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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. - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...with whom Thoth was eventually combined, as [[Hermes Trismegistus]].
3: ... Thoth gained prominence, and millions of [[ibis]]es were mummified and buried in his honour.
7: ...he number of degrees in a circle since ancient times).
9: ...efer to Thoth himself. He had a daughter named [[Seshat]].
11: == Thoth in modern times == - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ...al centuries, the Romans controlled the whole of Western Europe, as well as the entire area surroundin...
13: ...C]] or [[509 BC]] when the [[Roman Republic]] was established. The mythical or semi-mythical kings are...
19: ...man Senate, which grew in size and power with the establishment of the Republic.
21: ...opean stock; such as the [[Samnites]], the ''Sabines'' ...) but also the [[Etruscans]]. The last threa...
25: ...nd [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]], on the [[Ides of March]] [[44 BC]]. - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...ar ice]], and the first to mention [[Germanic tribes]].
4: ...nderstood the relationships between tides and phases of the Moon. In northern [[Spain]], he studied th...
6: ...s, Land's End, Plymouth, Isle of Man, Outer Hebrides, Orkneys, Iceland, Britain's east coast, Kent, [[...
10: ... as referring to the [[British Isles]] as the "Isles of the Pretani."
12: ...urope, they had [[barn (building)|barn]]s, and threshed their grain there rather than outside. - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: ...thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)]]
4: ...ar in [[Roman mythology]] (the counterpart to [[Ares]], the god of war in [[Greek mythology]]) because...
6: ...w pointing out from behind it), is a stylized representation of the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]' shi...
8: ... same length as it is on earth: 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.
11: ...bout 10 [[Parts per million|ppb]] (see [[#references|reference]]). - 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]]. - 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... - 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]]. - Eros (mythology) (4590 bytes)
1: ... [[Aphrodite]]. He was, like [[Dionysus]], sometimes referred to as '''''Eleutherios''''', "the libera...
5: ...nceived with Darkness. In the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]], he was worshipped as '''''Protogonus''''', the...
7: ...ds to interfere in the course of some mortals' lives. In some versions he had brothers named [[Anteros...
9: ...ion with Protogones and Phanes he was adorned represented as a bull, a serpent, a lion, and with the h...
13: ...played an important role in the Eleusinian Mysteries. In [[Athens, Greece|Athens]], he shared a very p... - 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. - Fox Terrier (4434 bytes)
1: ...pe exhibits several traits characteristic of the descendent breeds, including an inherited instinct fo...
4: ...r to mixed-breed dogs of fox terrier type, or to descendent breeds such as the [[Toy Fox Terrier]] and...
8: The breeds were established to assist in [[fox hunting]]. Before the...
10: ...el Club circa 1875-6, and the breed began the process of standardization.
12: ...lective breeding]] was duplicated in other countries as emigrants took their dogs to other parts of th... - Aries (2808 bytes)
2: ...eep)|Ram]]''. It lies between [[Pisces]] to the west and [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]] to the eas...
4: == Notable features ==
5: ...Sharatan]] (β). Other important stars are [[Mesarthim]] (γ<sub>1</sub>) and [[Botein]] (&de...
7: ...arden's star]], in Aries, is one of our sun's closest neighbours.
10: ...tellation's northern corner), and NGC 1156 (northwest of δ).
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