Pella

Based of the descriptions provided by Titus Livius, the site was excavated by voyagers including Holand, Pouqueville, Beaujour, Cousinéry, Delacoulonche, Hahn, Glotz and Struck in the 19th century. The first excavation was begun by G. Oikonomos in 1914-1915. The systematic exploration of the site began in 1953 and full excavation was being done in 1957. The first series of campaigns were completed in 1963, including more excavations in 1980. These digs continue ...

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Pella, Pella - History, Pella - Geography, Pella - Etymology, Pella - Archaeology, Pella - Agriculture, Pella - Transportation, Pella - Municipalities

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denomination ...

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• Saint James the Just - Name
• Saint James the Just - Life
• Saint James the Just - Death
• Saint James the Just - Influence
• Saint James the Just - Brother half-brother step-brother or cousin of Jesus
• Saint James the Just - The ossuary
• Saint James the Just - Bibliography

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Alexander the Great (in Greek Μέγας Αλέξανδρος, transliterated Megas Alexandros; born in Pella, Macedon, in July, 356 BC, died in Babylon, on June 10, 323 BC), King of Macedon 336–323 BC, is arguably the most successful military commander in world history, conquering most of the known world before his death. Alexander is also known in the Zoroastrian Middle Persian work Arda Wiraz Nāmag as "the accursed Alexander" due to his conquest of the ...

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• Alexander the Great - Early life
• Alexander the Great - The ascent of Macedon
• Alexander the Great - Period of conquests
• Alexander the Great - The defeat of the Persian Empire
• Alexander the Great - The invasion of India
• Alexander the Great - After India
• Alexander the Great - Alexander's marriages and sexuality
• Alexander the Great - The army of Alexander the Great before the Battle of Gaugamela
• Alexander the Great - Infantry
• Alexander the Great - Cavalry
• Alexander the Great - Death
• Alexander the Great - Legacy and division of the empire
• Alexander the Great - Timeline
• Alexander the Great - Alexander's character
• Alexander the Great - Stories and legends
• Alexander the Great - Ancient sources
• Alexander the Great - Alexander's legend
• Alexander the Great - Alexander's legend in non-Western sources
• Alexander the Great - Main towns founded by Alexander
• Alexander the Great - Alexander in popular media
• Alexander the Great - Note

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Tom Harkin (D) Iowa is the 29th state of the United States, having joined the Union on December 28, 1846. The official name of the state is the "State of Iowa", and the U.S. Post Office abbreviation for the state is IA. The state is named for the Native American Iowa people. Iowa - History. Main article: History of Iowa. Highlights: French explorers Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette are believed to be the first European ...

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• Iowa - History
• Iowa - Historical Reference
• Iowa - Famous Iowans
• Iowa - Geography
• Iowa - Climate
• Iowa - Interstate highways
• Iowa - US highways
• Iowa - Animals
• Iowa - Economy
• Iowa - Demographics
• Iowa - Rural flight
• Iowa - Religion
• Iowa - Important cities and towns
• Iowa - Education
• Iowa - State universities
• Iowa - Independent colleges and universities
• Iowa - Community colleges
• Iowa - Professional business and technical colleges and universities
• Iowa - Law and government
• Iowa - Iowa Presidential caucus
• Iowa - U.S. senators from Iowa
• Iowa - Professional sports teams
• Iowa - Sources

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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848–January 13, 1929), was a sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law, gambler, and saloon-keeper in the Wild West and the U.S. mining frontier from California to Alaska. He is best known for his participation in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral along with Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp, and Morgan Earp. Wyatt Earp - Genealogy. Wyatt was born in Monmouth, Illinois, USA to Nicholas Porter Earp (September 6, 1813 in Lincoln County, North Carolina - November 12, 1907 in Sawtel ...

