Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia - Chariot
Chariot was the name of a WW2 naval weapon, the British manned torpedo. A chariot is a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle. In Latin biga is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Ancient Near East
Chariot - Egyptian. The chariot, together with the horse itself, was introduced to Egypt during the reign of the Hyksos dynasty in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Russian Tachanka
It might be said that the chariot was briefly revived during the Russian civil war of 1918–1920, when the "tachanka", a cart or wagon w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare
Ancient warfare is war as conducted from the beginnings of history to the end of the ancient period. In Europe, the end of antiquity is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Kadesh: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Kadesh
The Battle of Kadesh (also spelled Qadesh) took place between Egypt and the Hittite forces of Muwatalli, on the Orontes River of modern S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc
The Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Cana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia - Solar Deity
A solar deity is a deity who represents the sun, or an aspect of it. People have worshipped the sun and solar deities for all of recorded...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circus Maximus: Encyclopedia - Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus (Latin for largest arena) is an ancient arena and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. Situated in the valley bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians
The racial identity of ancient Egyptians is steeped in controversy. The black presence in Ancient Egypt was generally treated by scholars...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beshalach: Encyclopedia - Beshalach
Beshalach, Beshallach, or Beshalah (בשלח – Hebrew for “when [he] let go,” the second word and first distinctive word in the par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia - Hyksos
The Hyksos (Egyptian heka khasewet) were an ethnically mixed group of Southwest Asiatic or Semitic people who appeared in the eastern Nil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avaris: Encyclopedia - Avaris
Avaris, thought to be located at Tell el-Dab'a (some still argue for different locations), was the ancient capital of the Hyksos dynastie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4th Millennium Bc: Encyclopedia - 4th Millennium Bc
(5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) 4th millennium BC - Events. Sumerian city of Ur in Me...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Cultures
Ancient warfare - Chinese. Main article: Military history of China Ancient China during the Shang Dynasty was a Bronze Age society ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Overview
The difference between prehistoric and ancient warfare is less one of technology than of organization. The development of first city-stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Tactics And Weapons
Ancient warfare - Strategy. Ancient strategy focused broadly on the twin goals of making continued war seem more costly than submitting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circus: Encyclopedia Ii - Circus - History Of The Circus
Circus - Circus in the ancient world. In Ancient Rome the circus was a building for the exhibition of horse and chariot races, equestri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc - Egyptian Campaign
Thutmose III gathered an army chariots and infantry that numbered as much as 10,000 men. This high number is consistent with the length o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Use Of Children: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Use Of Children - History
Throughout history and in many cultures, children have been extensively involved in military campaigns even when such practices were supp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cancer: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Cancer
CANCER The fourth sign of the Zodiac (June 22-July 23). The Crab is the final resolution of material manifestation, symbolized by the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Phoenix: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Phoenix
Phoenix (Egyptian-House of Enoch) Egyptian mythological bird of gorgeous plumage, sacred to the sun, reborn from the ashes of the fune...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Phoenix: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Phoenix
Phoenix (Egyptian-House of Enoch) Egyptian mythological bird of gorgeous plumage, sacred to the sun, reborn from the ashes of the fune...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abraxas, Abrasax: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Abraxas, Abrasax
ABRAXAS (or Abrasax) Being the unreachable, unknowable and unmanifested "God" beyond existence and non-existence, beyond goo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Encyclopedia Ii - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Anime
Two OVA series have been adapted from Series 3 by A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning) Company in Japan. The original six-episode series ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc - Battle And Siege
The Pharaoh recognized the opportunity. He set up camp and, during the night, arrayed his forces close to the enemy. The next morning the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Missing Sun
The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Missing Sun
The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Chinese Mythology
Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Chinese Mythology
Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Hindu Mythology
In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Surya, the Sun personified, and Savitar, "the impeller", a solar deity either identified wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Kadesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Kadesh - Battle
Pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite king met at Kadesh in the mountains containing the headwaters of the Orontes in northern Syria around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Megiddo 15th Century Bc - Canaanite Revolt
At the end of the reign of the Egyptian queen-regent Hatshepsut, local rulers in the vicinity of modern-day Syria chose that time to try ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben-hur Book: Encyclopedia Ii - Ben-hur Book - Part Four
Judah has now been training five years in Rome, in the palaestra and the Circus Maximus. Arrius having died, Ben-Hur inherits his possess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Passage Of The Red Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - Passage Of The Red Sea - Four Versions
According to the documentary hypothesis, there are three separate but interleaved prose accounts of the crossing. The earliest of these i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mythical Objects: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mythical Objects - Vehicles
List of mythical objects - Airborne. The Flying Throne of Kai Kavus was an eagle-propelled craft built by the Persian king Kai Kavus, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Artistic Arguments
Artistic renderings of the human form in dynastic Egyptian art were produced using a variety of pigments, including stark white, yellow, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Extent And Nature Of Hyksos Rule
The Hyksos kingdom, then, was centered in the eastern Nile Delta and Middle Egypt and remained limited in size, never extending south int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beshalach: Encyclopedia Ii - Beshalach - Summary
When Pharaoh let the Israelites go, God led the people roundabout by way of the Sea of Reeds. (Ex. 13:17–18.) Moses took the bones of J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habiru/sources: Encyclopedia Ii - Habiru/sources - Source: The Asiatic Campaigning Of Amen-hotep Ii Anet P. 247
Habiru/Sources - Text. His majesty reached the town of Memphis, his heart appeased over all countries, with all lands beneath his soles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Cats In Egyptian Mythology
Egypt was not always unified; initially, it was a land with many regional tribes and nomes. Many nomes had a totemistic system of religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Was There A Hyksos Invasion?
