Encyclopedia - Woodland Period In Southeastern North America: Encyclopedia Ii - Woodland Period In Southeastern North America - Middle Woodland Period 300 Bce To 500 Ce
As the Woodland period progressed, local and interregional trade of exotic materials greatly increased to the point where a trade network...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - The Kushan Empire Ca. 150 Bce - 300 Ce
In the third and second centuries BC, the Parthians, a nomadic Iranian people, arrived in ancient Afghanistan. The Parthians established ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Ancient Afghanistan: From The Aryans To The Medes. 1500 Bce - 551 Bce
Between 2000-1200 BCE, a branch of Indo-European-speaking tribes known as the Aryans or Indo-Iranians began migrating into the region. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Alexander The Great Seleucid-mauryan Rivalry And Greco-bactrian Rule 330 Bce - Ca. 150 Bce
It had taken Alexander only six months to conquer Iran, but it took him nearly three years (from about 330 BCE - 327 BCE) to subdue the a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Sassanian Rule Ca. 300 - 650
In the 3rd century, Kushan control fragmented into semi-independent kingdoms that became easy targets for conquest by the rising Iranian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Early Indo-aryans Prior To Their Move To India
In the region around what is today Kabul and eastern Afghanistan, an early Indo-Iranian or specifically some early Indo-Aryan culture may...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Achaemenid Rule And Rise Of Zoroastrianism Ca. 550 Bce - 331 Bce
The city of Bactria (which later became Balkh), is believed to have been the home of Zarathustra, who founded the Zoroastrian religion. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sushruta: Encyclopedia - Sushruta
Sushruta - also spelt Susruta or Sushrutha - was an ancient Indian surgeon (datable to between the 6th century BCE and about the 4th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirukta: Encyclopedia - Nirukta
Nirukta is one of the six Vedanga disciplines of Hinduism, treating etymology. Nirukta sutras consist of glossaries of difficult or rare ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saka: Encyclopedia - Saka
The Sakas are a peoples that lived in what is now Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Ukraine, and Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wa Japan: Encyclopedia - Wa Japan
Wa (倭) is an ancient name of Japan used by old Chinese dynasties. The first written record of Japan (then in the Yayoi period, 300 BC-2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion: Encyclopedia - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion
Babylonian and Assyrian religion was a series of belief systems in places in the early civilisations of the Euphrates valley. This articl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - The Shahi Kings Ca. 650 - 1013
Up until the advent of Islam, most of Afghanistan was dominated mainly by the Sassanians and local vassals who were Kushans or Hepthalite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tlapacoya Archaeology: Encyclopedia Ii - Tlapacoya Archaeology - Even More Ancient Remains?
In addition to the figurines and other artifacts from the 1500 - 300 BCE era, human and animal remains have been found, some of which cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabul: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabul - History
The first records of Kabul are a mention of the Kubha River around 1200 BCE and a reference to the settlement Kabura by the Persian Achae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Upanishadic Ca. 800-100 Bce
Explicit examples of the concept and terminology of yoga appear in the Upanishads (primarily thirteen principal texts of the Vedanta, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kaliningrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Kaliningrad - History
Kaliningrad - Teutonic Order. Around 300 BCE an Old Prussian settlement called Pregnore was founded near the site of modern Kaliningrad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sudan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sudan - Early History
During the ancient period, the area that today is northern Sudan was known as Nubia. Egyptians and people of the Mediterranean world also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Sassanid Period 225-634
The Persian people were now again to make their influence felt in the history of the world. Ardashir I destroyed the rule of the Arsacids...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Late Biblical History And The Babylonian Exile
Three times during the 6th century BCE, the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were exiled to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. These three se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Turkish Rule 1534-1922
After various changes of fortune, Mesopotamia and Iraq came into the hands of the Ottoman Turks, when Sultan Sulaiman II in 1534 took Teb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Early Biblical History
In the Bible, Babylon and the country of Babylonia are not always clearly distinguished, in most cases the same word being used for both....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Parthian Period
Jewish sources contain no mention of Parthian influence; the very name "Parthian" does not occur, unless indeed "Parthian" is meant by "P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Babylonia As The Center Of Judaism 219 Ce - ~1050 Ce
After the fall of Jerusalem, Babylon would become the focus of Judaism for more than a thousand years. The rabbi Abba Arika, afterward ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Arab Period 634-1258
The first legal expression of Islam toward the Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians after the conquests of the 630s were the poll-tax ("jiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Modern Times 1922-
