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- Democritus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He was born at Abdera ... materialist thought in the history of Greek philosophy. ...8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024
- In Greek mythology, Prometheus (ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς ... to Earth from Olympus, then ventured to the Greek province of Boitia and made ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations ... vessels exported to Melos, Egypt and the Greek mainland. After 1600 B.C ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- writing system. The term derives from the Greek term for “sacred carving ... The word hieroglyph derives from the Greek words ἱερός (hierós ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- and it became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium ... The name of Athens in Ancient Greek was Athḗnai (Ἀθῆναι ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- The Rosetta Stone is an ancient stele inscribed with the same passage ... Egypt as part of the family of Alexander. Greek language and culture flourished ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- Atlantis (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος mentioned and described by the classical Greek philosopher Plato in the ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- Legend has it that Taksha, an ancient Indian king who ruled in a kingdom ... * c. 450 B.C.E., Herodotus makes reference to Greek influences in ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Aeschylus (525 B.C.E. – 456 B.C.E.; Greek: Α ἰ σχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece, and the earliest ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode who lived around 700 B.C.E ... in contributing to our understanding of ancient Greek culture, is the Theogony ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures." ... of 1,000 printed plays, but had few ancient relics and would have been ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- and preacher who founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that ... The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- to the Roman god Bacchus (a variant of the Greek Dionysus). These practices ... Bacchus was the Roman characterization of the Greek Dionysus, a deity ...10 KB (1,570 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- obtain several-hundred years earlier by the Greek mathematician Archimedes ... the south was selected based upon ancient Chinese thought that the ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- By 3200 B.C.E., settlements across the Indus Valley Civilization had ... Proper front-loaded bread ovens originated in ancient Greece, and ...11 KB (1,627 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- worked against the advancement of civilization, there are historical ... "barbar." The word comes from the Greek language, and was used to ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... Byblos (Greek) or Gebal (Phoenician) is located on the Mediterranean ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding" ... The concept of the hieros gamos derives from ancient mythologies relating ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- skills, such as hunting. Later, the ancient Chinese, Indian, and Egyptian ... intentions of the educator, and thus the Greek influence is often argued ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking) involve movements ... Acrobats were greatly admired in ancient China, Egypt, and the Minoan ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- religious and naturalistic symbolism in ancient Egypt, to a secular symbol ... The earliest representation of the phoenix is found in the ancient ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- material, but there are a few exceptions in Greek art and in the decorative ... human form was most commonly used in the Greek and Roman classic reliefs ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- to present day Ethiopia, this was an ancient African civilization that ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) ... paradigm shift that occurred in the Ancient Near East. Walter Burkert ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- The Latin word came from abakos, the Greek genitive form of abax ("calculating ... The use of the abacus in ancient Egypt is mentioned by the Greek historian ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an ancient civilization thriving ... slavery or exploitation of people. The civilization appears to have been stable ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- A stele, often Anglicized as stela, plural stelae (from the Greek ... of the customs, beliefs, and laws of ancient cultures as many contain ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- and as speaking in riddles. Originating in Ancient Egypt, the sphinx as a mythical ... versions are part-human part-animal. In ancient Egypt there are three distinct ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- interest in the culture and mythology of ancient Greece. ... he received basic education in Latin and Greek. He graduated from Barmer ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera was the ... Thus, unlike some Greek gods, such as Zeus, Hera's name cannot ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- Troy (Greek: Τροία, Troia, also Ίλιον, Ilion; Turkish Truva ... According to mythology, the Trojans were the ancient citizens of the ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- == Mica in ancient times == [[Image:Hand Hopewell mica.jpg|thumb|175px ... Mica was known to ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ... of Aksum were forced south and their civilization declined. As the kingdom ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- - 127), known in English as Plutarch, (in Greek Πλούταρχος) was ... characters and recounts the noble deeds of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history ... paleontology and archeology—the study of ancient life through fossils and ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was an ancient state, located in eastern ... == Early Greek colonies== The whole district was dotted with Greek ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- In Greek mythology, Daedalus (Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos ... him Athenian-born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, who fled ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- Fables, whether ancient or modern, have been used to satirize social ... Aesop's Fables feature most of the Greek pantheon, including Zeus ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- e. – August 12, 30 b.c.e.) was queen of Ancient Egypt, the last member of ... power for her own sake but to protect the ancient autonomy of her state. As ...20 KB (3,144 words) - 22:04, 7 January 2024
- The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient ... of: The Great Pyramid of Giza (the most ancient as well as the only surviving ...19 KB (2,688 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... dye Tyrian purple. The dye was used in ancient textile trade, and highly ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... Gandhara became renowned for its fusion of Greek and Buddhist culture, which ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Poppies have a long history in human civilization. They were already ... The Sumerian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Minoan, Greek, Roman, Persian and Arab ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- culture, sometimes referred to as Vedic civilization, was centered in the northern ... represents the oldest known continuous civilization on earth. Vedic society ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Έλευσίνια Μυστήρια ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... between rival civilizations. The legacy of ancient Dacians and of their successors ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- translated, revealing much about the most ancient civilizations of human history ... 100 meters up a limestone cliff from an ancient road connecting the capitals ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- In Greek mythology, Demeter (Greek: "mother-earth" or possibly ... reveal the span of her functions in Greek life. Demeter and Kore ( ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- quot; occurred and the Etruscan civilization rose.Graeme Barker and ... The Etruscans were the first major civilization in this region of ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- The Grigori (from Greek egrḗgoroi, "The Watchers") are ... in which they are said to come from ancient stellar lore. ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate ... Several references to the Yonas are found in ancient Indian documents ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- Delphi (Greek Δελφοί ) was one of the most important religious sites in ancient Greece ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- Astronomy (Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος ... methodology existing at the time of Ancient Greece and advanced observation ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 18:26, 19 August 2023
- Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Οξύρρυγχος; "sharp-snouted or sharp ... Approximately 70 percent of all the ancient Egyptian literary papyri ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- in the 1830s. Drawing on the works of Greek patristics, the poet Aleksey ... irrational philosophy of Plato and Greek Church Fathers (notably Maximus ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 07:38, 12 March 2024
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... Ancient Western philosophy is generally divided into three periods ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ... the most recognizable symbol of the Inca Civilization]] ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. Budge was was ... to hold arguably the best collection of Ancient Near East artifacts in the ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- in what is now northern Sudan. While the ancient kingdoms of Nubia had changing ... Nubia is the homeland of Africa's earliest black civilization ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- volcanic eruption that occurred on the Greek island of Thera (known today ... ence/columnist/vergano/2006-08-27-ancient-volcano_x.htm Ye gods! Ancient ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- short time, Isidore mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It is not known ... had been in full control of Spain, and the ancient institutions and classic ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- language analysis, DNA tracing, review of ancient writings, and religions ... Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, Thracian, and Greek branches of Indo-European. ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- The Etruscan civilization is the name given today to the culture and ... culture that was influenced by Greek traders and Greek neighbors ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- The name has existed since antiquity; in the Latin of the Romans ... tourist attractions. It was used by the ancient Romans to transport goods ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- The New Kingdom is the period in ancient Egyptian history between ... archeology is still uncovering new data on Ancient Egypt, one result of the ...12 KB (1,918 words) - 16:32, 11 November 2022
