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Encyclopedia - Library Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Library Of Alexandria - Overview
One story holds that the Library was seeded with Aristotle's own private collection, through one of his students, Demetrius Phalereus. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Library Of Alexandria - Overview
One story holds that the Library was seeded with Aristotle's own private collection, through one of his students, Demetrius Phalereus. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Library Of Alexandria - Overview
One story holds that the Library was seeded with Aristotle's own private collection, through one of his students, Demetrius Phalereus. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippocrates: Encyclopedia - Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos (c. 460 BC–c. 380 BC) was an ancient Greek physician. He has been called "the father of medicine", and is commonly r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Year Of Physics 2005: Encyclopedia - World Year Of Physics 2005
The year 2005 has been named the World Year of Physics in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's "Miracle Year," in wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Archive: Encyclopedia - Internet Archive
The Internet Archive (http://archive.org/), located at the Presidio in San Francisco, California, is dedicated to maintaining an archive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Septuagint: Encyclopedia - Septuagint
The Septuagint (LXX) is the name commonly given in the West to the Koine Greek Alexandrine text of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achilles Play: Encyclopedia - Achilles Play
Achilles is a trilogy of plays written by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It follows the Greek hero Achilles during the Trojan War, wherei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia - Copyright
Fair use History of copyright law Idea-expression dichotomy History of patent law Patentability Sufficiency of disclosure Patent infr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandria: Encyclopedia - Alexandria
Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Alexandria (in Arabic, الإسكندرية, transliterated al-ʼIskandariyyah) is the chief seap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia - Book Burning
Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library: Encyclopedia - Library
In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. It can refer to an individual's private collect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypatia Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia - Hypatia Of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria (in Greek: Υπατία) (c. 380 - 415) was a philosopher, mathematician, and teacher who lived in Alexandria, then...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parchment: Encyclopedia - Parchment
Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. Cooking parchment paper (see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 48 Bc: Encyclopedia - 48 Bc
48 BC - Events. Roman Civil War: January 4, Caesar landed at Dyrrhachium (Durazzo) March, Antony joined Caesar April, Siege of Dyrrha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1st Millennium: Encyclopedia - 1st Millennium
(1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – 2nd millennium – other millennia) 1st millennium - Events. Beginning of Christianity (30s) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 405: Encyclopedia - 405
Interstate 405, The Peugeot 405 was the European Car of the Year 1987. 405 - Births. Ricimer, de facto ruler of the West Roman Empire ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Encyclopedia - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Archive: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Archive - The Wayback Machine
Examples from the Wayback Machine's archives: Amazon Microsoft BBC News Google Open Directory Wikipedia The archive also maintains the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypatia Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypatia Of Alexandria - Hypatia's Death
Theories about the mob violence that ended Hypatia's life range from a local, spontaneous Christian uprising tolerated by the Christian P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - The Beginnings Of Literature
Literature and writing, though obviously connected, are not synonymous. The first writings from ancient Sumeria by any reasonable definit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Christian Thinkers In Science: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Christian Thinkers In Science - Before The Nineteenth Century
Those born before the seventeenth century have asterixes and their names are italicized. Fairfield University[3] Rice University's Galile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Disasters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Disasters - Transportation Disasters
List of disasters - Air disasters. See also: List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by year This is a list o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of National Libraries: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of National Libraries - List Of National Libraries
List of national libraries - A. List of national libraries - B. List of national libraries - C. List of national libraries - D. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - May 2004 - Events
• 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosetta Stone: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosetta Stone - Condensed Listing The Three Decrees The Three-stone Series
Multiple copies of the stones, were erected in multiple temple courtyards, as specified in the text of the decrees. 239 BCE Decree of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Physics - The Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution can be viewed as a flowering of the Renaissance and the portal to modern civilization. This was in part brought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - Notable Book Burning Incidents
Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest. Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Information Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Information Architecture - Current Practice
Information architecture often has an emphasis on usability studies and testing for website compliance to community standards. The body t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - Prehistoric And Ancient Period
main article: Ancient Near East Timeline of Middle Eastern History - 9th millennium BC Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Hol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 19th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1800s. Early 1800s June - Bernardo Leonardo buys the town from the Indians for $14,800,000....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Archive: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Archive - Wayback Machine
Examples from the Wayback Machine's archives: Amazon Microsoft BBC News Google Open Directory Wikipedia The archive also maintains the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - History Of Alternate History Fiction
Alternative history fiction - Antiquity. The earliest example of alternative history appears to be Book IX, sections 17-19, of Livy's H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ptolemy I Soter: Encyclopedia Ii - Ptolemy I Soter - Successor Of Alexander
