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Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - Chronology
Ancient history - Prehistory.
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Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - Chronology
Ancient history - Prehistory.
c. 60th millennium BC - Modern humans migrate out of Africa and begin spreading across Asia
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Egyptian Chronology
Egyptian history is broken into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling pharaoh. The dating of events in Egyptia...
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Ancient History: Encyclopedia - Ancient History
Ancient history is the study of significant cultural and political events from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages...
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Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - Chronology
Ancient history - Prehistory.
c. 40th millennium BC - Australia first reached by humans
c. 35th millennium BC - Europe first reached b...
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Ancient History: Encyclopedia - Ancient History
Ancient history is the study of significant cultural and political events from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages...
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Kypria: Encyclopedia - Kypria
The Kypria (Greek: Κύπρια; Latin: Cypria) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Trojan War cycle, that is,...
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Alba Longa: Encyclopedia - Alba Longa
Alba Longa (in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga) was an ancient city of Latium, founder and head of the Latin Confederation...
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Alan Gardiner: Encyclopedia - Alan Gardiner
Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner (1879 – 1963) was one of the premier Egyptologists of the early and mid-Twentieth century. Some of his most...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia - History Of China
China is one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with written records dating back 3,500 years. Turtle shells with marki...
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British Military History: Encyclopedia - British Military History
By chronology
Prehistoric Britain
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Early Dynastic Period
The origins of the unified Egyptian state are unclear, and there are no contemporary sources, and later sources are unclear and contradic...
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Immanuel Velikovsky: Encyclopedia - Immanuel Velikovsky
Immanuel Velikovsky (June 10, 1895 (NS) – November 17, 1979) is best known as the author of a number of controversial books on pre-hist...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Old Kingdom
Egyptologists consider the Old Kingdom as beginning with the Third Dynasty, and around the time of the Fourth Dynasty, the art of embalmi...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - New Kingdom
The Eighteenth Dynasty marks the beginning of the New Kingdom. Various pharaohs extended the control of Egypt further than ever before, r...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Open Problems
There are several open problems concerning ancient Egyptian history. Conclusions on the origins of the Hyksos and their first leaders are...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Protodynastic Period
Along the Nile, in the 10th millennium BC, a grain-grinding culture using the earliest type of sickle blades had become replaced by anoth...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - First Intermediate Period
This era includes the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties and into the First Intermediate Period. The Old Kingdom became weakened by famine and wea...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Middle Kingdom
Around 2055 BCE, Mentuhotep II from Thebes ended this period of unrest and united the country again. He installed a new administration an...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Third Intermediate Period
After the death of Rameses XI, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes, in the person of Piankh, assumed control of Upper Egypt, ruling from T...
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History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Late Period
Memphis and the Delta region became the target of many attacks from the Assyrians, until Psammetichus managed to reunite Middle and Lower...
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History Of Western Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Western Philosophy - Brief Timeline
History of Western philosophy - Ancient philosophy.
Philosophy is generally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Io...
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Buffyverse Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Buffyverse Comics - Chronology
Buffyverse comics - Ancient.
Tales of the Slayers graphic novel story: Prologue
Buffyverse comics - 1601 – 1900 History.
Tales of t...
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Buffyverse Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Buffyverse Comics - Introduction
Main article: Buffyverse canon
The vast majority of comics featured in this list are not part of Buffyverse canon. That means they are...
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Egyptian Chronology: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Chronology - The Attraction Of Alternative Chronologies
Although Professor Heinrich Otten has called called the current scholarly consensus a "rubber chronology" that you can stretch or shrink ...
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Serapeum: Encyclopedia Ii - Serapeum - Destruction Of The Serapeum
Bishop Theophilus of Alexandria was Nicene patriarch when the decrees of emperor Theodosius I forbade public observances of any but Chris...
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Serapeum: Encyclopedia Ii - Serapeum - Excavation And Egyptian Chronology
The Serapeum was discovered by Auguste Mariette, who excavated most of the complex. Unfortunately his notes of the excavation were lost, ...
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Chronology Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of The Ancient Near East - Synchronisms Between Mesopotamia And The Hittite Empire
The sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I, which ended the reign of Samsu-Ditana, provides an anchor for the earliest dates in H...
