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- Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...pic mouth of the [[Nile]] (now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city...
19: ...in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, pa...
21: ...with exact knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frighten...
23: ...e five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mareotis and the sea, according to a his...
25: ...ion, Alexander left Egypt for the East and never returned to his city. His general, Ptolemy (later [[P... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
46: ...into Western and Eastern halves. Others place it yet further in 476, when the last western emperor, [[...
51: ...ed by the rift caused by the 9th century dispute between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) a...
53: ... who was motivated, at least partly, to re-interpret Roman history in different terms. Nevertheless, t...
57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, so...
59: ...norities and sizeable communities of religious heretics often lived on or near the borderlands, the [[... - Timeline of Ancient Rome (22347 bytes)
11: ...building of the ''[[Circus Maximus]]'', [[Rome]] gets the first system of sewers; first [[census]]
28: **Marriage between [[patrician]]s and plebeians allowed
34: **Rome conquers the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]]s
41: **Office of ''[[praetor|Praetor urbanus]]'' created
45: ... [[338 BC]] – Latin League dissolved after yet another rebellion - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as [[Caesar Augustus]]). Although Rome ...
5: ...her millennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern Empire, better known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the...
9: ...y]], and the [[Dominate]], the period from [[Diocletian]] until the end of the Empire in the West. Acc...
11: ...ccessor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]] kingdom, the [...
17: ...re is held to have begun with the constitutional settlement following the [[Battle of Actium]] in [[31... - Rome (33048 bytes)
25: ...ation]]<br/> - City ([[2004]])<br /> - Metropolitan <br /> - [[Density]] (city proper) ...
27: |[[Time zone]]||[[Central European Time|CET]], [[UTC]]+1
38: ...807 (2004) with almost 4 million living in the [[metropolitan area]]. The current [[mayor of Rome]] is...
49: Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the [[Palatine Hill]] and [[Seven hill...
52: ...enisula with two other major ethnic groups: the [[Etruscans]], in the North and the [[Greeks]] in the ... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
4: ... highway and rail network, and serves as the marketing center for the surrounding agricultural area. ...
8: ...s constructed of sun-dried mud bricks and the streets are narrow. There are, however, many fine remain...
26: ...has the trappings of a more modern city: wide streets, hotels, theaters, shopping malls, and high-rise...
28: ... Atat?ne of the most important figures in [[twentieth century]] history, is also located in Ankara.
34: ...ouses a superior wax statue of Atat?is writings, letters and personal items, as well as an exhibition ... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
14: ...Greeks were planted in colonies and garrisons or settled themselves in the villages throughout the cou...
17: ...s]], the ruler of [[Babylonia]], he defeated [[Demetrius]], the son of Antigonus, in the battle of [[G...
19: ...r Ptolemy tried to stay out of land wars, but he retook Cyprus in [[295 BC]].
21: ...[[Berenice I of Egypt|Berenice]]. He devoted his retirement to writing a history of the campaigns of A...
26: ...lexandria]], [[Theocritus]] and a host of other poets, glorified the Ptolemaic family. Ptolemy himself... - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
6: ...elf replaced during the monetary reform of [[Diocletian]] which created denominations such as the [[ar...
10: ...he [[denarius]] range from 1.6 to 2.85 times its metal content, thought to equal the purchasing power ...
12: ...nze coins were produced, their workmanship was sometimes very crude and of low quality.
14: ...s to pay its army and officials, it had little impetus or desire to fulfill the need for bronze coins.
18: ...pired to be senators. The position of tresviri monetales (moneyers) was created in 289 BC and lasted u...
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