochus III the Great - Early years
• Antiochus III the Great - Wars against Diadoches
• Antiochus III the Great - War against Rome

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Xiang Yu (Traditional:項羽; Simplified: 项羽; Wade-Giles: Hsiang Yü; pinyin: Xiàng Yǚ; 232 BC - 202 BC) was a prominent general during the fall of the Qin Dynasty. His name was Ji (籍), Yu was his courtesy name. He was a descendant of Chu nobility. A great general, it took him only several years to put a giant empire effectively at his whim -- but no diplomat or statesman, his impetuous nature and inability to realize his shortcomings doomed him to failure. He is commonly known by his self-styled title of Xichu Bawang ( ...

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• Xiang Yu - Early career
• Xiang Yu - The Battle of Julu and Xiang's rise to military supremacy
• Xiang Yu - Entry into Qin proper and Xiang's jealousy of Liu Bang
• Xiang Yu - Xiang's deposition of Prince Xin of Chu and division of the empire
• Xiang Yu - Xiang's downfall
• Xiang Yu - Impact on Chinese history

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David H. Li, born 1928 in Ningbo, China, moved to the United States of America in 1949. He currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland. After retirement from an accountancy and academic career, Professor Li has published a number of books in the English language on the culture of China, including translations of the Analects of Confucius, The Art of War, and Tao Te Ching, as well as several books on Xiangqi or Chinese chess. In his book "The Genealogy of Chess" (which won the Book of the Year 1998 award from the editors of GAM ...

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The Chu-Han contention (楚漢相爭 or 楚漢春秋, 206–202 BC) was a post-Qin Dynasty interregnum period in China. During this period the rebel kings derived from the collapse of Qin Dynasty formed two camps fighting each other. One camp was headed by Liu Bang, King of Han while the other was headed by Xiang Yu, King Ba of Chu. Several minor kings also fought independent wars against each other during that period. The war ended with total victory of Liu Bang, who claimed himself the emperor and established the Han Dynasty. Including:

• Chu-Han contention - Origin of the War
• Chu-Han contention - Political Situation at the Start of the War
• Chu-Han contention - Start of the War: Qi Rebellion
• Chu-Han contention - Occupation of Guanzhong by Liu Bang
• Chu-Han contention - Development in Other Kingdoms
• Chu-Han contention - Battle of Pengcheng and Lingbi
• Chu-Han contention - Recovery of Han
• Chu-Han contention - Chu Striking Back
• Chu-Han contention - Battle of River of Si
• Chu-Han contention - Conquest of Qi by Han Xin
• Chu-Han contention - End of the War
• Chu-Han contention - Aftermath
• Chu-Han contention - Legends
• Chu-Han contention - Impact on Chinese culture
• Chu-Han contention - Notable Figures

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blitz games:~10 minutes Xiangqi (Chinese: 象棋; Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngqí; Wade-Giles: hsiang-ch'i; ( listen)), is a two-player Chinese game in a family of strategic board games of which Western chess, Japanese shogi, and the more similar Korean janggi are also members. The character 象 xiàng here has the meaning "image" or "representational", hence Xiangqi can be literally translated as "representational chess". The game, however, is com ...

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• Xiangqi - Rules of the game
• Xiangqi - Board
• Xiangqi - Pieces
• Xiangqi - Ending the game
• Xiangqi - Notation
• Xiangqi - Notational system 1
• Xiangqi - Notational system 2
• Xiangqi - Gameplay and strategy
• Xiangqi - Openings
• Xiangqi - History
• Xiangqi - Xiangqi tournaments and leagues
• Xiangqi - Rankings
• Xiangqi - Xiangqi and computers
• Xiangqi - Books
• Xiangqi - Notes

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This article is about the Han Dynasty strategist. For the Yellow Turban general, see Zhang Liang (Yellow Turban). Zhang Liang (張良, d. 189 BC) (meaning Zhang who is of good conscience), courtesy name Zifang (子房), was a descendant from a noble family of State of Han during the Warring States Period. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all officials of the State of Han (韩). Zhang Liang had once planned an assassination against Qin Shi Huang but the employed assassin mistakenly destroyed the d ...

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• Zhang Liang - The assassination attempt against Qin Shi Huang
• Zhang Liang - Meeting Liu Bang and divided loyalties between serving him and restablishing Hán
• Zhang Liang - Death of Hán Cheng and Zhang's subsequent permanent allegiance to Liu
• Zhang Liang - Contributions to Liu Bang during Chu Han Contention
• Zhang Liang - Contributions after the establishment of Han Dynasty
• Zhang Liang - Impact on Chinese history

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Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna Aeneas Romulus Numa Early Kings Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Vestal Virgins Flamen Dialis The ...

