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 - Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia - Ancient Near East
The term Ancient Near East or Ancient Orient encompasses the early civilizations predating Classical Antiquity in the region roughly corr...   » 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 - Architecture Timeline: Encyclopedia - Architecture Timeline
This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. 21s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3rd Millennium Bc: Encyclopedia - 3rd Millennium Bc
(4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia) 3rd millennium BC - Events. The 3rd millennium BC re...   » Read the article

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(2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia) 1st millennium BC - Events. The Iron Age spread to Wes...   » Read the article

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(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 2nd century BC - Events. 175 BC - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 7th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 7th century BC - Overview. 7th century BC - Events. the Cimmerians ravage Ph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 19th Century Bc
(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) 19th century BC - Events. Hittite empire in Anatolia In 1876 BC (According...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 28th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 28th Century Bc
(29th century BC - 28th century BC - 27th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 28th...   » Read the article

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(22nd century BC - 21st century BC - 20th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 21st...   » Read the article

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(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 10th century BC - Overview. 10th century BC - Events. Partition of ancient I...   » Read the article

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(24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 23rd...   » Read the article

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(23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - 21st century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 22nd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3rd Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 3rd Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 3rd century BC - Events. The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 26th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 26th Century Bc
(27th century BC - 26th century BC - 25th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 26th...   » Read the article