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Buffyverse Chronology: Encyclopedia Ii - Buffyverse Chronology - Chronology
Buffyverse chronology - Key.
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Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
The ancient Egyptians spoke an Afro-Asiatic language related to Chadic, Berber and Semitic languages. Records of the ancient Egyptian lan...
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Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
Ancient Egyptian constitutes an independent branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Its closest relatives are the Berber, Semitic, an...
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History Of Crete: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Crete - Prehistoric Crete
Little is known about the rise of ancient Cretan society, because very few written records remain. This contrasts with the superb palaces...
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Horemheb: Encyclopedia Ii - Horemheb - Internal Reform
Upon his accession, Horemheb initiated a comprehensive series of internal reforms meant to curb the gross abuses of power and priveleges ...
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Horemheb: Encyclopedia Ii - Horemheb - Reign Length
Despite some scholarly debate, Horemheb's Highest Year date is likely attested in a hieratic graffito carved on the shoulder of a now fra...
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History Of Astronomy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Astronomy - India
See also: Hindu astronomy
There are astronomical references of chronological significance in the Vedas. Some Vedic notices mark the begin...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Ancient Histories
Archaeological sites such as Sanxingdui (三星堆) and Erlitou (二里頭) show evidence of a Bronze Age civilization in China. The earl...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Qin Dynasty: The First Chinese Empire
Though the unified reign of the Qin (秦) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts of what constitutes the core...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Han Dynasty: A Period Of Prosperity
The Han Dynasty (漢朝) emerged in 202 BC. It was the first dynasty to embrace the philosophy of Confucianism, which became the ideologi...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Jin The Sixteen Kingdoms And The Northern And Southern Dynasties
Though these three kingdoms were reunited temporarily in 280 by the (Western) Jin Dynasty (晉朝), the contemporary non-Han Chinese (Wu ...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Sui Dynasty: Reunification
The Sui Dynasty (隋朝) managed to reunite the country in 589 after almost 300 years of disjunction.
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Tang Dynasty: Return To Prosperity
On June 18, 618, Gaozu (唐高祖) took the throne, and the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) was established, opening a new age of prosperity and in...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Mongols And The Yuan Dynasty
The Jin Empire was defeated by the Mongols, who then proceeded to defeat the Southern Song in a long and bloody war, the first war where ...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Ming Dynasty: Revival Of Chinese Culture
There was strong sentiment, among the populace, against the rule of the "foreigner" (known as Dázi 韃子), which finally led to peasant...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty (清朝, 1644–1911) was founded after the defeat of the Ming, the last Han Chinese dynasty, by the Manchus (滿族). T...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - The Republic Of China
Frustrated by the Qing court's resistance to reform and by China's weakness, young officials, military officers, and students—inspired ...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Post Modern Independence
With the proclamation of the People's Republic of China (中華人民共和國) on October 1, 1949, China was divided yet again, into the...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Jin, The Sixteen Kingdoms, And The Northern And Southern Dynasties
Though these three kingdoms were reunited temporarily in 280 by the (Western) Jin Dynasty (晉朝), the contemporary non-Han Chinese (Wu ...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Ancient Histories
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Qin Dynasty: The First Chinese Empire
Though the unified reign of the Qin (秦) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts of what constitutes the core...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Han Dynasty: A Period Of Prosperity
The Han Dynasty (漢朝) emerged in 202 BC. It was the first dynasty to embrace the philosophy of Confucianism, which became the ideologi...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Jin The Sixteen Kingdoms And The Northern And Southern Dynasties
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Sui Dynasty: Reunification
The Sui Dynasty (隋朝) managed to reunite the country in 589 after almost 300 years of disjunction.
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Tang Dynasty: Return To Prosperity
On June 18, 618, Gaozu (唐高祖) took the throne, and the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) was established, opening a new age of prosperity and in...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Mongols And The Yuan Dynasty
The Jin Empire was defeated by the Mongols, who then proceeded to defeat the Southern Song in a long and bloody war, the first war where ...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Ming Dynasty: Revival Of Chinese Culture
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty (清朝, 1644–1911) was founded after the defeat of the Ming, the last Han Chinese dynasty, by the Manchus (滿族). T...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - The Republic Of China
Frustrated by the Qing court's resistance to reform and by China's weakness, young officials, military officers, and students—inspired ...