When Alexander died in 323, Ptolemy is said to have instigated the resettlement of the empire made at Babylon. He was now appointed satra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Library - Origins Of The Public Library As A Social Institution
The origins of the public library as a social institution have not been well explored or recorded. The institution may have been inspired...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Ptolemaic Egypt
In 332 BC Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, conquered Egypt, with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Year Of Physics 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - World Year Of Physics 2005 - History
Physics has been the basis for understanding the physical world and nature as a whole. The applications of physics are the basis for much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Physics - The Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution can be viewed as a flowering of the Renaissance and the portal to modern civilization. This was in part brought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Septuagint: Encyclopedia Ii - Septuagint - Use Of The Septuagint
Septuagint - Jewish use. Jewish attitudes toward translations of their scriptures developed with time. By the 2nd century BC, it was of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gillian Bradshaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Gillian Bradshaw - Bradshaw's Fiction Overview
She started out with the historical fantasy trilogy, "Down the Long Wind", featuring a very Celtic Britain, in contrast to other modern s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippocrates: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippocrates - Writings
The Hippocratic writings introduced patient confidentiality, a practice which is still in use today. This was described under the Hippocr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia Ii - Copyright - Other Aspects
Copyright - Transfer and licensing. Copyright may be assigned or transferred from one party to another. For example, a musician who rec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - Notable Book Burning Incidents
Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest. Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexandria - History
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Encyclopedia - Parchment: Encyclopedia Ii - Parchment - History
According to the Roman historian Varro, Pliny's Natural History records (xiii.21), it was invented under the patronage of Eumenes of Perg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Earth - Campaigns
This campaign is where players will learn how to play Empire Earth and will give the basics on how to play RTS games. This campaign is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Library - History
The first libraries were only partly libraries, being composed for the most part of the unpublished records that make up archives. Archae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 20th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1900s. Santa Claus ages to peak of maturity (with white hair and long beard); declares Chris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Library - Library Use
Many potential library patrons nevertheless do not know how to use a library effectively. This can be due to lack of early exposure, shyn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - Alternative History In Other Media
Several films have been made that exploit the concepts of alternative history, most notably Kevin Brownlow's It Happened Here. Another su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - Counterfactual And Virtual History
See main articles: historical revisionism, virtual history Historians also speculate in this manner; this type of speculation is known co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - Online Alternative Histories
soc.history.what-if is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to discussing alternative histories. This newsgroup has spawned a number of interesting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - The Boundaries Of Alternative History
This leads to readers encountering stories which read as though they were alternate history, but which are not. An example would be Rober...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Septuagint: Encyclopedia Ii - Septuagint - Books Of The Septuagint
The vast majority of the Septuagint coincides with the Jewish Tanakh, although the order does not always coincide with the modern orderin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Library - Types Of Libraries
Libraries can be divided into categories by several methods: by the entity (institution, municipality, or corporate body) that supports ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexandria - Geography
Alexandria - Layout of the ancient city. The Greek Alexandria was divided into three regions: The Jews' quarter, forming the northeast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosetta Stone: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosetta Stone - History Of The Stone
French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard (1772-1832) discovered the stone in the Egyptian port city of Rosetta (present-day Rashid) on Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosetta Stone: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosetta Stone - Use As Metaphor
"Rosetta Stone" is also used as a metaphor to refer to anything that is a critical key to a process of decryption, translation, or a diff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - Alternative History In Other Media
Several films have been made that exploit the concepts of alternative history, most notably Kevin Brownlow's It Happened Here. Another su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - Elements Of Alternate History
There are certain elements which are common to all alternate histories, whether they deal with history on the micro-level (personal alter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Library - Funding Problems
In the United States, among other countries, libraries in financially-strapped communities are in the precarious position of being relati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - The Ottoman Era
(circa since 1453 when Ottoman emirs captured Constantinople) (main article: History of the Ottoman Empire) 1869 - Construction of the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Information Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Information Architecture - Origins
The effective organization of information for easy retrieval at a later date dates back to the works of the first librarians, such as the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Information Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Information Architecture - Criticism
The value of the term “information architecture” is highly questionable since activities involved in the creation of such are congrue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - Turks Crusaders And Mongols
(The dominance of the Arabs came to a sudden end in the mid 11th century with the arrival of the Seljuk Turks) c. 1347, a fleet of Genoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Library - Some Famous Libraries
Other libraries: The St. Phillips Church Parsonage Provincial Library, established in 1698 in Charleston, South Carolina, was the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Septuagint: Encyclopedia Ii - Septuagint - Naming And Designation
