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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
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... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
10: ...'', ''La servante 飔rlate'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des l...
21: :''[[Lady Oracle]]'' ([[1976]])
35: :''[[Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein]]'' ([[1966]])
58: :''[[The Canlit Foodbook: From Pen to palate - A Collection of Tasty Literary ... - Hathor (11883 bytes)
4: ...was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least [[2700 BC]], during the 2nd dynasty, a...
6: ...e of the aspect of motherhood, her priests were [[oracle]]s, predicting the fate of the newborn, and [[mid...
8: ...entified as Ra's wife, it was said she arose from from Ra's tears, and thus was identified as the ''[[...
26: ...dead in the underworld, and proffered them with refreshments of food, and of drink. She was also somti...
37: ..., and Egypt once again became prosperous. A tale, from the perspective of Lower Egypt, developed aroun... - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
3: ...ut negotiations conducted during that time proved fruitless, and on its termination Agesilaus raided [...
20: broke out afresh with Thebes the king twice invaded [[Boeotia]]...
29: ...ly to the [[battle of Leuctra]] and Sparta's fall from her position of supremacy. - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
9: ... Olympias was impregnated not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinity for sleeping in the co...
11: ...es]] through [[Caranus]] and his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achill...
14: ... of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander to Darius III, where Alexander blames...
16: ...n a campaign to solidify control of Greece and confront the Persian Empire.
23: ...all coastal cities and denying them to his enemy. From Pamphylia onward the coast held no major ports,... - Pyrrhus of Epirus (7425 bytes)
1: ...g from ca. [[297 BC|297]], the king of [[Epirus]] from [[306 BC|306]] - [[301 BC]] and in 297 BC - [[2...
7: ...entines begged Pyrrhus to intervene and save them from Roman conquest.
11: ...was encouraged to aid the Tarentines by an oracle from [[Delphi]]. His goals were not, however, selfle...
23: ...Pyrrhus, supply him money and send him ships once friendly relations were established, he demanded tha...
29: ...eets. During the confusion, an old woman watching from a rooftop threw a roofing tile which stunned hi... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
9: ...is (a native of Samos) and Mnesarchus (a merchant from Tyre). As a young man he left his native city f...
13: ...e, reading and philosophical study. We may infer from this that participants required some degree of ...
16: ... as portrayed on [[Roman empire|Roman]] [[coin]]s from [[Samos]]]]
17: ... Others were more cryptic: "What is the [[Delphic oracle]]?" "The [[tetraktys]], in which the [[Sirens]] s...
19: ...urder and pain cannot reap joy and love" (excerpt from the book ''The extended circle'', by Jon Wynne-... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ..."dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]]...
5: ...ances from the sun consisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; t...
9: ... the ion tail (gas) always pointing directly away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly affecte...
11: ...tastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearance have bee...
21: ...ncke]] has an orbit which never places it farther from the Sun than [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Shor... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
1: ...ings related to human [[society]]. The term comes from the [[Latin]] ''civis'', meaning "citizen" or "...
5: ...their food from [[agriculture]], as distinguished from [[band society|band]] and [[tribe|tribal]] soci...
15: ...vilization is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society...
31: ...namely [[Mehrgarh]] and [[Harappa]]) and [[West Africa]], where ancient peoples grouped together to f...
39: ...ereal]] crops (see [[West Africa#Prehistory|West Africa: Prehistory]]). In [[Ancient Egypt]], [[mortar... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...elium]] and the [[Battle of Amphipolis]]. We know from [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']] tha...
7: ...hanes, he managed a scientific institute with his friend Chaerophon; Plato has Socrates tell us that h...
9: ... At a time when [[Athens]] was seeking to recover from humiliating defeat, the Athenian public court w...
11: ...g and strived for knowledge. Historical accounts from varied sources, while questionable, suggest tha... - Artemis (11271 bytes)
11: ...son who was able to kill him with a bough, picked from a tree in the forest.