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(28th century BC - 27th century BC - 26th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 27th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 8th century BC - Overview. 8th century BC - Events. Assyria conquers Damascu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 25th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 25th Century Bc
(26th century BC - 25th century BC - 24th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 25th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 29th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 29th Century Bc
(30th century BC - 29th century BC - 28th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 29th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1st Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 1st Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Bc
(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) 20th century BC - Events. 2064 – 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 9th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 9th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 9th century BC - Overview. 9th century BC - Events. Kingdom of Kush (900 BC)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 5th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 5th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 5th century BC - Overview. The 5th and 6th centuries BC are a period of philo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 4th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 4th century BC - Overview. 4th century BC - Events. Invasion of the Celts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1st Millennium: Encyclopedia - 1st Millennium
(1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – 2nd millennium – other millennia) 1st millennium - Events. Beginning of Christianity (30s) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 6th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 6th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 6th century BC - Overview. The 5th and 6th centuries BC were a time of empires,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit: Encyclopedia - Vedic Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the earliest sacred texts of India. The earliest of the Vedas, the Rigveda, was composed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burney Relief: Encyclopedia - Burney Relief
The Burney Relief is an early 2nd millennium BC (ca. 1950 BC) Mesopotamian terracotta relief (alternately said to be "Sumerian" or "Assyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alalakh: Encyclopedia - Alalakh
Alalakh is the name of an ancient city and its associated city-state of the Amuq River valley, located in the Hatay region of southern Tu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Civilization: Encyclopedia - Vedic Civilization
The Vedic civilization is the Indo-Aryan culture associated with the Vedas, the earliest known records of Indian history. Mainstream scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Astrology: Encyclopedia - Western Astrology
Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries. It is based primarily on the birthday of the predictee an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wessex Culture: Encyclopedia - Wessex Culture
The Wessex culture is a name given to the predominant prehistoric culture of southern Britain during the Bronze Age. It should not be con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia - Indo-aryan Migration
Indo-Aryan migration refers to the migration and expansion of the Indo-Aryans during the 2nd millennium BC or earlier. Archaeological and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arwad: Encyclopedia - Arwad
Arwad, located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island. It is located 3 km fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpet: Encyclopedia - Carpet
A carpet is any loom-woven, felted textile or grass floor covering. The term was also used for table and wall coverings, as carpets were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Portugal: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Portugal
This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this noti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - The Arab Middle East
Timeline of Middle Eastern History - 1st millennium BC. Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Cyrus the Great conquer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - Turks Crusaders And Mongols
(The dominance of the Arabs came to a sudden end in the mid 11th century with the arrival of the Seljuk Turks) c. 1347, a fleet of Genoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - The Ottoman Era
(circa since 1453 when Ottoman emirs captured Constantinople) (main article: History of the Ottoman Empire) 1869 - Construction of the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semitic Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Semitic Languages - History
Semitic languages - Origins. Since Semitic is a member of Afro-Asiatic, a principally African family, the first speakers of Proto-Semit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semitic Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Semitic Languages - Present Situation
Arabic is spoken natively by majorities from Mauritania to Oman, and from Iraq to the Sudan; as the language of the Qur'an and as a lingu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semitic Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Semitic Languages - Classification
The classification given below, based on shared innovations - established by Robert Hetzron in 1976 with later emendations by John Huehne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semitic Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Semitic Languages - Grammar
The Semitic languages share a number of grammatical features, although variation has naturally occurred - even within the same language a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - Prehistoric And Ancient Period
main article: Ancient Near East Timeline of Middle Eastern History - 9th millennium BC Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Hol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 19th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1800s. Early 1800s June - Bernardo Leonardo buys the town from the Indians for $14,800,000....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 20th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1900s. Santa Claus ages to peak of maturity (with white hair and long beard); declares Chris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alalakh: Encyclopedia Ii - Alalakh - History
Alalakh was founded during the Middle Bronze Age in the 2nd millennium BC, as one of the first great cities of the Fertile Crescent. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semitic Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Semitic Languages - Common Vocabulary
Due to the Semitic languages' common origin, they share many words and roots in common. For example: Sometimes certain roots differ in me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Greece - Historical Overview
Greece was inhabited as early as the Paleolithic period and by 3000 BC had become home, in the Cycladic Islands, to a culture whose art r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Classification
The various subgroups of the Indo-European family include (in historical order of their first attestation): Anatolian languages — earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Classification
The various subgroups of the Indo-European family include (in historical order of their first attestation): Anatolian languages — earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ithaca: Encyclopedia Ii - Ithaca - History
The island has been inhabited since the 2nd millennium BC. It was the capital of Cephalonia during the Mycenaean period. The Romans occup...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Germanic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Germanic Peoples - Ancient
Precautionary Note: These ethnic names were culled from a variety of ancient and mediaeval sources dating from the middle of the 1st mil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Egyptian Canaan
During the 2nd millennium BC the name Kan'an, favoured in Egyptian usage, was used for a province of the Egyptian empire bounded on the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankara: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankara - History
The region's vibrant history can be traced back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Age - The Iron Age In Asia
Iron Age - Near East. The Iron Age in Asia is believed to have begun with the discovery of iron smelting and smithing techniques in Ana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nineveh: Encyclopedia Ii - Nineveh - History