- as reflected in the meanings of the Greek word, "logos." ... and speculative reason was made by the ancient Greek philosophers Plato ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- explained the rise and fall of civilization in The Decline of the ... College London (as Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History), the ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- Vico’s recovery of ancient wisdom, his emphasis on the importance ... of first humans, but also how early civilization developed a sensus communis ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 18:54, 21 May 2024
- Taxes from all the other city states of Ancient Greece created a monumental ... of the greatest masterpieces of classical Greek art—the Parthenon, the ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- Oberlin College, acquiring a knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin, but never ... had conquered Rome in antiquity. By civilization, Powell clearly had his ...11 KB (1,704 words) - 01:23, 10 February 2023
- include the Linear B script for Mycenaean Greek; Cherokee; Ndjuka, an English ... invention. They were rather based on ancient traditions of symbol systems ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- Polytheism (from the Greek: polus, many, and theos, god) refers to ... or father of the pantheon, including the Greek Zeus, the Norse Odin and ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- practices and fitness regimes used by the ancient Greeks, including skills ... back several thousand years ago, to the Greek civilization. The word gymnastics ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- The Minoans (Greek: Μυκηναίοι; Μινωίτες) were a pre ... the current ruler of the Minoan civilization. What the Minoans called ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- Josephus, who introduced himself in Greek as "Iosepos (Ιώσηπος ... It was only in 1544 that a version of the Greek text was made available, ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- by Constantine I on the site of an earlier Greek city, it later served as ... the greatest triumphs and tragedies of civilization. It has seen great empires ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Golden mean or "middle way" is an ancient concept described ... In ancient Western civilization, the Golden Mean is found in the mythological ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 04:12, 24 May 2024
- Empire, which had ruled most of the Greek-speaking world for over 1100 ... London and decided to recognize a sovereign Greek state. Many were enthusiastic ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- has created numerous rock formations. Ancient cypresses and wild olive ... The mountains contain caves with ancient paintings depicting cattle ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- Oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía, from óligon, “few ... The word oligarchy (l´ gärk) is derived from the Greek words for ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and was so popular ... it on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This does not, however ...19 KB (2,845 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- and theory of mineralogy was written of in ancient Babylonia, the ancient Greco ... The ancient Greek writers Aristotle (384–322 BC) and Theophrastus ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- According to the ancient Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis, the ... * Needham, Joseph, Ling Wang, and Gwei-Djen Lu. Science and Civilization ...11 KB (1,823 words) - 19:34, 3 August 2023
- outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some ... on the planet, and the last member of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World ...33 KB (5,140 words) - 03:38, 7 December 2022
- vegetation, with various Hittite, Phrygian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman ... however, many finely preserved remains of Greek, Roman and Byzantine architecture ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- In Greek mythology, Athena (Greek: Άθηνά , Athēnâ, or ... , Athénē; Latin: Minerva) was a multifaceted Greek goddess whose ...30 KB (4,535 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- inundations played an important role in ancient Egyptian religion and cosmology ... The word "Nile" comes from the Greek word Neilos, meaning ...23 KB (3,670 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύ ... E. Most scholars consider Diophantus to have been a Greek, ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- Yet, an interesting aspect of imperialism is that empires, both ancient ... by another. Imperialism is found in the ancient histories of China, India ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- quot; in this sense is believed to be the Greek alphabet, which is a modified ... Latin alphabet (which was derived from the Greek). Many languages use modified ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- or paid tribute to them. Philistine civilization disappeared after its ... In Ancient Egypt, a people called the Peleset, generally identified ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around ... and some writers treat the ancient Greek civilization as a continuum ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during ... thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek East sole imperial authority ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra near Latakia, Syria) was an ancient cosmopolitan ... Age libraries of clay tablets in various ancient languages. The most significant ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- Sea and is built partially atop the famed ancient city. Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- proper names, "el" is found in ancient Aramaic, Arabic, and Ethiopic ... ruins of the Royal Library of the Ebla civilization in Syria, dated to 2300 ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- and history unlock the secrets of their ancient owners. ... organic objects were also placed in ancient tombs. Some of the most ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 17:39, 16 August 2023