In the early 20th century, Iraqi Jews generally viewed themselves as Arabs of the Jewish faith, with the distinction between Iraqis being...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Iraq - Modern Times 1922-
Sociologist Philip Mendes asserts that before the anti-Jewish actions of the 1930s and 1940s, overall Iraqi Jews "viewed themselves as Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ta-yuan: Encyclopedia Ii - Ta-yuan - Interaction With China 130 Bce Onward
The Ta-Yuan remained a healthy and powerful civilization which had numerous contacts and exchanges with China from 130 BCE. Around 130 BC...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Basic Facts
Elementary facts about triangles were presented by Euclid in books 1-4 of his Elements around 300 BCE. A triangle is a polygon and a 2-si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Basic Facts
Elementary facts about triangles were presented by Euclid in books 1-4 of his Elements around 300 BCE. A triangle is a polygon and a 2-si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle Kingdoms Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle Kingdoms Of India - Foreign Kingdoms
After the disintegration of the Mauryan Empire in the 2nd century BCE, South Asia became a collage of regional powers with overlapping bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sangam: Encyclopedia Ii - Sangam - The Tamil Sangams
Though the idea that early Tamil literature was fostered in ancient academies on a submerged landmass has been widely discredited, litera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Basic Facts
Elementary facts about triangles were presented by Euclid in books 1-4 of his Elements around 300 BCE. A triangle is a polygon and a 2-si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingdom Of Khotan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingdom Of Khotan - History
Han Dynasty Chapter 96A of the Hanshu or 'History of the Former Han' (which covers the period from 125 BCE to 23 CE) says that Yutian, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk Road Transmission Of Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk Road Transmission Of Art - Hellenistic Art
Following the expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into Central Asia, Greek influences on Han art have often been suggested (Hirth, Rostovtze...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abacus: Encyclopedia Ii - Abacus - Babylonian Abacus
A tablet found on the island of Salamis (near Greece) in 1846 dates back to the Babylonians of 300 BCE making it the oldest counting boar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanais: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanais - History Of Tanais
The site of Tanais was occupied long before the Miletans founded an emporium there. A necropolis of burial mounds, over 300 of them, near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romaniotes: Encyclopedia Ii - Romaniotes - History
The earliest reference to a Greek Jew is in an inscription, dated c. 300-250 BCE found in Oropos, a small coastal town between Athens and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Milan: Encyclopedia Ii - Milan - History
It is presumed Milan was originally founded by the Celts of Northern Italy around 600 BCE and was conquered around 222 BCE by the Romans,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sangam: Encyclopedia Ii - Sangam - 1465 To 165 Bce: Over One Thousand Years Of Sangam
For over 1,300 years and 49 generations, the three ancient Tamil kingdoms ruled by three kings and twelve velars, had an agreement of und...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Art
Buddhist art originated in the Indian subcontinent in the centuries following the life of the historical Gautama Buddha in the 6th to 5th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching (Chinese: 道德經, Dào dé jīng), roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see below on translating...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar: Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar
The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the dates of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rice: Encyclopedia - Rice
Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Afri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga
The history of Yoga spans from four to eight thousand years ago to the current day. From hints of it's practice in pre-vedic times, the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabul: Encyclopedia - Kabul
Kabul (34°32′N 69°10′E, Kâb'l, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleusinian Mysteries: Encyclopedia - Eleusinian Mysteries
The Eleusinian Mysteries were annual initiation ceremonies for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece. Of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asclepius: Encyclopedia - Asclepius
Asclepius (Greek Ἀσκλήπιος also rendered Aesculapius in Latin and transliterated Asklepios) was the god of medicine and healing...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bce: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bce
bce: Abbreviation for "before common era," referring to dating prior to the year zero in the Western, or Gregorian calendar,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmanism: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Brahmanism
Brahmanism: Reform movement within Hinduism from 1000 BCE to 300 CE which de-emphasizes priestly sacrificial rites and emphasizes the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ce:: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ce:
ce: Abbreviation for "common era." Equivalent to the abbreviation ad. Following a date, it indicates that the year in questi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavata: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bhagavata
Bhagavata: n (Sanskrit) "Relating to God or a God holy; sacred, divine." Pertaining to Vishnu or Krishna. From bhaga, "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhagavata: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bhagavata
