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- Anatolia (2665 bytes)
3: ...he [[Bosporus]], between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.]]
5: ...n]]. The settlement of [[Troy]] starts in the Neolithic, but continues up into the Iron age.
7: ...atolian origin for the [[Etruscans]] of ancient [[Italy]].
9: ...ignificant [[Kurdish]] ethnic and linguistic minority still exists in the southern regions. - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
1: ...rope ancient history was followed by [[Late Antiquity]] and the [[Middle Ages]].
3: ...t|cuneiform]] possibly being the oldest form of writing. [[Genetic]] evidence, however, points to the ...
7: *[[Ancient Persia]]
12: *African Ancient Kingdoms: [[Axumite Kingdom]], [[Kush]], etc.
17: *[[Hittites]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...ntion into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded versio...
5: ===[[Paleolithic|Paleolithic Era]]===
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
62: ...century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
81: ... century|600s]]: [[Windmill]] in [[Persian Empire|Persia]] - List of people by name: X (1295 bytes)
12: ...([[486 BC|486]]- [[465 BC]]), [[History of Persia|Persian]] [[monarch|king]]
13: *[[Xerxes II]], ([[424 BC|424]] - [[423 BC]]), Persian king.
15: ...e Ximenes|Ximenes, Ettore]], ([[1855]]-[[1919]]), Italian painter - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen... - Agesilaus II (5597 bytes)
1: ... him a willing tool for the furtherance of his political designs; in this hope, however, Lysander was ...
3: ... following spring. He then came to an agreement with the satrap Pharnabazus and once more turned sout...
4: It was said that he was planning a campaign in the i...
11: by a powerful Persian fleet under [[Conon]] and [[Pharnabazus]].
13: ...[Corinthian War]], making several successful expeditions into Corinthian - Alexander I of Macedon (1759 bytes)
3: ...d Macedonia's independence after the end of the [[Persian Wars]].
5: ...kai]] determined his claim to be true, he was permitted to participate in the [[Ancient Olympic Games|... - Alexander IV of Macedon (2891 bytes)
1: ...lip III of Macedon]]. Neither King wielded any political influence: Philip was considered retarded and...
24: ...n="center" | '''[[List of kings of Persia|King of Persia]]''' - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ...he Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national library.
6: ...pears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...ve Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, me...
11: After his visit to the [[Oracle]] of Ammon at Siwah, according to... - Amyntas I of Macedon (1062 bytes)
2: ...ritory of [[Anthemus]] on the [[Thermaic Gulf]], with the object of turning the [[Hellenic civilizatio... - Antalcidas (1665 bytes)
3: ...or]] and supremacy over [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] cities there.
7: ...nder of the navy went to the active assistance of Persia against Athens. The success of his naval operatio...
9: ...ae]] and [[Cyprus]], was recognized as subject to Persia
10: ... other Greek cities -- so far they were not under Persian rule -- were to be independent, except [[Lemnos]...
12: ...n [[386 BC|386]]. Antalcidas continued in favour with Artaxerxes, until the annihilation of Spartan su... - Pyrrho (3149 bytes)
1: ...e works of [[Democritus]], and became acquainted with the Megarian dialectic through [[Bryson]], pupil...
3: ...t, since nothing can be known, the only proper attitude is ''[[ataraxia]]'', "freedom from worry".
5: ...tainty and knowledge are impossible. Hence our attitude to things (the third question), ought to be co... - Sport (14061 bytes)
1: ...of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prow...
9: ...out social changes, and about the nature of sport itself.
11: ...easonable to extrapolate that there was some activity at these times resembling sport.
13: ...lls. Among other sports which originate in [[Iran|Persia]] are [[Polo]] and [[jousting]].
15: ... of Greece was an influence on the development of its sports and vice versa. The [[Olympic Games]] wer... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
1: ...arth]] and its [[earth's atmosphere|atmosphere]]. It studies the [[Cosmology|origins]], [[Galaxy forma...
3: ...the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles (93 km).]]
5: ... the two fields share a common origin, they are quite different; astronomers embrace the [[scientific ...
8: ..., and modern astronomy concerns itself much more with trying to observe and understand the actual phys...
10: ...ations of different models, and involves working with computer or analytic models. - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
4: [[Architectural history]] series.</small></td></tr>
7: [[Prehistoric architecture]]</td></tr>
9: [[Architecture of the ancient world]]</td></tr>
11: [[Western architecture]]</td></tr>
13: '''Islamic architecture'''</td></tr> - String instrument (8163 bytes)
5: ...n order for a string instrument to produce sound, its string or strings must vibrate. There are three ...
7: ...such as the [[guitar]] and [[kora]] are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device ...
8: ...[Led Zeppelin]] sometimes played the [[electric guitar]] this way, for example).
10: ...]], where the player herself wields the hammers. It should be noted that the piano is often considere...
12: ... a finger on plucked and bowed instruments, where it gives equally soft results. - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
2: ...ns in the late [[4th millennium BC]], cuneiform writing began as a system of [[pictography|pictographs...
4: ...d the [[Old Persian]] and [[Ugaritic alphabet|Ugaritic]] national alphabets.
7: ...ative position of the tablet to the stylus, the writer could use a single tool to make a variety of im...
11: ...ians was unintuitive to the [[Semitic language|Semitic]] speakers. This fact, before Sumerian civiliz...
13: ...ce to classical [[Japanese language|Japanese]], written in a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] derived scri... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the de...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: ...Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
29: ...emaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Caste (32815 bytes)
1: ...re|cultural]] context, is usually in conjunction with the [[social division]] in [[Hinduism|Hindu]] so...
3: ...ocial insect]]s like [[ant]]s, [[bee]]s and [[termite]]s have caste divisions of [[Queen bee|queen]] (...
5: ...s, [[Kshatriya]]s, [[Vaishya]]s, and [[Shudra]]s. It is believed that one is born into a caste dependi...
7: ...[[Agni]] or [[Ushas]]. In RV 3.34.5 and RV 9.71.2 it refers to the the lustrous colour of the sky at d...
13: ...indu]]s, particularly in [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. It is based on four ''varnas'', (meaning "colours"): - Christianity (47078 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...'Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jes...
8: ...erally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
9: ... Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Orienta...
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