- second president. They were inspired by the Greek writer Xenophon who defined ... power and liberty, 1873-1900. American civilization. Philadelphia: Temple ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 23:22, 17 May 2023
- The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging ... Greek mythology has exercised an extensive and profound influence ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:31, 12 July 2023
- Mayadevi was born in Devadaha kingdom of ancient Nepal. ... The holy site of Lumbini includes the ruins of ancient monasteries ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- Frazer learned Latin and Greek at Larchfield Academy, and continued ... commentary on Pausanias, a second century Greek travel writer, which was ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 21:27, 29 May 2023
- Nestorius, in Greek, Νεστόριος (c. 386 – c. 451 C.E.) was ... in the West, to distinguish it from other ancient Eastern churches. However ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- name, "Black Sea," including Greek Mavre Thalassa (Μαύρη ... was called "inhospitable" before Greek colonization because it was ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- Hadrian's deep affections for him. Ancient Rome, Arab countries up ... Ancient Greek religious texts, reflecting cultural practices, incorporated ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican culture, noted for having ... in the 1520s. At its peak, the Mayan Civilization was one of the most densely ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- linked with such similar creatures as the Greek Sirens or the European Mermaids; ... from a common origin, namely the ancient belief in a water goddess ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- years there (1314–1320). There he learned Greek, gained an understanding ... took over sovereignty on Mt. Athos and the Greek archbishoprics under the ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 05:59, 5 October 2022
- of these methods exists in the writings of the ancient Greek, Chaldean, Egyptian, and Roman civilizations, as well as archaeological evidence from Europe ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- The epic appears to have been widely known in ancient times and to ... who offers to bring him back with her to civilization. *Tablet Two: ...20 KB (3,247 words) - 12:42, 22 May 2024
- #039;s name in Assyrian was Udumi; in Greek, Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía ... was the Wadi Zered (Deut. 2:13-18). The ancient capital of Edom was Bozrah ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 21:09, 8 August 2023
- The term ethnocentrism derives from two Greek words: "ethnos ... in the romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding, in which the heroine ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Saqqarah, Saqqara or Sakkara (Arabic: سقارة) is a vast, ancient ... well gain a better understanding of the civilization of Ancient Egypt, so significant ...17 KB (2,687 words) - 00:23, 8 November 2023
- political philosophy has its origins in ancient Greek society, when city ... and anticipates Niccolò Machiavelli. Ancient Chinese and Indian civilization ...23 KB (3,233 words) - 08:37, 24 November 2022
- eager to study the original works of the ancient Greek philosophers. In ... *Buckle, Henry Thomas. History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 ...13 KB (1,975 words) - 05:20, 24 November 2022
- variety in musical expression. In the ancient cultures of China, Africa ... vases as early as 3000 B.C.E. The civilization also made use of sistra ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- sent by God or the gods to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution ... Although the story of Noah's flood may not be the most ancient ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 19:36, 24 May 2024
- In Judaism, a Sanhedrin (Hebrew: סנהדרין; Greek: συνέδριον, ... the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. The make-up of the ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- Because the scroll is an ancient publishing method, it is still used ... In Greek and Roman uses, scrolls were mostly used for texts, including ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- Africa. The only remaining member of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World ... construct the Great Pyramid. Herodotus, the Greek historian in the fifth century ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 19:38, 24 May 2024
- the order Testudines. It is based on the Ancient Greek word χελώνη ... that they could churn the sea and find the ancient treasures of the Vedic peoples. ...18 KB (2,557 words) - 05:27, 4 November 2022
- of animals, and the origin of human civilization. He was also influential ... lives of ordinary people and to preserve ancient monuments that link us to ...22 KB (3,231 words) - 02:32, 9 February 2023
- empire of Christianity while bringing back ancient Roman religion.Modern Neo ... AD 150-750. (Library of world civilization) (New York: W.W. Norton ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 09:46, 12 May 2024
