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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...ern hemisphere|Western]]; [[religious]] and [[secular]]; have had their own unique schools of philosop...
7: ...ato]]. The Medieval period runs until roughly the late [[1400s]] and the [[Renaissance]]. The "Modern"...
10: ... begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Ionia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, who was active aroun...
12: ... than opinion and for teaching people to argue fallaciously to prove whatever conclusions they wished)...
14: ...philosophical questions. The theory fills in the blanks by saying that the Sophists' students wanted t... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ... beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...orders''' or '''organizational systems''']] of [[classical architecture]], the other two canonic order...
4: ...ominent location for its brief lifetime. A longer-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of...
5: ...he base to meet the [[torus]] (enriched with interlaced guilloche) it stands upon.]]
6: ...k Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Revival]], it conveye... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: '''Cartography''' or '''mapmaking''' (in [[Greek language|Greek]] ''chartis'' = map and ''graphein'' ...
3: ...ingly dynamic, interactive maps that can be manipulated digitally. The cartographic process rests on t...
7: ...m BCE]]. The oldest maps emphasized topological relationships such as connectedness, adjacency, and co...
9: ...t Egypt|Egypt]]ians later used geometry to survey land and to resurvey it after the periodic flooding ...
13: ...to say that the earth was a sphere. [[Aristotle]] later provided arguments in support of this idea. Th... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...e [[Aegean]] coast of [[Turkey]] (then known as [[Ionia]]), [[Sicily]] and southern [[Italy]] (known as [...
4: ...nt from later Greek cultures that they should be classed separately.
6: ...e Great]] in [[323 BC]]. The following period is classed [[History of Hellenistic Greece|Hellenistic]]...
10: ...Europe and again during various [[Classicism|neo-Classical]] revivals in [[18th century|18th]] and [[1...
14: ...g|thumb|left|Marble statuette from the Cycladic islands, 3000 BC]] - Anatolia (2665 bytes)
1: ...her" and ''dolu'' "filled"), also called by the [[Latin]] name of '''Asia Minor''', is a region of [[S...
3: ...Minor lies east of the [[Bosporus]], between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.]]
5: ...Cori]] ([[Pre-Pottery Neolithic B|PPN B]]), [[Hacilar]] (pottery neolithic), [[G?li Tepe]] ([[Pre-Pott...
7: ... hypothetical center from which the Indo-European languages have radiated. Other authors have proposed...
9: ...tolia are mostly native speakers of the [[Turkish language]], which was introduced with the conquest o... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...lytonic|Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρο&s...
6: ...tary campaigning, Alexander died, probably of [[malaria]] or [[typhoid]]. His conquests ushered in ce...
9: ...ough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philoso...
14: ...er from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander blames Darius and [[Bagoas]] for his father's murder,...
16: ... death of Philip, Alexander, then aged 20, was acclaimed by the army as the new king of Macedon. Gree... - Lydia (2194 bytes)
4: ...ia Major]], [[Caria]], [[Phrygia]] and [[Ionia]]. Later on, the military power of [[Alyattes]] and [[C...
8: ...i. 865, V. 43, 11. 431), and their city Hyde the place of the Lydian capital Sardis is taken by Hyde (...
12: ...till existed in historical times inhabiting the upland interior along the [[River Hermus]], where a to... - Alyattes II (1682 bytes)
3: ...xares]], king of Media, a [[solar eclipse]] took place (see also [[Thales]]); hostilities were suspend...
5: ...ia]], subdued the [[Carians]], and took several [[Ionia]]n cities ([[Izmir|Smyrna]], [[Colophon]]). ([[I...
11: ...ery and charcoal. On the summit of the mound were large [[phallus|phalli]] of stone. - Anaxagoras (6622 bytes)
2: ...bly about the year 500 BC (Apollodorus ap. Diog. Laert. ii. 7.).
4: At his native town of [[Clazomenae]] in [[Asia Minor]], he had, it appears, s...
5: ...e theory that he studied under [[Hermotimus]] of Clazomenae, the ancient miracle-worker.
13: ...sophy and the spirit of scientific inquiry from [[Ionia]] to [[Athens]].
14: ...rder, and brought him into collision with the popular faith. - Anaximander (3421 bytes)
1: ... was the second of the physical philosophers of [[Ionia]], a citizen of [[Miletus]], and a companion or p...
