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- History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...he bones or shells of animals—so-called ''[[oracle bones]]''. However the earliest comprehensive [[h...
18: ...ith no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle bones]] or the [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|...
22: ... Shang or Yin period, consists of a large body of oracle bone writings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has...
110: ... late [[880]] Luoyang surrendered to him and on 5 January, [[881]] he conquered [[Changan]]. The emper...
132: ... Society in Sung China''. Originally published in Japanese as ''Sōdai shōgyō-shi kenky&... - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...ades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
32: ...hina]] (支那) has also been used by [[Japan]]ese since the nineteenth century, and has sin...
55: ...ord Era, the [[Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]]. The l...
75: On [[January 1]], [[1912]], the Republic of China (ROC) w...
83: ...threats to its rule. Examples of this include the jailing of political opponents and journalists, gene... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
21: :''[[Lady Oracle]]'' ([[1976]]) - Hathor (11883 bytes)
6: ...e of the aspect of motherhood, her priests were [[oracle]]s, predicting the fate of the newborn, and [[mid... - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
3: ...rifice, as [[Agamemnon]] had done before the [[Trojan]] expedition, but the Thebans intervened to prev...
29: ... used as an argument against his succession, an [[oracle]] having warned Sparta against a "lame reign." He... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
11: ...stin]], and [[Plutarch]]), rumors spread that the Oracle had revealed Alexander's father was [[Zeus]], rat...
27: ... Zeus by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwah oasis in the Libyan Deser...
160: ...entury]] CE such important writers as [[Nezami Ganjavi]] were making him the subject of their epic poe... - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
11: ...yrrhus was encouraged to aid the Tarentines by an oracle from [[Delphi]]. His goals were not, however, sel... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
17: ... Others were more cryptic: "What is the [[Delphic oracle]]?" "The [[tetraktys]], in which the [[Sirens]] s... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...own as the [[Oort cloud]], after the astronomer [[Jan Hendrik Oort]] who hypothesised its existence. ...
11: ...tastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearance have bee...
61: ...passage and recognized as periodic comets. As of January 2005, 164 comets have achieved this distinct...
83: ...les from the coma of [[81P/Wild|Comet Wild 2]] in January [[2004]], and will return the samples to Ear...
108: * [[Tove Jansson]]'s ''[[Comet in Moominland]]'' depicts the ... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
33: ===[[Japan]]===
34: ...iest forms of farming are sometimes attributed to Japan (Ingpen & Wilkinson) in [[10th millennium BC|1...
44: ...ith not all the skeletons completely articulated, jaws removed, faces covered with plaster, [[cowries]...
49: ...00]]-[[1046 BC]]), are [[bronze]] artifacts and [[oracle bone]]s, which were turtle shells or cattle scapu...
69: ... influence on [[China]], [[Xanadu]], [[Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Tibet]], [[Southeast Asia]] and so forth)... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
11: ...t Delphi]] if anyone was wiser than Socrates; the Oracle responded negatively. Socrates, denying that he ...
49: * ''Introduction to Philosophy'', Jacques Maritain - Artemis (11271 bytes)
78: ...nly motionless as Artemis stopped the wind. An [[oracle]] named [[Calchis]] told Agamemnon that the only ...
90: ...They managed to kidnap [[Ares]] and hold him in a jar for thirteen months. He was only released when A... - Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
10: ...lis]], who consulted the [[Pythia]] – the [[oracle]] of [[Delphi]] – to try and save his peopl...
45: ...sting of wrestling, ''stadion'', [[long jump]], [[javelin throw]] and [[discus throw]] (the latter thr... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
46: ...tates]]. It was then renamed "San Francisco" on [[January 30]], [[1847]].
51: ..., including considerable [[immigration]]. Between January 1848 and December 1849, the population of Sa...
73: ...sco]] which established peaceful relations with [[Japan]], was drafted and signed there six years late...
77: ...Embarcadero Freeway]], [[Japantown, San Francisco|Japantown]], the Geary Street superblocks, and [[Yer...
79: ...e, blurring the boundaries between folk, rock and jazz traditions and further developing the lyrical c... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
44: ===Oracles of Zeus===
45: Although most oracle sites were usually dedicated to [[Apollo]], the [...
47: ====The Oracle at Dodona====
50: ...c deity, and perhaps the original occupant of the oracle.
52: ====The Oracle at Siwa==== - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
38: **[[Delphic Oracle]]
62: *[[Tudor style|Tudor]] and [[Jacobean architecture]]
92: **[[Jacobethan architecture]] - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
16: ..."Dione". Once [[Zeus]] had usurped the oak-grove oracle at Dodona, some poets made him out to be the fath...
25: ... -->). And she is the original cause of the [[Trojan War]] itself: not only did she start the whole a...
31: ...daughter remained unmarried. They consulted an [[oracle]] who told them she was destined for no mortal lo...
47: ...len]], and her abduction by Paris led to the [[Trojan War]].
61: ...ective of her son, Aeneas, who fought in the [[Trojan War]]. [[Diomedes]] almost killed Aeneas in bat... - Dionysus (15630 bytes)
69: ...patch of [[ivy]], a plant holy to Dionysus. An [[oracle]] then claimed that the land would stay dry and b...
94: Inspired by [[James Frazer]], some have labeled Dionysus a [[life-... - Chicken (21473 bytes)
59: ...hina and varieties with extremely long tails from Japan. Asian ornamental varieties were imported int...
129: The Romans used chickens for oracles, both when flying ("ex avibus") and when feeding...
131: For the oracle "ex tripudiis" according to [[Cicero]] (Cic. de D...
141: ...la, Chicken coops should face southeast and lie adjacent to the kitchen, as smoke is beneficial for th...
143: ...nter solstice, in warm places around the first of January, in colder areas in the middle of February. ... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
8: ... oracle of [[Amun]] at the [[Oasis of Siwa]]. The oracle had the good sense to declare him to be the son o...
55: ...centre of Jewish religion and culture. Under [[Trajan]] a Jewish revolt occurred, resulting in the sup...
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