Nineveh is mentioned about 1800 BC as a worship place of Ištar, who was responsible for the city's early importance. There is no large b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simple Living: Encyclopedia Ii - Simple Living - History
From the 2nd millennium BC various Hindu and Buddhist groups in the Eastern world had established a voluntarily simplified spiritual life...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patras: Encyclopedia Ii - Patras - History
Patras - Patras in Antiquity. Patras was first inhabited in the 3rd millennium BC. These very ancient traces of the city are located at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patras: Encyclopedia Ii - Patras - History
Patras - Patras in Antiquity. Patras was first inhabited in the 3rd millennium BC. These very ancient traces of the city are located at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Hittites: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Hittites - Hattians And Hittites
Around 2000 BC, the region centered in Hattusa, that would later become the core of the Hittite kingdom, was inhabited by people with a d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marshall Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Marshall Islands - History
While settled by Micronesians in the 2nd millennium BC, little is known of the early history of the islands. Spanish explorer Alonso de S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tallinn: Encyclopedia Ii - Tallinn - History
The southern coast of the Gulf of Finland is thought to have been settled by Finnic-speaking tribes already in the 2nd millennium BC. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigveda - Internal Evidence
The Rigveda is far more archaic than any other Indo-Aryan text preserved. For this reason, it has been in the center of attention of west...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marshall Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Marshall Islands - History
While settled by Micronesians in the 2nd millennium BC, little is known of the early history of the islands. Spanish explorer Alonso de S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tallinn: Encyclopedia Ii - Tallinn - History
The southern coast of the Gulf of Finland is thought to have been settled by Finnic-speaking tribes already in the 2nd millennium BC. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Dialects: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Dialects - Antiquity
The earliest known dialect is the Mycenaean language, the language spoken by the first hellenic settlers of the Greek mainland in the 2nd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Portugal - Architecture
Since the 2nd millennium BC, there has been important construction in the area where Portugal is situated today. Before the arrival of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Paganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Paganism - Proto-germanic Religion
Germanic paganism seems to have begun developing sometime during the 2nd millennium BC, during the Nordic Bronze Age, with influences fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barley: Encyclopedia Ii - Barley - Uses
Barley is a staple food for humans and other animals. It is more tolerant of soil salinity than wheat, which might explain the increase o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Sword - History
Sword - Bronze Age. Main article: Bronze Age sword Humans have manufactured and used bladed weapons from the Bronze Age onwards. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Brhat Trayi The Greater Triad
The Charaka and Sushruta Samhitās are compendiums of two traditions rather than texts authored by single authors. A third tradition is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ma'alot-tarshiha: Encyclopedia Ii - Ma'alot-tarshiha - History
Tarshiha existed as the village Haki during Canaanite times (2nd-3rd millennium BC). A 4th century burial cave was unearthed in the villa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian People: Encyclopedia Ii - Persian People - Origins And Roots
The Persians of Iran are mainly descended from the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranians, an Indo-European people that migrated to the regi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpet: Encyclopedia Ii - Carpet - Early Carpets
The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in Mongolia or Turkestan between the 4th and 2nd millennium BC. The earliest surviving p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Origins
Images of a meditating yogi from the Indus Valley Civilization are thought to be 6 to 7 thousand years old. The earliest written accounts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Origins
The origins of Judaism and the ancestral Abrahamic religion are still obscure. The only source generally agreed by all to be canonical th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetarianism - History
Vegetarianism has been common in the Indian subcontinent, since possibly the 2nd millennium BC for spiritual reasons, such as ahimsa (non...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpet: Encyclopedia Ii - Carpet - Early Carpets
The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in Mongolia or Turkestan between the 4th and 2nd millennium BC. The earliest surviving p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish Invasion Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish Invasion Of Cyprus - Events Leading Up To The Turkish Invasion
Cyprus has played a major part in the history of the Aegean. The island's prehistory runs as far back as the beginning of the 6th millenn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: 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 Pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: 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 Pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proto-slavic Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Proto-slavic Language - Origin
According to some estimations, the Proto-Slavic language developed on the turn of 2nd and 1st millennium BC. There is much debate whether...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insurance: Encyclopedia Ii - Insurance - History Of Insurance
Early methods of transferring or distributing risk were practiced by Babylonian traders as long ago as the 2nd millennium BCE. The Babylo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia - Canaan
Canaan or Knáʕan (Arabic کنعان, Hebrew כְּנַעַן, Septuagint Greek Χανααν) is an ancient term for a region roughly c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda: Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labrys: Encyclopedia - Labrys
Labrys is the term for a doubleheaded axe, known to the Classical Greeks as pelekus πέλεκυς or sagaris (the term for a single-blad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labrys: Encyclopedia Ii - Labrys - Etymology
In English the first appearance of "labrys" is reported in OED from Journal of Hellenic Studies XXI. 108 (1901): "It seems natural to int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Age - The Iron Age In Africa And India
Archaeological sites in India like Malhar, Dadupur, Raja Nala Ka Tila and Lahuradewa in state of Uttar Pradesh show iron implements in pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Doshas
The 3 main doshas (medical humours) are Vata (resembles the classical element air), Pitta (fire), and Kapha (water). All bodily processes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Today
Ayurvedic physicians were traditionally supported by their patients and the communities they worked in, with a minority gaining royal pat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labrys: Encyclopedia Ii - Labrys - Ancient Greece
The word labyrinthos (Mycenaean daburintos) is probably connected with the word labrys. In the context of the myth of Theseus, the labyri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Historically
At the closing of the initiation, the guru gave a solemn address to the students where the guru directed the students to a life of chasti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Qualities
It could be said that the simple essence of ayurveda is knowledge and awareness of the qualities of nature – called gurvadi gunah. By u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Age: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Age - The European Iron Age
Iron working was introduced to Europe around 1000 BC, probably from Asia Minor and slowly spread westwards over the succeeding 500 years....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Basic Concepts And Methodology
Traditonal Āyurveda speaks of eight branches: kāyāchikitsā (internal medicine), shalyachikitsā (surgery including anatomy), shālāk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - The Five Elements
According to the ancient Sankhya theory of cosmology, on which ayurveda is based, the "five great elements" (Panchamahabhuta); combine in...   » Read the article