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Encyclopedia - 424 Bc: Encyclopedia - 424 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia - History Of India
The History of India can be traced in fragments as far back as 700,000 years ago. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 428 Bc: Encyclopedia - 428 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 429 Bc: Encyclopedia - 429 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Jir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Amphipolis: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Amphipolis
The Battle of Amphipolis was fought in 422 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. It was the culmination of events th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 427 Bc: Encyclopedia - 427 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artaxerxes I Of Persia: Encyclopedia - Artaxerxes I Of Persia
Artaxerxes I was king of the Persian Empire from 474 BC to 424 BC. He belonged to the Achaemenid dynasty and was the successor of Xerxes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcibiades: Encyclopedia - Alcibiades
Alcibiades Cleiniou Scambonides (also Alkibiades) (ancient Greek: Αλκιβιαδες Κλεινιου Σκαμβωνιδες)¹ (c. 450...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 420 Bc: Encyclopedia - 420 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Delium: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Delium
The Battle of Delium or of Delion took place in 424 BC between the Athenians and the Boeotians, and ended with the siege of Delium (also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia - Dionysia
The Dionysia was a large religious festival in ancient Athens in honour of the god Dionysus, the central event of which was the performan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 421 Bc: Encyclopedia - 421 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 422 Bc: Encyclopedia - 422 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 425 Bc: Encyclopedia - 425 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 423 Bc: Encyclopedia - 423 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 426 Bc: Encyclopedia - 426 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kythira: Encyclopedia - Kythira
Kythira (Modern Greek: Κύθηρα, alternative spellings Kithira, Kythera, Cythera), also known as Cerigo (Τσιρίγο, alternative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia - Sulfur
Sulfur (or sulphur; see spelling below) is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristophanes: Encyclopedia - Aristophanes
Aristophanes (c. 448 BC-380 BC; Greek ΄Αριστοφανης) was a Greek comic dramatist. The place and even the exact date of his bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herodotus: Encyclopedia - Herodotus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡροδοτος, Herodotos) was a historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC-ca. 425 BC). He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xerxes: Encyclopedia - Xerxes
Xerxes (the Greek form of the Persian Khshayārsha) is the name of two Persian kings of the Achaemenid dynasty: Xerxes I, reigned 485–...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Younger: Encyclopedia - Cyrus The Younger
Cyrus the Younger, son of Darius II and Parysatis, was a Persian prince and general. The time of his birth is unknown, but he died in 401...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burning-glass: Encyclopedia - Burning-glass
A burning-glass is a large convex lens, which can focus the sun's rays on a small area and so ignite materials. Used in 18th century chem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhao State: Encyclopedia - Zhao State
Zhao (pinyin: zhao4, simplified Chinese: 赵, traditional Chinese: 趙) was a Chinese state during the Warring States Period. Its territo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeotia: Encyclopedia - Boeotia
Boeotia or Beotia (World Book «bee OH shuh») (Greek Βοιωτια; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was the central are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lamia City: Encyclopedia Ii - Lamia City - Name
One account says that the city was named after the mythological figure of Lamia, the daughter of Poseidon queen of the Trachineans. Anoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Notable Characteristics
At room temperature, sulfur is a soft bright yellow solid. Although sulfur is infamous for its smell - frequently compared to rotten eggs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Republican Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Republican Roman Consuls - 6th Century Bc
509 Lucius Junius M.f. Brutus, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus 509 then Publius Valerius Volusi f. Publicola. (Sp. Lucretius Tricipitinus, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dion Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Dion Greece - History
The city owes its name to its proximity to an important sanctuary of Olympian Zeus. In the mythological tradition reported by Hesiod, Thy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thucydides: Encyclopedia Ii - Thucydides - The History Of The Peloponnesian War
Thucydides wrote only one book; its modern title is the History of the Peloponnesian War. All his legacy to history and historiography is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Bronze Age
History of India - Indus Valley Civilization. The transition of settlements from agricultural to complex urban communities occurred som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kythira: Encyclopedia Ii - Kythira - Kythira Today
Like many of the smaller Aegean islands, Kythira is depopulated. While the island had reached a peak population of about 14,500 in 1864, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Neolithic Era
The early Neolithic culture in South Asia is represented by the Mehrgarh culture which began in 7000 BC, now in Baluchistan, Pakistan. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odrysian Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Odrysian Kingdom - History
The Odrysian state was the first Thracian kingdom that acquired power in the region, by the unification of many Thracian tribes under a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oium: Encyclopedia Ii - Oium - Jordanes
Oium - Settlement. Jordanes relates that their king Filimer lead the Goths searching for suitable lands and when they found Oium they w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lens Optics: Encyclopedia Ii - Lens Optics - Lens Construction
The most common type of lenses are spherical lenses, which are formed from surfaces that have spherical curvature, that is, the front and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kythira: Encyclopedia Ii - Kythira - Kythira Today