The Septuagint derives its name (derived from Latin septuaginta, seventy, hence the abbreviation LXX) from a legendary account in the Let...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Physics - Antiquity
Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - May 2004 - May 13 2004
This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this noti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Archive: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Archive - Media Collections
Most of their movies, books, and recordings are public domain or licensed under a Creative Commons License. The audio section largely inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Septuagint: Encyclopedia Ii - Septuagint - Dating And Critical Scholarship
Modern scholarship holds that the LXX was translated and composed over the course of the 3rd through 1st centuries BC(E), beginning with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexandria - Ancient Remains
Very little of the ancient city has survived into the present day. Much of the royal and civic quarter has sunk beneath the harbour due t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - In Fiction
The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in which the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Middle Eastern History - The Arab Middle East
Timeline of Middle Eastern History - 1st millennium BC. Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Cyrus the Great conquer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia Ii - Copyright - History Of Copyright
Authors, patrons, and owners of works throughout the ages have tried to direct and control how copies of such works could be used once di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - The Early Modern Period
A new spirit of science and investigation in Europe was part of a general upheaval in human understanding which began with the discovery ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - European Renaissance Literature
Had nothing occurred to change literature in the 1400s but the Renaissance, the break with medieval approaches would have been clear enou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Physics - Antiquity
Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Earth - Successor To Empire Earth
The original Empire Earth (2001) shattered all expectations by introducing 14 different epochs and more than 200 unique units, taking pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Archive: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Archive - Media Collections
Most of their movies, books, and recordings are public domain or licensed under a Creative Commons License. The audio section largely inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Earth - Cheat Codes
Like many computer games, there are several cheat codes for Empire Earth. The codes can only be used in random map mode and scenarios whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - Later Chinese Literature
Lyric poetry advanced far more in China than in Europe prior to 1000, as multiple new forms developed in the Han, Tang, and Song dynastie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - The Medieval Period
After the fall of Rome (in roughly 476), many of the literary approaches and styles invented by the Greeks and Romans fell out of favor i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Persian And Arab Conquests
The Persian occupation of Egypt, beginning in 619 or 618, was one of the triumphs in the last Sasanian war against Byzantium. Khosrow II ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Roman Egypt
In 30 BC, following the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire as the province Aegyptus, governed by a prefect selecte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gillian Bradshaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Gillian Bradshaw - Bradshaw's Fiction Details
No content yet. Gillian Bradshaw - Fantasy all historical. Gillian Bradshaw - Historical no fantasy elements. Gillian Bradshaw - Sci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - Early Indian Literature
Indian epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita have influenced countless other works, including Balinese Kecak and other p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - The Greeks And The Romans
History of literature - The Greeks. Ancient Greek society placed considerable emphasis upon literature. Many authors consider the weste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Literature - Early Chinese Literature
The first great author on military tactics and strategy was Sun Tzu, whose The Art of War remains on the shelves of many modern military ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Archive: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Archive - Controversies
Internet Archive - Scientology sites. In late 2002, the Internet Archive removed various sites critical of Scientology from the Wayback...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Christian Thinkers In Science: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Christian Thinkers In Science - Nineteenth Century To Present
An exclamation point before the name indicates those who are still living. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University[11] God an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia Ii - Copyright - The Exclusive Rights Of The Copyright Holder
Several exclusive rights typically attach to the holder of a copyright: to produce copies or reproductions of the work and to sell those...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia Ii - Copyright - Limits And Exceptions To Copyright
Copyright - Idea-expression dichotomy and the merger doctrine. Main article: Idea-expression divide A copyright covers the expression...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia Ii - Copyright - Obtaining And Enforcing Copyright
Typically, a work must meet minimal standards of originality in order to qualify for copyright, and the copyright expires after a set per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia Ii - Copyright - United Kingdom Copyright Methodology
British law states that an individual's work is placed under copyright law as soon as it leaves that person's mind and is placed in some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - In Fiction
The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in whtich the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gillian Bradshaw: Encyclopedia Ii - Gillian Bradshaw - Bibliography
Below is a complete English-language bibliography of Gillian Bradshaw’s works. As well as being published in both the UK and USA, her b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copyright: Encyclopedia Ii - Copyright - Critiques
Critics of copyright as a whole fall broadly into two camps: Those who assert that the very concept of copyright has never been of net be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empire Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Empire Earth - Overview
Basically, the gameplay in Empire Earth is the same as games like Age of Empires. The game contains many unique and innovative features, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Disasters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Disasters - Natural Disasters
List of disasters - Prehistoric disasters. The Snowball Earth hypothesis. The Toba eruption about 75,000 years ago. Various extinction...   » Read the article