Manetho's account of the appearance of the Hyksos in Egypt calls it an armed invasion by a horde of foreign barbarians who met little res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Kadesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Kadesh - Background
For most of the 18th and 19th Dynasties the Egyptians had been gradually pushed back from upper retnu (The Orontes River watershed into t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Kadesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Kadesh - Background
For most of the 18th and 19th Dynasties the Egyptians had been gradually pushed back from upper retnu (The Orontes River watershed into t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garamantes: Encyclopedia Ii - Garamantes - Garamantian Life
In the 1960's, archaeologists excavated part of the Garamantes' capital (modern Germa, about 150 km west of modern-day Sebha) named it Ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient History Of Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient History Of Cyprus - The City-kingdoms
Cyprus gained independence around 669/663. Cemeteries of this period are mainly rock-cut tombs. They have been found, among others, at Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Exodus: Encyclopedia Ii - The Exodus - Biblical Narrative
The Israelites had moved from the land of Canaan into Egypt when Joseph was prime minister of Egypt. After the death of Joseph and a chan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sennacherib: Encyclopedia Ii - Sennacherib - Sennacherib's Account
Sennacherib first recounts several of his previous victories, and how his enemies had become overwhelmed by his presence. He was able to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheetah: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheetah - Cheetahs In Art And Literature
The Caress (1896), by the Belgian symbolist painter Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921), is a representation of the myth of Oedipus and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Soundtrack
Raiders Of The Lost Ark is the soundtrack that is most notable for featuring the rousing and iconic song The Raiders March that came to s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarot Of Marseilles: Encyclopedia Ii - Tarot Of Marseilles - Structure
Like most Tarot decks, the Tarot de Marseille contains fifty-six cards in the four standard suits. In French language versions of the Tar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hama: Encyclopedia Ii - Hama - Ancient History
The ancient settlement of Hama was occupied from the early Neolithic to the Iron Age. It was excavated between 1931-1933 by a Danish team...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habiru/sources: Encyclopedia Ii - Habiru/sources - Source: Robert Drews The End Of The Bronze Age: Changes In Warfare And The Catastrophe Ca. 1200 B.c. Princeton 1993. Isbn 0691025916
Habiru/Sources - Page 13. When Ugarit was destroyed some hundred tablets were being baked in the oven, and so from this site we have d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Human Units
The bulk of each civilizations' forces are made of ordinary human soldiers. Military units are classified as infantry, archers, cavalry, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Exodus: Encyclopedia Ii - The Exodus - Alternate Theories
A number of theories have been proposed to account for the occurrence of the plagues and the resulting parting of the waters, attributing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - History
As early as Akkadian times, Hurrians are known to have lived east of the river Tigris on the northern rim of Mesopotamia, and in the Khab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - History
As early as Akkadian times, Hurrians are known to have lived east of the river Tigris on the northern rim of Mesopotamia, and in the Khab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bow Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Bow Weapon - History
The bow seems to have been invented in the late Palaeolithic or early Mesolithic. The oldest indication for its use in Europe comes from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civilization Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Civilization Ii - Features
Civilization II - Civilizations. Americans Aztecs Babylonians Carthaginians Celts Chinese Egyptians Englishs French Germans Greeks I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bow Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Bow Weapon - History
The bow seems to have been invented in the late Palaeolithic or early Mesolithic. The oldest indication for its use in Europe comes from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheetah: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheetah - Economic Importance
Cheetah fur was formerly regarded as a status symbol. Today, cheetahs have a growing economic importance for ecotourism and they are also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarot Of Marseilles: Encyclopedia Ii - Tarot Of Marseilles - Later History Of Tarot
Each card, whether in the major arcana or minor arcana, was originally printed from a woodcut; the cards were later coloured either by ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Who Were The Hyksos?