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• Wyatt Earp - Genealogy
• Wyatt Earp - Siblings
• Wyatt Earp - Early life
• Wyatt Earp - Lawman
• Wyatt Earp - Reappearance
• Wyatt Earp - Wichita
• Wyatt Earp - Dodge City
• Wyatt Earp - The “Buntline Special”
• Wyatt Earp - Tombstone
• Wyatt Earp - Gunfight At The O.K. Corral
• Wyatt Earp - From Heroes to Defendants
• Wyatt Earp - Cowboy Revenge
• Wyatt Earp - The Arizona Vendetta
• Wyatt Earp - Life after Tombstone
• Wyatt Earp - Movies and television
• Wyatt Earp - Wyatt Earp in fiction
• Wyatt Earp - Sources

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Greece, (Greek: Ελλάδα, older form: Ελλάς, Hellas), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellinikí Dimokratía; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is a country in southern Europe on the tip of the Balkan peninsula. It has land boundaries with Bulgaria, FYROM, and Albania to the north and with Turkey to the east. The waters of the Aegean Sea border Greece to the east, and those of the Ionian and Mediterranean Sea to the west and south ...

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• Greece - Name
• Greece - History
• Greece - Prehistory and antiquity
• Greece - Roman rule and Middle Ages
• Greece - Ottoman rule
• Greece - Creation of the modern Greek state
• Greece - Politics
• Greece - Local government
• Greece - Geography
• Greece - Economy
• Greece - Tourism
• Greece - Demographics
• Greece - Religion
• Greece - Culture
• Greece - Miscellaneous topics

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Aratus (Greek Aratos) (ca. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC) was a Macedonian Greek poet, known for his technical poetry. Aratus - Biography. He was born in Soli in Cilicia, later spending time at the Syrian court of Antiochus I. His principal patron was the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas, whose victory over the Celts in 277 BC Aratus set to verse. He died in the capital of Macedon, Pella (now located in the periphery of Central Macedonia, Greece). Aratus - Writings. Aratus ...

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• Aratus - Biography
• Aratus - Writings
• Aratus - Later influence

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Archelaus I was king of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC, following the death of Perdiccas II. The son of Perdiccas by a slave woman, Archelaus obtained the throne by murdering his uncle, his cousin, and his half-brother, the legitimate heir, but proved a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce. Almost immediately after he took power, Archelaus was faced with a situation which allowed him to completely reverse Macedon's relationship with Athens, which ha ...

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• Nazarene - Derivation of Nazarene
• Nazarene - Patristic references to Nazarenes
• Nazarene - Modern movements

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Hendrick Motorsports - NEXTEL Cup. Hendrick Motorsports originally debuted in 1984 with the #5 Northwestern Security Life Chevy, driven by Geoff Bodine. Running all 30 races, Bodine and the team won three times and finished 9th in points that year. They improved in 1985, finishing 5th in points despite not winning a single race in a car sponsored by Levi Garrett. The team also briefly became a two-car team when Dick Brooks drove the #1 Exxon Che ...

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Hendrick Motorsports, Hendrick Motorsports - The team, Hendrick Motorsports - NEXTEL Cup, Hendrick Motorsports - Aviation Tragedy, Hendrick Motorsports - Additional info, Hendrick Motorsports - Other Sponsors, Hendrick Motorsports - Former Nextel Cup Drivers for Hendrick Motorsports, Hendrick Motorsports - Former Busch Drivers for Hendrick Motorsports, Hendrick Motorsports - Former Craftsman Truck Drivers, Hendrick Motorsports - Former Primary Sponsors, Hendrick Motorsports - Championships, Hendrick Motorsports - NEXTEL Cup Championships, Hendrick Motorsports - Busch Series Championships, Hendrick Motorsports - Truck Series Championships, Hendrick Motorsports - Sources

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Main Article: History of Greece. Greece - Prehistory and antiquity. The shores of Greece's Aegean Sea saw the emergence of the first civilizations in Europe, namely the Minoan and the Mycenaean. Αbout this time, the first alphabet was used by Minoans. After these, a Dark Age followed until around 800 BC, when a new era of Greek city-states emerged establishing colonies along the Mediterranean. Plato described how the Greeks live round the Aegean Archipelago "like frogs around a pond"; their name has always been associated with the sea. Greece - ...

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Greece, Greece - Name, Greece - History, Greece - Prehistory and antiquity, Greece - Roman rule and Middle Ages, Greece - Ottoman Period, Greece - Creation of the modern Greek state, Greece - Politics, Greece - Local government, Greece - Geography, Greece - Economy, Greece - Tourism, Greece - Demographics, Greece - Religion, Greece - Culture, Greece - Miscellaneous topics

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Despite its rural location, Decorah has managed to acquire a strong economic base in Northeast Iowa through several diverse employers. The city boasts strong employment numbers from Luther College, Textron Corporation, Deco Products, Fred Carlson Company,Rockwell Collins, APAC Teleservices, Iowa Rotocast Plastics and Wapsie Produce, the largest capon producing plant in America. Not so surprisingly, Decorah has a low unemployment rate and real estate values in the city are high. In 2000, the average home value in Decorah was $96,000, which was only second to Pella, Orange City and Sioux Center as the highest f ...

