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Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia - Phoenicia
Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon, ...   » Read the article

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Encyclopedia - Scythia: Encyclopedia - Scythia
Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by a group of Iranian people speaking Indo-Iranian languages, known as the Scyt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire was one of several political states founded after the death of Alexander the Great, whose generals squabbled over th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wei State: Encyclopedia - Wei State
The following details the state of Wei of the Warring States Period. Refer to Ran Min for his state of Wei during the Sixteen Kingdoms. F...   » Read the article

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Encyclopedia - Atilius: Encyclopedia - Atilius
Atilius was the nomen of the gens Atilia of ancient Rome. Marcus Atilius Regulus Calenus, consul 335 BC Lucius Atilius, tribune 311 BC M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia - Warring States Period
The Warring States Period (traditional Chinese: 戰國時代, simplified Chinese: 战国时代 pinyin Zhànguó Shídài) takes place fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Partition Of Jin
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin (晉) was arguably the most powerful state in China. However, near the end of the Sprin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - The Partition Of Alexander's Empire 323-281 Bc
Alexander the Great had conquered the Persian Empire within a short time-frame and died young, leaving an expansive empire of partly Hell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scythia: Encyclopedia Ii - Scythia - History
Scythia - Overview. To date, no widely accepted explanation exists for the origin of the Scythians, nor how they migrated to the Caucas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - The Partition Of Alexander's Empire 323-281 Bc
Alexander the Great had conquered the Persian Empire within a short time-frame and died young, leaving an expansive empire of partly Hell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Origins
Herodotus's account (written c. 440 BC) refers to a faint memory from 1000 years earlier, and so may be subject to question (History, I:1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Partition Of Jin
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin (晉) was arguably the most powerful state in China. However, near the end of the Sprin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Early Strife In The Three Jins, Qi, And Qin
In 371 BC, Marquess Wu of Wei passed away without specifying a successor, causing Wei to fall into an internal war of succession. After t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Chu Expansion And Defeats
Early in the Warring States Period, Chu was one of the strongest states in China. The state rose to a new level around 389 BC when the Ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - The Domination Of Qin And The Resulting Grand Strategies
Towards the end of the Warring States Period, the State of Qin became disproportionately powerful compared to the other six states. As a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Chu Expansion And Defeats
Early in the Warring States Period, Chu was one of the strongest states in China. The state rose to a new level around 389 BC when the Ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Language And Literature
See main articles: Phoenician language, Phoenician alphabet, Alphabet. The Phoenicians are credited with developing the Phoenician alphab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Decline
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Phoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - In Modern Media
The Seleucid Empire is one of a number of factions in the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War. The Jewish Maccabees, who expelled the Seleucid, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Zhao's Military Reforms
307 BC. Adoption of superior non-Chinese clothing and cavalry (胡服騎射) under the reign of King Wuling of Zhao (in progress) ... S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Qin's Conquest Of China
In 230 BC, Qin conquers Han. In 225 BC, Qin conquers Wei. In 223 BC, Qin conquers Chu. In 222 BC, Qin conquers Yan and Zhao. In 221 BC, Q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Ascension Of The Kingdoms
In 334 BC, the rulers of Wei and Qi agreed to recognize each other as Kings (王), formalizing the independence of the states and the pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - In Modern Media
The Seleucid Empire is one of a number of factions in the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War. The Jewish revolt Maccabee who expelled the Seleu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Language And Literature
See main articles: Phoenician language, Phoenician alphabet, Alphabet. Though the Phoenicians are credited with developing the Phoenician...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Phoenicians In The Bible
In the Old Testament there is no reference to the Greek term Phoenicia; instead, the inhabitants of the coastal are identified by their c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scythia: Encyclopedia Ii - Scythia - Scythian Society
The Scythians formed a loose network of nomadic tribes of equestrian herdsmen and raiders. They invaded many areas in the steppes of Eura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Important Phoenician Cities And Colonies
From the 10th century BC, their expansive culture established cities and colonies throughout the Mediterranean. Canaanite deities like Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Persian And Hellenistic Phoenicia
Information on Phoenician cities and their hinterlands under the Achaemenid Persians is sparse. The famous event is the revolt of Sidon a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - The Cultural And Economic Empire
Fernand Braudel remarked (in The Perspective of the World) that Phoenicia was an early example of a "world-economy" surrounded by empires...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phoenicia: Encyclopedia Ii - Phoenicia - Phoenician Trade
In the centuries following 1200 BC, the Phoenicians formed the major naval and trading power of the region. Perhaps it was through these ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scythia: Encyclopedia Ii - Scythia - Sakas
Main article: Sakas Sakas was the name given to Scythians in Asia, especially by Persians. The Indo-Scythians were named "Shaka" in India...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scythia: Encyclopedia Ii - Scythia - The Genetic Argument
Genetic research in modern populations reveals that the same Y chromosome haplogroup (R1a) represents a genetic lineage currently found i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Collapse Of The Seleucid Empire
By 100 BC, the once formidable Seleucid Empire encompassed little more than Antioch and some Syrian cities. Despite the clear collapse of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Early Strife In The Three Jins Qi And Qin
In 371 BC, Marquess Wu of Wei passed away without specifying a successor, causing Wei to fall into an internal war of succession. After t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Civil War And Further Decay
After the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid Empire became increasingly unstable. Frequent civil wars made central authority t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - The Power Of Rome And Renewed Disintegration
But Antiochus' glory was not to last for long. Following his erstwhile ally Philip's defeat at the hands of Rome in 197 BC, Antiochus now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - An Overextended Domain
Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids were proving difficult to assert control over. Seleu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Eclipse And Revival
By the time Antiochus II's son Seleucus II Callinicus came to the throne around 246 BC, the Seleucids seemed to be at a low ebb indeed. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Shang Yang's Reforms In Qin
Around 359 BC, Shang Yang (商鞅), a minister of the State of Qin, initiated a series of reforms that transformed Qin from a backward st...   » Read the article