The term "Hyksos" derives from the expression heka khasewet (Rulers of Foreign Lands), used in Egyptian texts like the Turin King List to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheetah: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheetah - Classification
The genus name, Acinonyx, means "no-move-claw" in Greek, while the species name, jubatus, means "maned" in Latin, a reference to the mane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheetah: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheetah - Conservation Status
Cheetah cubs have a high mortality rate due to genetic factors and predation by carnivores in competition with the cheetah, such as the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - The Thebean Offensive
Hyksos - Under Sekenenra Tao II. The war against the Hyksos began in the closing years of the Seventeenth Dynasty at Thebes. Later New ...   » 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 - Hittites: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittites - Archaeological Discovery
The first archaeological evidence for the Hittites appeared in tablets found at the Assyrian colony of Kültepe (ancient Karum Kanesh), c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hittites In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Hittites In The Bible - Kingdoms Period
In this period the Hittites are mentioned as the ethnic label of two military commanders under king David (around 1000 BC), Ahimelech and...   » 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 - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torg: Encyclopedia Ii - Torg - The Setting
According to the cosmology of Torg, in the beginning each dimension, or cosm, was separate from every other. However, a ravenous entity k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheetah: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheetah - King Cheetah
The king cheetah was first noted in Zimbabwe in 1926. In 1927, the naturalist Pocock declared it a separate species, but reversed this de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Early Life
Little is known about Attalus' early life. He was the son of Attalus, and Antiochis.4 The elder Attalus, was the son of a brother (also c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Empires: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Empires - Technology
Research into various types of technology can allow one civilization to gain advantages (such as better armed and protected units, and st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Gods
Players can choose from one of three gods of a civilization as they begin, and two Minor Gods each time they advance in age. Each Minor G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Periods
The art of Ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into three periods: the Archaic, the Classical and the Hellenistic. As noted a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia Ii - Astarte - General Discussion
‘Ashtart was connected with fertility, sexuality, and war. Her symbols were the lion, the horse, the sphinx, the dove, and a star withi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadrian: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadrian - Cultural Pursuits And Patronage
Above all Hadrian patronized the arts: Hadrian's Villa at Tibur (Tivoli) was the greatest Roman example of an Alexandrian garden, recreat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarot Of Marseilles: Encyclopedia Ii - Tarot Of Marseilles - Variants
The XIII card is generally left unnamed in the various old and modern versions of the Tarot de Marseille, but it is worth noting that in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Encyclopedia Ii - Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Reaction
The $20-million film was a huge success, easily the highest grossing film (earning $210 million approx.) of 1981, and, at the time, one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Empires: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Empires - Overview
In AoE, twelve civilizations (often referred to as "civs") are available: Ancient Egyptians Assyrians Ancient Greeks Babylonians Choson ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sumer: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sumer - Dynasty Of Lagash
History of Sumer - Ur-Nina. At a later date, the high priests of Lagash made themselves kings, and a dynasty was founded there by Ur-Ni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Buildings
Buildings in Age of Mythology are used for a variety of purposes. They are used to train units, can be used to garrison units, or can be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - China
The earliest chariot burial site in China, discovered in 1933 at Hougang, Anyang of central China's Henan Province, dates to the rule of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Central And Western Europe
The only Etruscan chariot found intact dates to ca. 530 BC. It is decorated with bronze plates reminiscent of the Gundestrup cauldron. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Central And Western Europe
The only Etruscan chariot found intact dates to ca. 530 BC. It is decorated with bronze plates reminiscent of the Gundestrup cauldron. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Northern Europe
The Trundholm sun chariot is dated to ca. 1400 BC (see Nordic Bronze Age). The horse drawing the solar disk runs on four wheels, and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Northern Europe
The Trundholm sun chariot is dated to ca. 1400 BC (see Nordic Bronze Age). The horse drawing the solar disk runs on four wheels, and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Indo-iranians
The earliest chariots known are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka culture in moder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chariot: Encyclopedia Ii - Chariot - Classical Antiquity
Chariot - Greece. The classical Greeks had a (still not very effective) cavalry, and the rocky terrain of the Greek mainland was unsuit...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - A
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - A . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article