Like many of the smaller Aegean islands, Kythira is depopulated. Its present population hovers around 3,354 people (2001 census), but the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - City Dionysia
Dionysia - Origins. The City Dionysia (Dionysia ta en Astei, also known as the Great Dionysia, Dionysia ta Megala) was the urban part o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herodotus: Encyclopedia Ii - Herodotus - Opinions
Herodotus' invention earned him the title "The Father of History" and the word he used for his achievement, historie, which previously ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Amphipolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Amphipolis - Capture Of Amphipolis 424/3 Bc
In the winter of 424/3, around the same time as the Battle of Delium, the Spartan general Brasidas besieged Amphipolis, an Athenian colon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Notable Characteristics
At room temperature, sulfur is a soft bright yellow solid. Although sulfur is infamous for its smell - frequently compared to rotten eggs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - History
The founder of this dynasty was supposedly Achaemenes (Old Persian Haxāmaniš "Of Friendly Mind"). He was succeeded by his son Teispes (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcibiades: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcibiades - Life
Alcibiades was born in Athens, the son of Cleinias and Deinomache, who belonged to the family of the Alcmaeonidae. He was a near relative...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Amphipolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Amphipolis - Capture Of Amphipolis, 424/3 Bc
In the winter of 424/3, around the same time as the Battle of Delium, the Spartan general Brasidas besieged Amphipolis, an Athenian colon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Amphipolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Amphipolis - Battle Of Amphipolis, 422 Bc
When the armistice ended in 422, Cleon arrived in Thrace with a force of 30 ships, 1200 hoplites, and 300 cavalry, along with many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Bronze Age
Bronze age civilizations in the Indian subcontinent laid the foundations for modern Indian civilization, including urban settlements and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Compounds
Hydrogen sulfide has the characteristic smell of rotten eggs. Dissolved in water, hydrogen sulfide is acidic and will react with metals t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mahajanapadas
By 500 BC, sixteen monarchies and 'republics' known as the Mahajanapadas stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from modern-day Afghan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Persian And Greek Invasion
Around the 5th century BCE, the northern Indian subcontinent was invaded by the Achaemenid Empire and the Greeks of Alexander the Great's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Magadha Empire
Amongst the 16 Mahajanapadas, the kingdom of Magadha rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Isotopes
Sulfur has 18 isotopes, of which four are stable: 32S (95.02%), 33S (0.75%), 34S (4.21%), and 36S (0.02%). Other than 35S, the radioactiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Precautions
Carbon disulfide, Carbon oxysulfide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide should all be handled with care. Although sulfur dioxide is suf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Islamic Sultanates
After the Arab-Turkic invasion of India's ancient northern neighbour Persia, various short lived Islamic empires invaded and spread acros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thucydides: Encyclopedia Ii - Thucydides - Education
Although there is no certain evidence to prove it, the rhetorical character of his narrative suggests that Thucydides was at least famili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lens Optics: Encyclopedia Ii - Lens Optics - Aberrations
Lenses do not form perfect images, and there is always some degree of distortion or aberration introduced by the lens which causes the im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lens Optics: Encyclopedia Ii - Lens Optics - Uses Of Lenses
One important use of lenses is as a prosthetic for the correction of visual impairments such as myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, and astigm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kythira: Encyclopedia Ii - Kythira - History
At the start of the second millennium B.C. it was a Minoan colony and in 424 BC it came under the sway of Athens. In Ancient Greek Mythol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Early Middle Kingdoms - The Golden Age
The middle period, especially that associated with the Gupta dynasty, is known as India's Golden Age, a time of unparalleled cultural dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - The Classical Age
Later, the Chola kingdom emerged in northern Tamil Nadu, and the Chera kingdom in Kerala. The ports of southern India were involved in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Applications
Sulfur has many industrial uses. Through its major derivative, sulfuric acid (H2SO4), sulfur ranks as one of the more important elements ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - History
Sulfur (Sanskrit, sulvere; Latin sulpur) was known in ancient times, and is referred to in the Biblical Pentateuch (Genesis). English tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - History
Sulfur (Sanskrit, sulvere; Latin sulpur) was known in ancient times, and is referred to in the Biblical Pentateuch (Genesis). The word it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Precautions
Carbon disulfide, Carbon oxysulfide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide should all be handled with care. Although sulfur dioxide is suf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - The Classical Age
Later, the Chola kingdom emerged in northern Tamil Nadu, and the Chera kingdom in Kerala. The ports of southern India were involved in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sulfur: Encyclopedia Ii - Sulfur - Occurrence
Elemental sulfur can be found near hot springs and volcanic regions in many parts of the world, especially along the Pacific Ring of Fire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Republican Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Republican Roman Consuls - 3rd Century Bc
300 Marcus Valerius M.f. Corvus V, Quintus Appuleius Pansa 299 Marcus Fulvius Cn.f. Paetinus, Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus, Suffect: Marc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Islamic Sultanates