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Decorah Iowa, Decorah Iowa - About Decorah, Decorah Iowa - Economic Development, Decorah Iowa - Accommodation and Dining Options, Decorah Iowa - Geography, Decorah Iowa - Demographics

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Des Moines Iowa - Media. WOI-AM 640, NPR affiliate (generally talk) KPSZ 940, christian music and programming WHO 1040, news, talk radio, University of Iowa sports KWKY 1150, christian talk, music KRNT 1350, "Great Songs, Great Memories" KXNO 1460, sports talk, Iowa State University sports WOI-FM 90.1, NPR Affiliate (Generally music) Classical, Jazz, Public Broadcasting KJJY 92.5, country music KIOA "Oldies 93 ...

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Des Moines Iowa, Des Moines Iowa - History, Des Moines Iowa - Geography, Des Moines Iowa - Metropolitan area, Des Moines Iowa - Suburbs, Des Moines Iowa - Demographics, Des Moines Iowa - Government, Des Moines Iowa - Transportation, Des Moines Iowa - Colleges and universities, Des Moines Iowa - Culture, Des Moines Iowa - Media, Des Moines Iowa - Points of interest, Des Moines Iowa - Sports, Des Moines Iowa - Notable natives

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Due to the fragmentary attestation widely diverging interpretations are possible. The suggested historical interpretations of Macedonian include (Mallory and Adams (1997), p. 361): a Greek dialect mixed with Illyrian languages or the Thracian language, suggested by Kretschmer (1896) and E. Schwyzer (1959) a Greek dialect with a non-Indo-European substratal influence, suggested by M .Sakellariou (1983) an Illyrian dialect mixed with Greek (suggested by K. O. Müller (1825) and by G. Bonfante 1987) an independent Indo-European language close to Greek, Thracian and Phrygian languages ...

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Ancient Macedonian language, Ancient Macedonian language - Properties, Ancient Macedonian language - Classification, Ancient Macedonian language - Graeco-Macedonian Group, Ancient Macedonian language - Ancient Greek dialect, Ancient Macedonian language - Independent Palaeo-Balkan language, Ancient Macedonian language - Classical sources, Ancient Macedonian language - Adoption of the Attic dialect, Ancient Macedonian language - Sample glossary

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On Tuesday October 25, 1881, Ike Clanton and Tom McLaury had ridden the 12 miles from Chandler's milk ranch into Tombstone on a buckboard, to get some supplies. Soon Clanton, very drunk, was telling everybody that he was going to kill Doc Holliday, or else the first Earp that he saw. The previous weekend Holliday was out of town, gambling at a fiesta celebration in Tucson. Morgan Earp had gone to get him for the trouble that he saw coming. In the small hours of the morning of the 26th, Clanton was still drunk, and still gambling. Holl ...

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Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp - Genealogy, Wyatt Earp - Siblings, Wyatt Earp - Early life, Wyatt Earp - Lawman, Wyatt Earp - Reappearance, Wyatt Earp - Wichita, Wyatt Earp - Dodge City, Wyatt Earp - The “Buntline Special”, Wyatt Earp - Tombstone, Wyatt Earp - Gunfight At The O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp - From Heroes to Defendants, Wyatt Earp - Cowboy Revenge, Wyatt Earp - The Arizona Vendetta, Wyatt Earp - Life after Tombstone, Wyatt Earp - Movies and television, Wyatt Earp - Wyatt Earp in fiction, Wyatt Earp - Sources

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List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 222x0 - Euboea. 22210 - Chalkida City 22220 - Skyros 22230 - Chalkida 22240 22260 22270 22280 22290 List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 223x0 - Evrytania and Phthiotis. 22310 - Lamia 22320 22330 - AtalantaSee also:

