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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
6: ... number of colossal buildings, all constructed of dark-grey marble from the adjacent mountain. The sto...
8: ...y declared in its inscription to be the tomb of [[Darius Hystaspis]], concerning whom [[Ctesias]] rela...
12: ..., if not his, then that of [[Darius III of Persia|Darius III]] (Codomannus), who is one of those whose...
16: [[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|300px|Darius the Great]]
18: ...of Persepolis commenced with [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], it was probably under this king, with wh... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...505;ְתֵּר''', [[Standard Hebrew]] '''Ester''', [[Tiberian Hebrew]] '''&#...
5: ...age|Persian]] word ''satarah'' meaning [[star]] — the myrtle blossom resembles a twinkling star.
12: Esther was the daughter of Abihail, a [[Benjamin|Benjamite]]. She r...
14: ...rful deliverance. According to traditional Jewish dating this took place about fifty-two years after t...
16: ... and caution, combined with resolution; a dutiful daughter to her adopted father, docile and obedient ... - Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
7: ...nominal kings [[Philip III of Macedon|Philip Arrhidaeus]] and the young [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alex...
9: ...gonus]], master of Asia in [[315 BC|315]], showed dangerous ambitions, Ptolemy joined the coalition ag...
13: ...general and Antigonus entered [[Syria]] in force—he evacuated it. In [[311 BC|311]], a peace was...
19: ...shed by its straightforward honesty and sobriety—except where his own actions were concerned, wh...
23: *[http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_i.htm Ptolemy... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
4: There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Gr...
6: ...e term back to about [[1000 BC]]. The traditional date for the end of the Ancient Greek period is the ...
8: These dates are historians' conventions and some writers t...
10: ...ce is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of [[Western world|Western Civiliza...
15: ...only scant archaeological evidence, survive. Secondary and tertiary texts such [[Herodotus]] "Historie... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...of the Western Roman Empire]]), however the exact date is still disputed among various historians. In ...
19: *[[History of ancient Israel and Judah]]
21: *[[Kingdom of Judah]]
33: ...t versions of the same event. If I have duplicate data this does not make an event true. One of the gr...
40: ...nvention of [[agriculture]] is the earliest given date for the beginning of Ancient Era - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...nic|Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρο&sigma...
6: ... tradition in which he appears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
13: ===The ascendance of Macedon===
14: ...as]] for his father's murder, stating that it was Darius who had been bragging to the rest of the Gree...
23: ...xander left Caria in the hands of [[Ada of Caria|Ada]], the sister of Mausolus, whom [[Orontobates]] h... - Antigonus I Monophthalmus (4328 bytes)
11: ...'s heir. He now prepared a large army and a formidable fleet, the command of which he gave to Demetri...
21: years=[[306 BC]]–[[301 BC]]| - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
5: ...], [[China]] and [[India]], but they laid the foundations of our modern world. While goods and religi...
11: ...ations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as early as circa ...
18: ...] trade was extended to [[Harappa]] and [[Mohenjo-daro]] in the [[Indus Valley Civilization|Indus vall...
23: ... Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [[cedar]] trees. Sahure's name is found stamped on a thi...
28: ...[Badakhshan]] and, although separated by the formidable [[Pamir]] mountains, routes across them were, ... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
11: Civilization can also mean the standard of behavior, similar to [[etiquette]]. "Civiliz...
28: ...lex institutions associated with civilizations. Today, many tribal societies live inside states and un...
34: ...uced the earliest known [[pottery]] in the world, dating to the [[11th millennium BC]]. More stable li...
37: ...in the southwestern corner of Egypt, near the [[Sudan]] border, before [[8000 BC]]. Climate changes an...
46: ...script may pre-date any other form of writing and dates to no later than about [[3500 BCE]]. Other vil... - Trajan (7787 bytes)
5: ...ovince of [[Hispania Baetica]] in what is now [[Andalusia]]. Trajan himself was just one of many well-...
13: ...ed to Rome in triumph and was granted the title ''Dacicus Maximus''.
14: ...humb|150px|Roman Monument for the Victory at the Adamclisi]]
15: ...a Augusta Dacica [[Sarmizegetusa]]". He resettled Dacia with Romans and annexed it as a province of th...
17: ...ovince of [[Arabia Petrea]] (modern southern [[Jordan]] and a small part of [[Saudi Arabia]]). - Guitar (36953 bytes)
15: ...estor of the Guitar. Excavated in Susa, [[Iran]]. Dated 3rd Millennium BC.]]
18: ...Persian lute which indeed had three strings but today has four. The Chitra Veena is depicted in Indian...