After the Arab-Turkic invasion of India's ancient northern neighbour Persia, various short lived Islamic empires invaded and spread acros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mughal Era
History of India - Mughal Empire. In 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur, swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mugha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Colonial Era
During the colonial era, India, along with several ancient nations in Asia, Africa and South America, was targeted by expansionist Europe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Republic Of India
Main Articles: Political Integration of India, History of the Republic of India Since independence, India has fought a number of wars aga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thucydides: Encyclopedia Ii - Thucydides - Life
Almost everything we know about the life of Thucydides comes from his own History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides' father was Olorus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - System Of Governing
The Achaemenids were enlightened despots who allowed a certain amount of regional autonomy in the form of the satrapy system. A satrapy w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Independent India
Main Articles: History of Independent India, Political Integration of India Since independence, India has fought a number of wars against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Rural Dionysia
The Dionysia was originally a rural festival in Attica (Dionysia ta kat' agrous), probably celebrating the cultivation of vines. It was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The British Raj
The British, established a foothold in Bengal when the British soldiers, funded by the East India Company, and led by Robert Clive, defea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mughal Era
In the early 16th century, descendants of Genghis Khan swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal (Mogul) Dynasty, which las...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lens Optics: Encyclopedia Ii - Lens Optics - Aberrations
Lenses do not form perfect images, and there is always some degree of distortion or aberration introduced by the lens which causes the im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Significance
Dionysus was often seen as the god of everything uncivilized, of the innate wildness of humanity that the Athenians had tried to control....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Republican Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Republican Roman Consuls - 3rd Century Bc
300 Marcus Valerius M.f. Corvus V, Quintus Appuleius Pansa 299 Marcus Fulvius Cn.f. Paetinus, Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus, Suff.: Marcus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lens Optics: Encyclopedia Ii - Lens Optics - Multiple Lenses
Lenses may be combined to form more complex optical systems. The simplest case is when lenses are placed in contact: if the lenses of foc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Republican Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Republican Roman Consuls - 2nd Century Bc
200 Publius Sulpicius Ser.f. Galba Maximus II, Gaius Aurelius C.f. Cotta 199 Lucius Cornelius L.f. Lentulus, Publius Villius Ti.f. Tappul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Republican Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Republican Roman Consuls - 1st Century Bc
100 Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Gaius Marius VI 99 Aulus Postumius Albinus, Marcus Antonius Orator 98 Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos, Titu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dionysia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dionysia - Notable Winners Of The City Dionysia
Dionysia - Tragedy. 484 BC - Aeschylus 472 BC - Aeschylus (The Persians) 471 BC - Polyphrasmon 468 BC - Sophocles (Triptolemus) 467 BC...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lamia City: Encyclopedia Ii - Lamia City - History
Although inhabited since the 5th millennium BC, the city was first mentioned after the earthquake of 424 BC, when it was an important Spa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Amphipolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Amphipolis - Battle Of Amphipolis 422 Bc
When the armistice ended in 422, Cleon arrived in Thrace with a force of 30 ships, 1200 hoplites, and 300 cavalry, along with many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Company Rule
Vasco da Gama's discovery of a new sea route to India in 1498 paved the way for European colonization of India. The British established t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - Art
Achaemenid art, like Achaemenid religion, was a blend of many elements. Just as the Achaemenids were tolerant in matters of local governm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenid Dynasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Achaemenid Dynasty - Contributions
An important Achaemenid artifact is the Cyrus Cylinder, a declaration issued by Cyrus the Great, son of the founder of the dynasty. Cyrus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kythira: Encyclopedia Ii - Kythira - History
At the start of the second millennium B.C. it was a Minoan colony and in 424 BC it came under the sway of Athens. In Ancient Greek Mythol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herodotus: Encyclopedia Ii - Herodotus - Herodotus's Life
As to Herodotus's life, we know that he was exiled from Halicarnassus after his involvement in an unsuccessful putsch against the ruling ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - Early Middle Kingdoms - The Golden Age
The middle period, especially that associated with the Gupta dynasty, is known as India's Golden Age, a time of unparalleled cultural dev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Magadha Empire
Amongst the 16 Mahajanapadas, the kingdom of Magadha rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of India - The Mahajanapadas
By 500 BC, sixteen monarchies and 'republics' known as the Mahajanapadas stretched across the Indo-Gangetic plains from modern-day Afghan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lens Optics: Encyclopedia Ii - Lens Optics - Imaging Properties
As mentioned above, a positive or converging lens will focus a collimated beam travelling along the lens axis to a spot (known as the foc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lens Optics: Encyclopedia Ii - Lens Optics - Uses Of Lenses
One important use of lenses is as a prosthetic for the correction of visual impairments such as myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, and astigm...   » Read the article