- Plato (c. 428 B.C.E. – c. 348 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and ... one of the classic works in all of western civilization. ...37 KB (6,078 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- The term Carthage refers both to an ancient city in North Africa—located ... Rome. Although a distinct Carthaginian civilization ceased to exist, remnants ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- winning the gods' favor in warfare. In Greek mythology, Iphigeneia was ... of effigies, such as the argei dolls in ancient Rome. Many cultures show ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- Trigonometry (from Greek Τριγωνομετρία "tri = three ... The origins of trigonometry can be traced to the civilizations of ...19 KB (2,702 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- to a cultural tradition or to Islamic civilization, and it is an outstanding ... "gave out milk," relating to an ancient tradition that the Hebrew ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- the origin of the 9 integers can be traced to the ancient Indian civilization ... of the sciences of the world since ancient times. * Many mathematical ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- the Roman god of the west wind (after the Greek god Zephyros). With its new ... Note that zero in Greek is translated as Μηδέν (Mèden). ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- a Serpent lurking in the Garden of Eden. In Greek mythology, the Serpent/Dragon ... of snakes coiled around a staff is an ancient representation of Kundalini ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs ... was the most important priesthood of ancient Rome. The foundation of ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- of the Iranian plateau. Consequently in the Greek sources, the body of water ... channel apparently marks the course of the ancient extended Shatt al-Arab, ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- In ancient times writings and inscriptions were generally made on ... Crusades, and the essential recovery of ancient Greek written classics, ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- as some lineages can be traced far back to ancient times. Some Arabs claim ... built up one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East beginning ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- * Feng, Wu, et al. Selection of Ancient Chinese Military Masterpieces ... * Gartz, Jochen. From Greek Fire to Dynamite. A Cultural History of ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- Athens (ancient Greek: αἱ Ἀθῆναι (plural), evolving into ... Today, the Greek capital is Europe's 8th largest conurbation ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- The word matriarchy derives from the Greek words matēr (mother) and ... human societies have been found, be they ancient or modern, there has been ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- role in the development of human civilization. Human scientific and ... Ancient philosophers considered fire as one of the fundamental "elements ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 19:51, 26 March 2024
- After his death he was given the Greek surname chrysostomos, "golden ... The Changing Face of Antisemitism: From Ancient Times To The Present Day ...31 KB (4,708 words) - 04:44, 3 August 2022
- The Greek Ptolemaic dynasty, controlling the western and northern ... Myos Hormos and Berenice appear to have been important ancient trading ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- The Peloponnesian War (431–404 B.C.E.) was an Ancient Greek military ... The Peloponnesian War reshaped the Ancient Greek world. On the level ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- Sculptures; Prints and Drawings; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; ... works from the civilizations of the ancient world, and works of Islamic ...22 KB (3,221 words) - 04:13, 4 November 2022
- refers to a ritual drink of importance in ancient Vedic and Persian culture ... In this aspect, soma is similar to the Greek ambrosia (cognate to amrita ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- of philosophical literature, from classical Greek and Roman authors to modern ... Walden is often seen as a rejection of civilization. However Thoreau neither ...27 KB (3,979 words) - 07:13, 22 January 2024
- Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization ... Egyptian civilization had a bias towards unity, rather than towards ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- has a long history of settlement and civilization, including the Indus Valley ... As one of the cradles of human civilization, the Pakistani region ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization ... discovered—connected the city to an ancient course of the Sabarmati ...37 KB (5,691 words) - 16:48, 25 October 2023
- and Arabian mainlands as part of the ancient southern supercontinent ... visited the islands, including works in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Portuguese ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- cultures and religions of the world, is an ancient human symbol that has become ... It goes back to a very remote period of human civilization. There ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- The regional toponym Mesopotamia (/ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmiə/, Ancient ... birit narim. It is used throughout the Greek Septuagint ( ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- "petra-πέτρα," cleft in the rock in Greek; Arabic: ... The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- and accessories dates back as far as the ancient Egyptians. Their wigs, hairpieces ... (Abrams, 1979), 62. Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 02:42, 14 July 2022
- powerful political and military empire in ancient India. Originating from ... defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Greek general from Alexander's ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- In ancient Greece and Rome, oratory was studied as a component of ... In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Archimedes (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης ) (c. 287 B.C.E. –212 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek mathematician ...30 KB (4,881 words) - 06:19, 12 August 2023
- The term history comes from the Greek historia ( ἱστορία ... account." This itself was derived from the Ancient Greek ...33 KB (4,990 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2021