20: ..., the name moved into the English language. And today the guitar, or what it has evolved into, is used...
24: ...t produced electric guitars for the wider public. Danelectro also pioneered [[Tube Amp]] technology.
48: ...russ rod allows the neck to be adjusted to accommodate these changes -- tightening it will curve the n... - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
1: ...viving ziggurat]], however, is in [[Kashan]] Iran dating back to the 5th millenia BC. Ziggurat designs...
11: ...[[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] and means "The Foundation of Heaven and Earth." Most likely being buil...
15: ...end of the third [[millennium]] BC and the latest date from the 6th century BC. Built in receding tier...
23: ...of architecture continues to be used and copied today in many places of the world. Perhaps one example... - History of the Kurds (8244 bytes)
3: ...nsidered sufficient to describe them as the descendants of the Carduchi, who opposed the [[Anabasis (X...
5: ...uoted by [[Strabo]] to explain the name of the Cardaces. These Gutii were a tribe of such [[power (soc...
13: ... of which the ruins are to be seen at the present day near Behistun, and reducing the province of Shah...
15: ...in]], who belonged to the Rawendi branch of the Hadabani tribe, founded the [[Ayyubid|Ayyubite]] dynas... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
11: ...ke Urmia]] alongside another Aryan group, the ''Madai'' ([[Mede]]s). For the '''next two centuries''' ...
13: ...ion of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]]. Teispes' descendants branched off into two lines, one line ruling i...
15: ...f [[Babylon]]. After this victory, he set the standard of the benevolent conqueror by declaring what h...
17: ...ed its greatest extent under [[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]]. He led conquering armies into the [[Indu...
19: ...e importantly, it was well managed and organized. Darius divided his realm into about twenty satrapies... - Akkadian Empire (9189 bytes)
2: ...harru-kin'') and his grandson, [[Naram-Sin]]. The date of Sargon is placed by modern scholars around [...
4: ...onia itself. [[Contract]] tablets have been found dated in the years of the campaigns against Palestin...
10: ...re]] bearing the names of Sargon and his son. A cadastral survey seems also to have been instituted, a...
12: ...riest of the city of Tutu, and in the name of his daughter, Lipus-Eaum, a priestess of [[Sin (god)|Sin...
14: ...es were brought from all parts of western Asia: cedar wood from the Amanus mountains, quarried stones ... - Achaemenid dynasty (14622 bytes)
3: ...reece]], [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Pakistan]], [[Jordan]], [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], [[Caucasia]], [[Cent...
7: The last Achaemenid king was [[Darius III]] ([[336 BC]] - [[330 BC]]), who was defe...
15: ...Firm the Good", also known as ''Darayarahush'' or Darius the Great).
17: ... since ''they'' were in a position to choose him. Darius I was chosen monarch from amongst the leaders...
19: Darius attacked the Greek mainland, that had support... - Ancient Civilizations (5780 bytes)
2: ...of the Western Roman Empire]]), however the exact date is still disputed among various historians. In ...
22: *[[History of ancient Israel and Judah]]
24: *[[Kingdom of Judah]]
47: ...nvention of [[agriculture]] is the earliest given date for the beginning of Ancient Era
67: * [[476]]- Prompted by the barbarian General Odacer, the last Roman Emperor [[Romulus Augustulus]]... - Civilizations (30128 bytes)
16: ===4: A standard of behavior===
17: Civilization can also mean the standard of behavior, similar to [[etiquette]]. "Civiliz...
38: ...lex institutions associated with civilizations. Today, many tribal societies live inside states and un...
44: ...uced the earliest known [[pottery]] in the world, dating to the [[11th millennium BC]]. More stable li...
47: ...in the southwestern corner of Egypt, near the [[Sudan]] border, before [[8000 BC]]. Climate changes an... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
1: ...ium]] AD. To refer to a concept similar that of today's Middle East but earlier in time, the term [[An...
16: ...00 BC]]?Settlements at [[Nevali Cori]] in present-day [[Turkey]] are established.
18: * Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Turkey are established.
27: ...d beginning of their calendar <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Dating Creation|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
28: * Around [[5400 BC]] – [[Irrigation]] in [[Mesopotamia]]. - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
13: ...stages of the language are attested; the earliest date back to the third milennium BCE, the latest to ...
19: ...an only really trace Elamite history from records dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. ...
24: *Proto-Elamite: ca. 3200 BC – 2700 BC (Proto-Elamite script in Susa)
25: *Old Elamite period: ca. 2700 BC – 1600 BC (earliest documents until the Eprati ...
26: *Middle Elamite period: 1500 BC – 1100 BC (Anzanite dynasty until the Babylonian...
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