23: Her name may come from ''diviana'' ("the shining one").
29: ...pg|right|thumb|250px|Closeup of statue of Artemis from Asia Minor. Image provided by [http://classroom...
37: ...idwives. She was sometimes known as [[Cynthia]], from her birthplace on [[Mount Cynthus]] on [[Delos]...
41: ...yia]], the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods forced Hera t... - Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
2: ...reece|Greek]] town of [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] from (historically) as early as [[776 BC]] to [[393]...
10: ... of [[Delphi]] – to try and save his people from war in the [[9th century BC]]. The prophetess a...
12: ...arioteer [[Myrtilus]], who switched the lynchpins from Oenomaus' chariot with pins made of beeswax: pr...
21: ... first written accounts of the Olympic Games date from [[776 BC]], although it is sure that these Game...
24: The word ''stadium'' is derived from this foot race. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: ...mage:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ..._caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] | - Zeus (17267 bytes)
8: ...cal Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient Near East]], such...
23: ... an altar to Zeus made not of stone, but of ash - from the accumulated remains of many centuries' wort...
25: ...could be found at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain modes of ...
44: ===Oracles of Zeus===
45: Although most oracle sites were usually dedicated to [[Apollo]], the [... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
3: ...entury]], architecture of the past was understood from a [[form|formal]] perspective, emphasizing the ...
7: ...es and seeks to liberate its history and practice from inappropriate Western doctrines.
9: ...anged approaches across time — the changing frameworks traced across the many editions of [[Sir ...
17: At the beginning, [[humanity]] was confronted with a world thoroughly alive with [[god]]s,...
33: ...ch place had its own nature, set within a world refracted through myth, thus temples were sited atop m... - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
1: ...#966;ροδίτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[g...
4: ...r cult. She was associated with [[Hesperia]] and frequently accompanied by the [[Oread]]s, [[nymph]]s...
16: ..."Dione". Once [[Zeus]] had usurped the oak-grove oracle at Dodona, some poets made him out to be the fath...
18: ...e hints of the track of Aphrodite's original cult from the Levant to mainland Greece.
25: ...Greek [[Pantheon]] to be actually married, she is frequently unfaithful to her husband. [[Hephaestus]... - Dionysus (15630 bytes)
11: ... local Greek nature deity and a more powerful god from [[Thrace]] or [[Phrygia]] such as [[Sabazios]].
16: ... sure that the cult of Dionysus arrived in Greece from [[Anatolia]], but Greek concepts of where Nysa ...
26: Introduced into [[Rome]] (c. [[200 BC]]) from the Greek culture of lower [[Italy]] or by way ...
29: ...us and Liber (also [[Liber Pater]]). Liber ("the free one") was a god of fertility and growth, marrie...
33: ...hovel|shovel]] and was used to separate the chaff from the good, cut grain. In addition, Dionysus is ... - Chicken (21473 bytes)
18: ...pe of [[poultry]]. It is believed to be descended from the wild Asian [[Red Junglefowl]].
23: ...re known as hens. Roosters can be differentiated from hens by their striking plumage, marked by long ...
29: ... in color depending on the hen, typically ranging from bright white to shades of brown and even blue o...
30: ...and nesting locations. Removing hens or roosters from a flock causes a temporary disruption to this s...
32: ...s into their own. Some farmers use fake eggs made from plastic or stone to encourage hens to lay in a ... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: ... BC]], and was ruled first from [[Rome]] and then from [[Constantinople]] until the Arab conquest in A...
8: ... oracle of [[Amun]] at the [[Oasis of Siwa]]. The oracle had the good sense to declare him to be the son o...
14: ...ges throughout the country. Upper Egypt, farthest from the centre of government, was less immediately ...
19: ...s then tried to invade Egypt but Ptolemy held the frontier against him. When the coalition was renewed...
29: ...[Babylonia]], while his fleets in the Aegean made fresh conquests as far north as [[Thrace]].
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