- Σπάρτη Spartē) was a city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the ... Sparta was generally referred to by the ancient Greeks as Lakedaimon ...46 KB (7,079 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- Dionysus or Dionysos (from the Ancient Greek Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος ... Paradoxically, he was also viewed as the promoter of civilization ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- The word polyhedron comes from the Classical Greek word πολυεδρον ... to the number of faces, based on classical Greek terms for the numbers. Examples ...42 KB (6,082 words) - 00:20, 12 April 2023
- major works on the role of cities in civilization and the roots of industrialization ... Using the broader definition of the Greek tekhne, which means not only ...29 KB (4,364 words) - 22:20, 25 October 2022
- greatest and most beautiful city of all Ancient Greece. ... into the population, were tribes known to ancient Greek writers as the Elymians ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- to the I Ching (the Book of Changes,) an ancient compendium of divination ... to the I Ching (the Book of Changes,) an ancient compendium of divination ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- are a vital source for the study of ancient Rome from a vast number ... patronage. Positivistic readings of ancient texts have come under general ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- Isis was a goddess in ancient Egyptian mythology, often worshiped ... and Egyptologists to approach the ancient Egyptian tradition ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων ... the Olympian deities and the patron of the ancient Oracle at Delphi, Apollo ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- and their savage customs. In antiquity, Greek reports of anthropophagy ... in Mexico, the flower wars of the Aztec Civilization being considered as the ...27 KB (4,188 words) - 19:25, 25 November 2023
- global community. The word derives from Greek cosmos ("Κόσμος ... founding father of the Cynic movement in Ancient Greece, Diogenes of Sinope ...12 KB (1,700 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- The origin of the almanac can be traced back to ancient Babylonian ... *Lampe, G.W.H., and H.G. Liddell. A Patristic Greek Lexicon. Oxford: ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- were being forged into shapes and in the Greek period came very sophisticated ... The first sculptures in India date back to the Indus Valley civilization ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- The ancient Greek historian Herodotus Jimmy Dunn, [http://www.touregypt ... even quotes in translation the surviving Greek account (about two pages ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- the first century C.E., following the Greek invasion of northwestern ... The art of Gandhara benefited from centuries of interaction with Greek ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- , Bayrūt, Greek: Βηρυττός Viryttós, Beyrouth first mention of the city is found in the ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- of Estonian folklore tell of the ancient pre Northern Crusades period ... Reiner Brockmann (1609–1647), teacher of Greek at the Tallinn Gymnasium. ...15 KB (2,152 words) - 23:59, 18 March 2022
- - the creation of a Sino-Christian civilization that would match the Roman ... missionaries in China would look in the ancient texts for traces of primal ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- in Mesopotamia (beginning with Sumer), ancient Egypt, and the Indian subcontinent ... B.C.E., Eudoxus of Cyzicus was the first Greek to cross the Indian Ocean ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- *In the Greek alphabet, ε (epsilon) has numerical value of 5. ... the Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch (Greek for "five containers ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- luck. It is composed of su- (cognate with Greek grc|ευ-, eu-), meaning ... since 1871, replacing gammadion (from Greek grc|γαμμάδιον). ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- The Indo-Greek Kingdom (or sometimes Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered ... Afghanistan). Since the term "Indo-Greek Kingdom" loosely describes ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- Babylonia, named for its capital city of Babylon, was an ancient state ... to be the legitimate successor of the ancient Babylonian kings and the ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- 17 years old he was elected King by the Greek National Assembly, which ... and insecure. George did much to bolster Greek pride and fostered a new ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- one of the founding cities of Western Civilization. Along with its central ... " because the "achievements of ancient Rome in the fields of architecture ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- that he had inherited the skill of the ancient Sun Tzu. After Jiao Yu became ... the earliest passages of the book to the ancient Chinese Prime Minister Zhuge ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- In ancient times, astronomers noted how certain lights moved across ... Roman (or Latin) names rather than the Greek. The Romans, who, like the ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- mainly due to the fact that much of the civilization of Yemen began to migrate ... trade in the Horn of Africa that the Greek language was occasionally ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 14:19, 7 February 2024
- ), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρα ... Regarded as the cradle of western civilization and the birthplace ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- In ancient Egypt, Set (also spelled Sutekh, Setesh, Seteh) was originally ... The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- quot;), sovereign territory, a civilization, culture, or the whole ... Most ancient cultures held a mythical conception of history and time ...30 KB (4,545 words) - 04:16, 24 November 2022