14: ...ough it could not be perceived directly, could explain the opposites he could clearly see around him.
28: ...'s (lost) history of philosophy, and re-quoted by later authors. - Ephesus (4587 bytes)
1: ...hesus''' was one one of the great cities of the [[Ionia]]n Greeks in [[Asia Minor]], located in [[Lydia]]...
4: .... Photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
5: ..., was venerated in the [[Temple of Artemis]], the largest building of the ancient world, according to ...
9: .... Photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
11: ...abitants in the year 100 CE, making it one of the largest cities of the day. Also built in Ephesus aro... - Hadrian (6480 bytes)
1: ...n|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...], [[138]]), known as '''Hadrian''' in [[English language|English]], was [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Rom...
5: ...l-established settler family. He was a distant relative of his predecessor [[Trajan]]. Trajan never o...
9: .... Hadrian was schooled in various subjects particular to young aristocrats of the day, and was so fond...
11: ...], Hadrian rushed to inform Trajan personally. He later became [[legate]] of a legion in Upper Pannoni... - Peloponnesian War (15884 bytes)
1: ... and poke fun at the generals and events. The war lasted 27 years, with a 6-year [[truce]] in the midd...
5: ...henian military power allowed it to challenge the Lacedaemonians (commonly known as the [[Sparta|Spart...
7: ...sanctions, known as the [[Megarian decree]], were largely ignored by Thucydides, but modern economic h...
11: ...d from these islands. Thus, the two powers were relatively unable to fight decisive battles.
13: ...e to take care of the harvest. Moreover, Spartan slaves, known as [[helots]], needed to be kept under ... - Greco-Persian Wars (5983 bytes)
1: ...hians]] and [[Sassanid dynasty|Sassanids]], which lasted hundreds of years.
3: ...rnors) of Asia Minor installed tyrants in most of Ionian cities and forced Greeks to pay taxes for the "K...
5: ...the [[Battle of Lade]] in [[494 BC|494]], and the Ionian cities sacked, although they were permitted to h...
7: ... record time, but in the end the Athenians and [[Plataea]]ns alone defeated the Persians in the [[batt...
9: ...o manoeuver, allowing the lighter Greek ships to flank and destroy them. Following the defeat, Xerxes ... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
2: ...the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation of the [[scientific method]].
4: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart...
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8: ...om a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been later connected with ancient Egypt through what ling...
11: ...ost basic scientific tools and practices were available, relying instead on [[rule of thumb|rules of t... - Troy (22846 bytes)
2: ...y|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
7: ...ith the city called '''''Wilusa''''' in [[Hittite language|Hittite]] texts; ''Ilion'' (which goes back...
8: ...y|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
10: ... the sea monster snatches away the people of the plain.
11: ...y|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]] - Architecture of Ancient Greece (9161 bytes)
3: ...an architecture]] heavily copied Greek), and from late written sources such as [[Vitruvius]] ([[1st ce...
5: ...r. The architect designed the building, hired the labourers and craftsmen who built it, and was respon...
7: ...ly, except in the very grandest buildings of the Classical period such as the [[Parthenon]].
14: ...heir buildings with timber beams covered with overlapping terra cotta (or occasionally marble) tiles....
16: ...roof, was a row of blocks now known as the [[entablature]], whose outward-facing surfaces also provide... - Miletus (2255 bytes)
4: ...is first mentioned in [[Hittite]] records as ''Millawanda''.
5: ...hittite king [[Mursili II]] (ca. [[1320 BC]]), Millawanda became a bridge-head for the expansion of th...
7: ...yout, planned by [[Hippodamos]], became the basic layout for [[ancient Rome|Roman]] cities. The city a...
9: ...have generally agreed that the Anatolian city ''Milawata'' mentioned in [[Hittite]] records should be ... - Achaemenid dynasty (14622 bytes)
2: ...rt provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...ransliterated ''Hakamanshee'' in Modern [[Persian language|Persian]]) was a dynasty in the ancient [[P...
7: The last Achaemenid king was [[Darius III]] ([[336 BC]] ...
11: ...ving the Iranians at Peace"), king of ''Parsua'' (later called ''Pārsa'' "Persia", hence ''Fā...
15: ...ntil he was overthrown in 522 BC by a member of a lateral branch of the Achaemenid family, [[Darius I]...
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