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| | |  60 BC: Encyclopedia - AristotleAristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs 384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote many books about physics, poetry, zoology, logic, rhetoric, government, and biology.
Aristotle, along with Plato and Socrates, is generally considered one of the most influential ancient Greek philosophers in Western thought. They transformed Presocratic Greek philosophy into the foundations of Western philosophy as we know it. The writings of Plato an ...
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| | | | 60 BC: Encyclopedia - 60 number 60 (sixty) is the natural number following 59 and preceding 61.
<< 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 >>
List of numbers -- Integers
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60 number - In mathematics.
Sixty is a composite number with divisors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, making it also a highly composite number. Because 60 is the sum of its unitary divisors (excluding itsel ...
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| | | | 60 BC: Encyclopedia II - Moravia - Geography Moravia occupies most of the eastern third of the Czech Republic including the South Moravian Region and the Zlín Region, as well as parts of the Moravian-Silesian, Olomouc, Pardubice, Vysocina and South Bohemian regions.
In the north, Moravia borders Poland and Czech Silesia; in the east, Slovakia; in the south, Lower Austria; and in the west, Bohemia. Its northern boundary is formed by the Sudetes mountains which become the Carpathians in the east. The meandering Thaya flows through the border country with Austria and there is a protected area on both sides of t ...
See also:Moravia, Moravia - Geography, Moravia - Economy, Moravia - History, Moravia - People, Moravia - Other, Moravia - Sources Read more here: » Moravia: Encyclopedia II - Moravia - Geography |
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| | | | 60 BC: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Xuan of Han - Family background and early life
Emperor Xuan of Han - Parentage disaster and a barely spared young life.
Liu Bingyi was born in 91 BC to Liu Jin, the son of then-Crown Prince Liu Ju, and his wife Consort Wang. (Jin's age at the time of his son's birth is not known, although Prince Ju himself was 37 years old at the time, making Jin likely to be in his late teens.) As the grandson of the Crown Prince, Bingyi likely was born in Prince Ju's palace.
That same year, however, disaster would strike. With conspirators accusing him of using witch ...
See also:Emperor Xuan of Han, Emperor Xuan of Han - Family background and early life, Emperor Xuan of Han - Parentage disaster and a barely spared young life, Emperor Xuan of Han - Childhood, Emperor Xuan of Han - Young adulthood and marriage, Emperor Xuan of Han - Succession to the throne, Emperor Xuan of Han - Early reign, Emperor Xuan of Han - The destruction of the Huo clan, Emperor Xuan of Han - Middle reign, Emperor Xuan of Han - Late reign, Emperor Xuan of Han - Era names, Emperor Xuan of Han - Personal information Read more here: » Emperor Xuan of Han: Encyclopedia II - Emperor Xuan of Han - Family background and early life |
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| | | | 60 BC: Encyclopedia II - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life Marcus Licinius Crassus was the son of a former consul and censor, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives. He came from a respectable, well-established plebeian family. His father fought in the Social War under Lucius Julius Caesar III, grandfather of Mark Antony. Though his father had celebrated a triumph, Crassus grew up in a small house that was not only home to himself and his parents, but also to his two elder brothers and their families.
Although originally a supporter of Gaius Marius and his Populares party, Crassus's father fought aga ...
See also:Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life, Marcus Licinius Crassus - The Revolt of Spartacus, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Consulship and the First Triumvirate, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster in Parthia, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Chronology, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Derivatives, Marcus Licinius Crassus - Notes Read more here: » Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia II - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life |
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| | | | 60 BC: Encyclopedia II - Petra - History The descriptions of Strabo, Pliny the Elder, and other writers identify Petra as the capital of the Nabataeans and the centre of their caravan trade. Walled in by towering rocks and watered by a perennial stream, Petra not only possessed the advantages of a fortress but controlled the main commercial routes which passed through it to Gaza in the west, to Bosra and Damascus in the north, to Aqaba and Leuce Come on the Red Sea, and acros ...
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| | | | 60 BC: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s See also History of creationism and Evolutionism.
The idea of biological evolution was supported in ancient times, notably among Hellenists such as Democritus and his student Epicurus. As early as 400 BC the Greek atomists taught that the sun, earth, life, humans, civilization, and society emerged over aeons without divine intervention. Around 60 BC the Roman atomist Lucretius wrote the poem On the Nature of Things describing the development of the living earth in stages from atoms colliding in the void as swirls of dust, then ...
See also:History of evolutionary thought, History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s, History of evolutionary thought - Acquired characteristics Lamarckism and natural selection, History of evolutionary thought - Later discrediting of Lamarckism and Orthogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1850s - early 20th century: Darwin's theory, History of evolutionary thought - 1920s-1940s: the modern evolutionary synthesis, History of evolutionary thought - 1940s-1960s: developments following molecular biology, History of evolutionary thought - 1960s-1980s: Williams revolution punctuated equilibrium, History of evolutionary thought - 1970s-2000s: evolutionary biology as a discipline, History of evolutionary thought - Recent developments in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Symbiogenesis, History of evolutionary thought - Neo-structuralist themes in evolutionary theory, History of evolutionary thought - Altruism, History of evolutionary thought - Horizontal gene transfer, History of evolutionary thought - Unconventional extensions to evolutionary ideas, History of evolutionary thought - De Chardin's and Huxley's theories Read more here: » History of evolutionary thought: Encyclopedia II - History of evolutionary thought - From ancient times to 1850s |
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| | | | 60 BC: Encyclopedia II - Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 70 BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum. This office brought with it membership in the senate. He drew the lots and was assigned with a quaestorship in Hispania Ulterior, a Roman province roughly situated in modern Portugal and southern Spain. As an administrative and financial officer, the trip was largely uneventful, but while in Hispania he had the now famous encounter with a statue of Alexander the Great. Perhaps because of his weakened emotion ...
See also:Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar - Early life, Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum, Julius Caesar - The First Triumvirate and the Gallic War, Julius Caesar - The civil war, Julius Caesar - After the war, Julius Caesar - Assassination, Julius Caesar - Detailed account, Julius Caesar - Aftermath, Julius Caesar - Caesar as Jesus?, Julius Caesar - Caesar's literary works, Julius Caesar - Military career, Julius Caesar - Caesar's name, Julius Caesar - Caesar's family, Julius Caesar - Chronology, Julius Caesar - Honours, Julius Caesar - Notes Read more here: » Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia II - Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum |
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