- The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... Like the rest of the New Testament, the gospel was written in Greek ...37 KB (5,220 words) - 04:27, 24 May 2024
- numbers were the only ones known to early Greek mathematics. ... numeral in place-value systems. Many ancient Indian texts use a Sanskrit ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- ; Ancient Greek: grc|Κρήτη , Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands ...67 KB (9,828 words) - 22:30, 21 May 2024
- had been decapitated, were found near the ancient ruins of Tula the capital ... of child sacrifice in the Olmec civilization, full skeletons of newborn ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- including Egyptian, Minoan, Classical Greek, and Byzantine inspirations ... * Ancient Greece II (Girl from Tanagra) (1890 - 1891) * Portrait of ...15 KB (2,101 words) - 21:28, 26 July 2023
- "Dasa" denoted enemies of the ancient Aryan peoples described ... pati" was the head of the tribe. The Greek "des-potes and the English ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
- The Museum's collection ranges from ancient to contemporary with ... works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- stones" to more advanced civilization, Franz Boas and others ... (Tities, Ramnes, and Luceres), in the ancient Roman state. [https://www ...37 KB (5,635 words) - 16:06, 27 July 2021
- *In the ancient Roman calendar, Sextilis was the sixth month. After ... Hexa is Greek for "six." Thus: * A hexahedron is a polyhedron ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- of years. Examples of entheogens from ancient sources include: Greek: ... is a neologism derived from two words of ancient Greek, ἔνθεος (entheos ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as ... 1453, and the subsequent fall of Trebizond (Greek: Trapezous or Trapezounda ...61 KB (9,207 words) - 16:50, 18 February 2023
- and "cultivated man" who admired Greek learning and was probably ... Alexander Severus, who was a Syrian. In ancient Rome the Pretorian Guard ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- grounds near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations. Often times ... The word necropolis derives from Ancient Greek: nekro meaning dead ...26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- properly has nothing to do with the Greek mythological satyr ... broadened by appropriation from the Greek word for “satyr” (satyros ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of Ancient Egypt. It stands on the ... Site.[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/87 Ancient Thebes with its necropolis ...45 KB (7,190 words) - 20:00, 27 April 2020
- Socrates (ca. 469 – 399 B.C.E.) (Greek Σωκράτης Sōkrátēs ... == Socrates in Greek Philosophy == Historians divide the history of ...30 KB (4,718 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- The concept of center of gravity was first introduced by the ancient ... The barycenter (or barycentre; from the Greek βαρύκεντρον ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- In ancient Taoist thought,Wu Xing ( c=五行|p=wǔxíng ... the Five Basic Colors. The source of these ancient beliefs is the I Ching ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- to beauty or lack thereof. Thus, while ancient cities may have been built ... The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley Civilization ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- impact in Venice, where the remains of ancient Greek culture provided humanist ... in addition to the flood of Latin and Greek texts that constituted the ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- Toys and games have been retrieved from the sites of ancient civilizations ... 1013973710). However, evidence of toys in ancient Egypt is difficult to identify ...41 KB (6,246 words) - 04:50, 1 May 2023
- "the head of the Russian Church was a Greek" appointed from Constantinople ... a school for translating texts from Latin, Greek, Ancient Hebrew and Syrian ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- The word astrology is derived from the Greek αστρολογία, from ... The core beliefs of astrology were prevalent in most of the ancient ...33 KB (4,705 words) - 18:24, 19 August 2023
- 'mystery' derives from Koine Greek 'μυστήρια' ... speakers of Iranian languages in general. Ancient texts refer to "the ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- based on its lustrous beauty, its ancient use in producing mirrors ... cities that date to 3000 B.C.E., and ancient Egyptian artifacts in copper ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still remaining. ... This has led to the belief that the ancient Egyptian pyramids and objects ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- Most of what we know about the life of Anthony is derived from the ... Anthony's anchoritic (from the Greek: "to withdraw" ...22 KB (3,532 words) - 19:06, 22 December 2022
- Slavery has been a part of human civilization for thousands of years ... the exploitation of women in some ancient cultures might also be identified ...45 KB (6,987 words) - 14:55, 27 April 2023
- The word petroglyph comes from the Greek words petros meaning "stone ... relative dating. Some of the most ancient petroglyphs are the same ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- "Round" semicircular arches were commonly used for ancient ... old (the versions were cut in the rock in Ancient Egypt ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- at Syracuse in 733 B.C.E. Other important Greek colonies included Gela founded ... where the kings once enjoyed a vast park. Greek influence existed primarily ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient ... The myth, with its complex symbolism, is integral to ancient Egyptian ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- Ancient Novgorod rose to a political force partially due to its ideal ... Novgorod was among the first cities to be formed in ancient Russia ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 14:59, 3 May 2023