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• Roman mythology - Nature of early Roman myth
• Roman mythology - Early mythology about the gods
• Roman mythology - Early mythology about Roman history
• Roman mythology - Native Roman and Italic gods
• Roman mythology - Foreign gods
• Roman mythology - Major Roman deities
• Roman mythology - Sources

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC - 200 BC - 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC 196 BC 195 BC Events Rome declares war upon Philip V, king of Macedon. Second Macedonian War begins. Roman forces defeat the Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul at Cremona Hannibal becomes Chief Magistrate of Carthage. The Bacchanalia ...

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Galli was the Roman name for castrated followers of the Phrygian goddess Cybele, which can be regarded as transgendered in today's terms. Cybele's Galli were similar in form to other colleges of priests in Asia Minor that ancient authors described as "eunuchs", such as the priests of Atargatis described by Apuleius and Lucian, or the galloi of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The first Galli arrived in Rome when the Senate officially adopted Cybele as a state goddess in 203 BC. Until t ...

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC - 198 BC - 197 BC 196 BC 195 BC 194 BC 193 BC Events Battle of Panium Antiochus III the Great secures the conquest of Coele-Syria and Judea from Egypt with this victory Battle of the Aous Roman forces under Titus Quinctius Flamininus defeat the Macedonians under Philip V Abdera becomes a free city under Roman rule.

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC - 207 BC - 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 207 BC - Events. Emperor Qin Er Shi of the Qin Dynasty of China is assassinated by his chief eunuch Zhao Gao. He is replaced by his nephew Ziying, who in turn assassinates Zhao Gao. Second Punic War: The ...

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• 207 BC - Events
• 207 BC - Births
• 207 BC - Deaths

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC - 201 BC - 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC 196 BC Events Philip V of Macedon is defeated at sea by the Egyptians, Rhodians, and Pergamese in the Battle of Chios. In Rome, according to Livy, land was distributed to veterans of the Second Punic War, in the first instance of a practice that later became commonplace. Construction of Nanchang started.

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC - 206 BC - 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC Events Second Punic War: Scipio Africanus Major destroyed the combined Carthaginian army of Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco in the Battle of Ilipa, thus ending Carthaginian hold in Spain. Mago evacuates the remaining Ca ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC - 204 BC - 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC Events Second Punic War: Cato the Elder goes to Sicily to serve as the quaestor of Scipio Africanus Major, and publicly objects to Scipio's lavish spending. Scipio Africanus Major lands in Africa to fight the Carthagin ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC - 205 BC - 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC Events Second Punic War: Carthaginians under Mago land in Liguria, capturing Genoa and Savona. Scipio Africanus Major is elected consul, and departs to Sicily to prepare the invasion of Africa Quintus Pleminiu ...

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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 3rd century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC - 202 BC - 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC Events October 19 - In an epic showdown between the two greatest generals of their age, Scipio Africanus Major defeats Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. On Hannibal's advice, Carthage sues for peace, ending the Second Punic War. Carthage is reduced to a client state.

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After the first emperor Qin Shi Huang united China by conquesting the rest six kingdoms, in 219 BC, he ordered his generals to conquer the area of present-day Guangdong and Guangxi. The conquest was completed in 214 BC. A new administrative unit, Nanhai Commandery (南海郡) was formed to rule the area corresponding approximately to present-day Guangdong. Zhao Tuo was appointed to manage a Long Chuan (龍川), a strategic place in the military. He asked Qin Shi Huang to send 500 thousand people from Central China to Nanhai to assimilate ...

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Nam Việt, Nam Việt - History, Nam Việt - Kings, Nam Việt - Controversy, Nam Việt - Archaeological findings, Nam Việt - Guangdong and Vietnam

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Fishing - Hand fishing. It is possible to fish with minimal equipment by using only the hands. In the USA catching catfish in this way is known as noodling. In the British Isles, the practice of catching trout by hand is known as trout tickling; it is an art mentioned several times in the plays of Shakespeare. Trout binning is a method of fishing, possibly fictional, performed with a sledgehammer[7]. Divers can catch lobsters by hand. Pearl diving is the practice of hunting for o ...

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Fishing, Fishing - Fishing in antiquity, Fishing - Origins, Fishing - Ancient representations, Fishing - Ancient literature, Fishing - Fishing techniques, Fishing - Hand fishing, Fishing - Spear and bow fishing, Fishing - Fishing nets, Fishing - Dredging, Fishing - Fishing lines, Fishing - Kite fishing, Fishing - Ice fishing, Fishing - Fish traps, Fishing - Trained animals, Fishing - Toxins, Fishing - Explosives, Fishing - Modern fishing, Fishing - Recreational fishing, Fishing - Commercial fishing, Fishing - Preservation, Fishing - Fish products, Fishing - Food, Fishing - Live fish, Fishing - Other products, Fishing - Cultural references, Fishing - End notes

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