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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ration merged to create the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
5: == Prehistoric times ==
7: ...tself as a cultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significa...
14: ...f the ''Three Dynasties'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) t...
18: ... [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] bronze vessel writings, the Xia remains poorly understood. - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
4: ...sm]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literature|Canadian...
6: ...try]], especially as one of [[Toronto]]'s new voices in the [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]...
10: ...h version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
12: ...mote book-signing device" at an invitation-only presentation in Toronto. The device, also called the ... - Hathor (11883 bytes)
4: ...Ogdoad]] [[cosmogeny]]. Hathor was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least [[2700 ...
6: ...ting the fate of the newborn, and [[midwife|midwives]] delivering them.
8: ...uction|sexual]] manner), gaining the title ''Mistress of Heaven''. Having been identified as Ra's wife...
10: ...o considered quite motherly creatures, and sometimes as an aquatic form of the cow.
12: ...g next to her. As divine mother, she was also represented with, or as, an [[uraeus]], a stylised [[cob... - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
1: ...r was disappointed, and the increasing power of Agesilaus soon led to his downfall.
3: ...armistice was concluded between Tithraustes and Agesilaus, who left the southern satrapy and again inv...
4: ...ught him to [[Thessaly]], where he repulsed the Thessalian cavalry who tried to impede him. Reinforce...
5: ...ps and a Spartan army, he met the confederate forces
6: at [[Coronea]] in [[Boeotia]], and in a hotly contested battle was - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ... ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient world. He ...
6: ...ng legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...n rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
11: ...om [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
14: ...d been bragging to the rest of the Greek city states how he managed to have Philip assassinated. - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
1: ... and in [[273 BC|273]] - 272 BC, one of the strongest opponents of Rome.
5: ... Ptolemy's I stepdaughter Antigone and in 297 BC restored his kingdom of Epirus. Next, he went to war ...
7: ...yrrhus to intervene and save them from Roman conquest.
9: ..._location.png|thumb|240px|left|Most important places in the [[Pyrrhic War]] ([[280 BC|280]]-[[275 BC]]...
11: ...rom [[Delphi]]. His goals were not, however, selfless. He recognized the possibility of carving out an... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
2: ...]] [[mathematician]] and [[philosopher]], known best for formulating the [[Pythagorean theorem]].
6: ...could be predicted and measured in rhythmic [[cycles]].
9: ...ch visits feature stereotypically in the biographies of many Greek wise men, and are likely more legen...
11: ...men and women students alike. They called themselves the Mathematikoi; a secret society of sorts.
13: ...her regularly; they used the [[lyre]] to cure illness of the soul or body; [[poetry]] recitations occu... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...r]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixed in.
5: ...ost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than th...
11: ...ayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Mus...
15: ...metary surfaces allows them to absorb the heat necessary to drive their outgassing. - Civilization (29205 bytes)
1: ...eanings related to human [[society]]. The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''civis'', meaning "citizen" o...
5: ...[[band society|band]] and [[tribe|tribal]] societies in which people live in small settlements or noma...
7: ...nd tribal. This definition is often perceived as less exclusive and ethnocentric than the first. In t...
9: ...ck in Civilization after being lost in the wilderness for 3 weeks." Additionally, it is used in this s...
11: ... crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sophistication and refinement. - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: '''Socrates''' ([[June 4]], c.[[470 BC|470]] – [[May 7]...
5: ...d his extraordinary hardiness, walking without shoes and a coat in winter.
7: ...that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see that ...
9: ...ng to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everything and everyone, and apparently it of... - Artemis (11271 bytes)
3: ...[Roman mythology]], she was known as [[Diana (goddess)|Diana]]. In [[Etruscan mythology]], she took t...
7: ...ventually supplanted [[Selene]] as the [[moon goddess]] to complement her twin's identification with a...
9: Her priestesses were addressed with the title [[Melissa]].
11: ...ll him with a bough, picked from a tree in the forest.
13: ...clude [[Brauronia]], held in [[Brauron]] and the festival of [[Artemis Orthia]] in [[Sparta]]. - Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
1: [[Image:Palestra at Olympia.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Ruins of the ...
2: The '''Ancient Olympic Games''' were an athletic and religious celebration hel...
6: The historical origins of the Ancient Olympic Games are lost in the fog of time, but several legends ...
8: ...ther claims that deity [[Zeus]] had instated the festival after his defeat of the [[titan (mythology)|...
10: ...itos then decided to stop the war during these games, which were called Olympic, after [[Mount Olympus... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
29: footnotes = |
31: ...nds in the bay and the [[Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
33: .... census data show that San Francisco has the highest population density of any major U.S. city aside ...
37: ...isco's "rebirth" from the ashes of the fire that resulted from the quake. Long enjoying a [[Bohemiani...
42: ...the [[Ohlone]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
2: '''Zeus''' (descendant of [[Cronus]]is the leader of the gods and...
6: ...din]] as the supreme god among the [[Germanic tribes]] and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with eit...
8: ...erives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient Near East]], such as the [[scept...
12: ===Role and Titles===
13: ...upreme [[culture|cultural]] artifact; in some senses, he was the embodiment of Greek [[religion|religi... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...tives in the study of architecture, most of them Western.
3: ...and styles in the design of [[buildings]] and cities.
5: ...ology|phenomenologically]]. Although both approaches identify architecture as a sort of language, they...
7: ...ry and practice from inappropriate Western doctrines.
9: ..., even individual historians have changed approaches across time — the changing frameworks trace... - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
1: ...sea-foam") is the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[goddess]] of [[love]] and [[beauty]].
4: ...a center of her cult. She was associated with [[Hesperia]] and frequently accompanied by the [[Oread]...
6: ...nth]]. In Corinth, intercourse with her priestesses was considered a method of worshipping Aphrodite.
8: ...ate]]s and [[Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)|lime]] trees.
10: ... mythology|Etruscan]] equivalent was [[Turan (goddess)|Turan]]. - Dionysus (15630 bytes)
3: ... wine, but also its social and beneficent influences. He is viewed as the promoter of [[civilization]]...
9: ...g new life. His own rites the [[Dionysian Mysteries]] were the most secretive of all (See also [[Maen...
13: [[Herodotus]], (in ''Histories'' 2:146) was aware that the worship of Dionysus a...
14: ...ned the names of these two gods later than the names of all the others, and trace the birth of both to...
16: ...anguage ("Nesili") was "Nesi," however. The Hittites' influence on early Greek culture is often unappr... - Chicken (21473 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Aves]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Galliformes]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''gallus'''''}}
18: ...d as a type of [[poultry]]. It is believed to be descended from the wild Asian [[Red Junglefowl]].
23: ...minent, though this is not the case in all varieties. - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: ... then from [[Constantinople]] until the Arab conquest in AD [[639]].
8: ...[331 BC]] he was ready to depart, and led his forces away to Phoenicia.
12: ...tics confusingly incestuous, and the later Ptolemies were increasingly feeble. The only Ptolemaic Quee...
14: ...in which most Egyptians were not in any case interested.
17: ...ned control of [[Libya]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and [[Cyprus]]. When [[Antigonus]], ruler o...
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