Bhagavata: n (Sanskrit) "Relating to God or a God holy; sacred, divine." Pertaining to Vishnu or Krishna. From bhaga, "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arthaveda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Arthaveda
Arthaveda: (Sanskrit) "Science of statecraft." A class of ancient texts, also called Nitishastras, on politics, statecraft a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arthaveda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Arthaveda
Arthaveda: (Sanskrit) "Science of statecraft." A class of ancient texts, also called Nitishastras, on politics, statecraft and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shad Darshana: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shad Darshana
shad darshana: (Sanskrit) "Six views or insights; six philosophies."   Among the hundreds of Hindu darshanas known thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Interpretation
Many believe that the Tao Te Ching contains some universal truths which have since been independently recognized in other philosophies, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Points Lines And Circles Associated With A Triangle
There are hundreds of different constructions that find a special point inside a triangle, satisfying some unique property: see the refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Hebrew Calendar - History
Hebrew calendar - Biblical period. Jews have been using a lunisolar calendar since Biblical times, but originally referred to the month...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Atheism - The Modern Period
By the 1770s, atheism was ceasing to be a dangerous accusation that required denial, and was evolving into a position openly avowed by so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleusinian Mysteries: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleusinian Mysteries - The Mysteries
Eleusis (modern-day Elefsina) was a small town located about 30 km NW of Athens. It was an agricultural town, producing wheat and barley....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Interpretation
Many believe that the Tao Te Ching contains some universal truths which have since been independently recognized in other philosophies, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rice: Encyclopedia Ii - Rice - Rice Cultivation
Rice is a dietary staple of more than half of the world's human population, making it the most consumed cereal grain. Rice cultivation is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Art - Northern Buddhist Art
The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism to Central Asia, China and ultimately Korea and Japan started in the 1st century CE with a semi-le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Points, Lines And Circles Associated With A Triangle
There are hundreds of different constructions that find a special point inside a triangle, satisfying some unique property: see the refer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Computing The Area Of A Triangle
Calculating the area of a triangle is an elementary problem encountered often in many different situations. Various approaches exist, dep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Types Of Triangles
Triangles can be classified according to the relative lengths of their sides: In an equilateral triangle all sides are of equal length. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Basic Facts
Elementary facts about triangles were presented by Euclid in books 1-4 of his Elements around 300 BCE. A triangle is a polygon and a 2-si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Vedic Ca. 2000-1500 Bce
Yoga was first clearly expounded in the Vedic shastras (Hindu religious texts). Those that estimate Yoga's age to be four thousand years ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Atheism - Classical Greece And Rome
In western Classical Antiquity, theism was the fundamental belief that supported the divine right of the State. Historically, any person ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleusinian Mysteries: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleusinian Mysteries - End Of The Eleusinian Mysteries
The Roman emperor Theodosius I closed the sanctuaries by decree in CE 392 in an effort to destroy pagan resistance to the imposition of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Bhagavad Gita
The protracted discussions of the ultimate, infinite Self, or Atman, and realization of Brahman, are the true legacy of the Upanishads, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Art - Southern Buddhist Art
During the 1st century CE, the trade on the overland Silk Road tended to be restricted by the rise of the Parthian empire in the Middle E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Hebrew Calendar - Modern Calendar
Hebrew calendar - Epoch. The epoch of the modern Hebrew calendar is 1 Tishri AM 1 (AM = anno mundi = in the year of the world), which i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Computing The Area Of A Triangle
Calculating the area of a triangle is an elementary problem encountered often in many different situations. Various approaches exist, dep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar: Encyclopedia Ii - Hebrew Calendar - Accuracy
The average length of the month assumed by the calendar is correct within a fraction of a second (although individual months may be a few...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Triangle - Types Of Triangles
Triangles can be classified according to the relative lengths of their sides: In an equilateral triangle all sides are of equal length. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Atheism - The Renaissance The Reformation And The Age Of Enlightenment
During the time of the Renaissance and the Reformation, criticism of the religious establishment started to become more frequent, but did...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Atheism - The 20th Century
State support of atheism and opposition to organized religion was made policy in all communist states, including the People's Republic of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Pre-vedic Ca. 6000 - 3000 Bce [?]