List of dialing codes of Greece numerically, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 21: Greater Athens Metropolitan Area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 22: Central Greece and the Aegean, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 222x0 - Euboea, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 223x0 - Evrytania and Phthiotis, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 224x0 - Dodecanese, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 225x0 - Lesbos Limnos, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 226x0 - Boeotia eastern Phocis, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 227x0 - Chios Samos and Icaria islands, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 228x0 - Cyclades, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 229x0 - Attica excluding the area that uses 210, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 23: Macedonia excl. the eastern part, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2310 - Thessaloniki, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 232x0 - Serres prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 233x0 - Imathia prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 235x0 - Pieria, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 237x0 - Much of Chalkidiki, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 238x0 - Northwestern Macedonia including Pella and Florina, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 239x0 - parts of Chalkidiki, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 24: Thessaly, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2410 - Larissa area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 242x0 - Magnesia including the Northern Sporades, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 243x0 - Trikala prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 244x0 - Karditsa, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 246x0 - Western Macedonia excluding the Florina area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 249x0 - Larissa prefecture except for the Larissa area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 25: Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2510 - Kavala area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 252x0 - Drama prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 253x0 - Rodhopi prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 254x0- Xanthi prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 255x0 - Evros Prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 259x0 - Kavala prefecture except for the Kavala area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 26: Western Greece northern Ionian and Epirus, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2610 - Patras and Area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 262x0 - Elis Prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 263x0 - Aetolia and western Phocis, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 264x0 - Acarnania Lefkada, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 265x0 - Ioannina Prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 266x0 - Corfu prefecture and Thesprotia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 267x0 - Kefalonia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 268x0 - Arta and Preveza, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 269x0 - Achaea except Patras and Zakynthos, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 27: The Peloponnese and Kythera, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2710 - Tripoli and area, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 272x0 - southern and eastern part of Messenia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 273x0 - Laconia and Kythera, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 274x0 - Corinthia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 275x0 - western Arcadia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 276x0 - Messenia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 279x0 - Western Arcadia, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - Zone 28: Crete, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 2810 - Heraklion prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 282x0 - Chania prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 283x0 - Rethymno prefecture, List of dialing codes of Greece numerically - 284x0 - Lasithi

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Florina has no provinces, it is bounded by the prefecture of Pella to the east, Kozani, to the south, Kastoriá, to the southwest, Albania with the districts of Devoll and Korçë to the west, Lake Prespa to the northwest and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with the districts of Bitola and Resen to the north. The Aliákmon river flows in the southwest. The mountains include the Verno mountains (2,128 m) to the southwest, Varnous (2,117 m) and the Voras (2,524 m) which are the tallest to the northeast near the Pella prefectur ...

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Florina Prefecture, Florina Prefecture - Geography, Florina Prefecture - Agriculture, Florina Prefecture - Sites of Interest, Florina Prefecture - Communications, Florina Prefecture - Radio, Florina Prefecture - Transportation, Florina Prefecture - Persons, Florina Prefecture - Municipalities and communities

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Except for Damascus, the Decapolis cities were by and large founded during Judea's Hellenistic period, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the Roman conquest of Coele-Syria, including Judea in 63 BC. Some were established under the Ptolemaic dynasty which ruled Judea until 198 BC. Others were founded later, when the Seleucid dynasty ruled the region. Some of the cities included "Antiochia" or "Seleucia" in their official names (Antiochia Hippos, for example), which attest to Seleucid origins. The cities were Greek from their foun ...

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Decapolis, Decapolis - The cities, Decapolis - Hellenistic era, Decapolis - The Roman Decapolis, Decapolis - Later years

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Edessa Greece - Television. TAS ...

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Edessa Greece, Edessa Greece - Communications, Edessa Greece - Television, Edessa Greece - Other, Edessa Greece - Historical population, Edessa Greece - Reference

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Labaya seems to have been based out of Shachmu (Shechem). He and his sons exerted influence over a wide region in Samaria, and threatened many powerful Canaanite towns, including Jerusalem, Gezer, and Megiddo. The Amarna letters give an incomplete look at Labaya's career. In the first of Labaya's letters thus far discovered (EA 252), he defends himself to the Pharaoh against complaints of other city rulers about him (for example, the complaint that he has hired mercenaries from among the nomadic Habiru. Labaya further admitted to havi ...

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Labaya, Labaya - Career, Labaya - Tenuous identifications with Biblical figures, Labaya - Bibliography

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