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History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - The Present
With the proclamation of the People's Republic of China (中華人民共和國) on October 1, 1949, China was divided yet again, into the...
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Citadel Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Citadel Software - The Citadel User Interface
Initially, Citadel's main advancement over other BBS software was that it split conversations into a natural metaphor, independent topic ...
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Et-tell: Encyclopedia Ii - Et-tell - Comparisons With The Biblical Account
If et-Tell is indeed Ai, this poses a problem for defenders of the literal historicity of the Biblical accounts concerning the origin of ...
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Alba Longa: Encyclopedia Ii - Alba Longa - Legendary History
According to legend Alba Longa was founded by Ascanius or Iulus, son of Aeneas, thirty years after the foundation of Lavinium. Chronologi...
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Pottery: Encyclopedia Ii - Pottery - History
Pottery is an ancient technology, and is one of the key technologies in the formation of civilization. The creation of pottery has been a...
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Metroid Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Metroid Series - Themes
The Metroid games are set in the same fictional universe. They share most main characters and fundamental gameplay elements, with a few n...
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Pharaoh Computer Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharaoh Computer Game - Historical Accuracy
Although the puzzle-like aspect of Pharaoh keeps the simulation far from realistic, the game stays true to the chronological order and ti...
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Military History Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of France - Themes In French History
The defense of both its own territory and its citizens overseas in later eras was driven by several military rivalries that often re-asse...
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History Of Gibraltar: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Gibraltar - Habsburg Gibraltar Under The Rule Of The Archduke Charles Pretender To The Spanish Throne
History of Gibraltar - The Gibraltar capture.
(There is usually a discrepancy on the chronology between Spanish and British sources. Th...
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History Of Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Mathematics - Greek And Hellenistic Mathematics 550 Bc - 200 Bc
Although the earliest Greek texts on mathematics were written after the Hellenistic period, many of these are considered to be copies of ...
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Flush Toilet: Encyclopedia Ii - Flush Toilet - Invention Timeline
As with many inventions, the flush toilet did not suddenly spring into existence, but was the result of a long chain of minor improvement...
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Japanese Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Literature - Significant Authors And Works
Famous authors and literary works of significant stature are listed in chronological order below. For an exhaustive list of authors see L...
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Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Religion
The Minoans worshipped goddesses, (see Rodney Castleden, Minoans, 1994; Goodison and Morris, Ancient Goddesses, 1998; Nanno Marinatos, Mi...
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Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Warfare And The Minoan Peace
It is generally assumed there was little internal armed conflict on Minoan Crete. In the past, this condition was known as "Pax Minoica,"...
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Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Theories Of Failure
There is evidence that the trade networks collapsed, and that Minoan cities perished by famine. The Minoans' grain supply is believed to ...
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Sri Lanka: Encyclopedia Ii - Sri Lanka - History
Sri Lanka - Prehistory.
The Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa are claimed to give a near-continuous written history of the island and is also the...
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Ramayana:
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Ramayana
Ramayana (Sanskrit) [from Rama an avatara of Vishnu + ayana goings, adventures] One of the famous epic poems of India, relating...
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Purana:
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Purana
Purana (Sanskrit) Ancient, old, an ancient tale or legend. The 18 Hindu scriptures known today as the Puranas are ancient legends of o...
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Zoroaster:
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Zoroaster
Zoroaster, Zarathustra, Zarathushtra (Avestan) Zaradusht, Zartosht (Persian) [from Avestan zarat yellow or old cf Sanskrit jarat old +...
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Eve, Hawwah
Eve Hawwah (Hebrew) (from hawah to breathe, live) Mystically the mother of all living, an allegorical yet actual figure in all ...
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Buddha Siddharta
Buddha Siddharta (Sanskrit) The name given to Gautama, the Prince of Kapilavastu, at his birth. It is an abbreviation of sarvartthasid...
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Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - Some Prominent Civilizations Of Ancient History
Ancient history - Europe and the Mediterranean.
Ancient Egypt
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Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - Some Prominent Civilizations Of Ancient History
Ancient history - Europe and the Mediterranean.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
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Ancient History: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History - The Study Of Ancient History
The fundamental difficulty of studying ancient history is the fact that only a fraction of it has been documented, and only a fraction of...
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