Older findings are believed by some to show that "yoga" existed in some form well before the establishment of vedas in the Indian subcont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Yoga-bhasya 450 - 850 Ce
The Yoga-bhasya, Veda Vyasa's commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali could have been written as early as 450 CE. Professor J. H. Wood...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rice: Encyclopedia Ii - Rice - Preparation As Food
The seeds of the rice plant are first milled to remove the outer husks of the grain; this creates brown rice. This process may be continu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rice: Encyclopedia Ii - Rice - History Of Rice Cultivation
Rice cultivation is considered to have begun simultaneously in many countries over 6500 years ago. Two species of rice were domesticated,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rice: Encyclopedia Ii - Rice - World Production And Trade
World production of rice [3] has risen steadily from about 200 million tons of paddy rice in 1960 to 600 million tons in 2004. Milled ric...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabul: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabul - Attractions
The old part of Kabul is filled with bazaars nestled along its narrow, crooked streets. Kabul University was established in 1931, and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabul: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabul - Reconstruction
Public transportation in the city is overcrowded, with only 108 public buses for a population of 2-4 million. A US$ 23 million project to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Classical - Patanjali's 'yoga Sutras' Ca. 200 Ce
{main|Yoga Sutras of Patanjali} After the Bhagavad Gita, the next seminal work on Yoga is the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The Yoga Sutras a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Hatha Yoga Pradipika 1350 - 1400 Ce
In the West, outside of Hindu culture, "yoga" is usually understood to refer to "hatha yoga." Hatha Yoga is, however, a particular system...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rice: Encyclopedia Ii - Rice - Cultivars
Rice cultivars are often classified by their grain shapes and texture. For example, Thai Jasmine rice is long-grain and relatively less s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Translations Of The Title
There are many possible translations of the book's title, as the meaning of the Chinese characters is somewhat wide. 道 (dào) is usual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Translation
Tao Te Ching - The difficulties of translating classical Chinese. The Tao Te Ching is written in classical Chinese, which is in itself ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Art - Aniconic Phase 5th Century - 1st Century Bce
The first clear manifestations of Buddhist art date back to the time of the emperor Ashoka during the Mauryan era (322-180 BCE), through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Historical Authenticity
The existence of Laozi is mentioned in scrolls dating back to 400 BCE, but the details of his life were not contemporaneously recorded. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Translations Of The Title
There are many possible translations of the book's title, as the meaning of the Chinese characters is somewhat wide. 道 (dào) is usual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Historical Authenticity
The existence of Laozi is mentioned in scrolls dating back to 400 BCE, but the details of his life were not contemporaneously recorded. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching: Encyclopedia Ii - Tao Te Ching - Translation
Tao Te Ching - The difficulties of translating classical Chinese. The Tao Te Ching is written in classical Chinese, which is in itself ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Art - Iconic Phase 1st Century Ce – Present
Anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha started to emerge from the 1st century CE in northern India. The two main centers of creati...   » Read the article

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This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - Z . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article

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