- canons. The word "Canon" from Greek kanon "rule" (perhaps ... of human culture since the beginning of civilization. From the dawn of humanity ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- has existed almost as long as Egyptian civilization, with digging going back ... ===The ancient west-east canal=== [[Image:Suez_Canal_drawing_1881.jpg ...20 KB (3,047 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- the Great or Alexander III of Macedon, in Greek Μέγας Ἀλέξανδ ... the most successful military commander of ancient history, conquering most ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- learning, commissioning translations of classical Greek texts. ... marked by his efforts in the translation of Greek philosophy and science. Al ...24 KB (3,663 words) - 05:21, 30 April 2021
- time is internally anonymous, though ancient title headings often attribute ... quot; document. The purity of its Greek was noted by Clement of Alexandria ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- There are references to fishing with spears in ancient literature; ... The Greek historian Polybius (ca. 203 B.C.E. – 120 B.C.E.), in his ...23 KB (3,586 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- transferred use reflects the fact that the ancient idolatry lingered on in ... countryside," cognate to Greek πάγος "rocky hill ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- Celtic, Frankish, Lombard, Byzantine Greek, Saracen, Norman, and Angevin ... Both the internal and external facets of Western Civilization were ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- In ancient Greek mythology we find an example of the divine pair in ... *Tiresias from the Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, and other Greek myths ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- for ruin. The evident decay of Western civilization, which is becoming increasingly ... of arts and sciences and which carried Ancient Greek knowledge to the West ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- peoples, as well as with remnants of the ancient Greek colonies in the Crimea ... to an association with Tartarus (Hell in Greek mythology), though some claimed ...38 KB (5,622 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- doctrine of "atomism" was studied by ancient Greek philosophers such as Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus. Although Isaac Newton in the seventeenth ...16 KB (2,386 words) - 08:56, 18 November 2022
- Vinegar is as old as civilization itself: traces of it have been found ... ascribed to vinegar over millennia. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 20:25, 3 May 2023
- throughout history, all the way back to ancient societies. ===In the ancient world=== ====Near East==== One of the earliest forms ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- ” At the same time, as expressed by its Greek etymology, philosophy is ... an activity. The word is derived from the ancient Greek word "Φιλοσοφία ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- This article focuses on the civilization of China and its history ... ) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- Typography from the French typographie, which derives from the Greek ... dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The basic elements ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- people for centuries, with references in Ancient Egypt, the Aztecs and Mayan ... In Greek mythology, the owl, and specifically the little owl (Athene ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 19:47, 20 July 2023
- Silk fabric was first developed in ancient China, with some of the ... half of the 1st century CE had reached the ancient, Buddhist Kingdom of Khotan ...35 KB (5,365 words) - 20:11, 21 April 2023
- * 3 Greek gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades (Air, Water, Earth) ... * Ancient Egypt Theban Triad: Amun, Mut, and their son Khans. ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- the Vedic-period from 2000 - 500 B.C.E. Greek organizations in Ptolemaic ... Islamic civilization evidenced the notion of guilds for the artisan—most ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- Tiridates was the son of Vonones II of Parthia and a Greek concubine ... everywhere.Lewis Naphtali, 1990, Roman Civilization: Selected Readings : The ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- A monk (from Greek: monos meaning "alone") is a term denoting ... A monk (Greek: μοναχός, monachos, Latin: monachus) specifies ...38 KB (6,105 words) - 20:00, 9 November 2022
- pirate is derived, derives ultimately from Greek peira (πείρα) "attempt ... Sea Peoples who threatened the Aegean civilization in the thirteenth century ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- caliphal government. The site of the more ancient city of Babylon, deserted ... center to various parts of the empire. The ancient Sasanian city of Gur/Firouzabad ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- that have been postulated for the ancient name 'Africa': ... *the Greek word aphrike, meaning "without cold." ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- Very little was known about China by the Europeans during the ancient ... - the creation of a Sino-Christian civilization that would match the Roman ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- to a user of Celtic culture. However, in ancient times the term "Celt ... this culture makes to modern civilization. [[Image:Lindisfarne StJohn ...49 KB (7,613 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- edition in English as Madness and Civilization and finally published ... readers by their subject matter (classical Greek and Latin texts), approach ...48 KB (6,765 words) - 17:10, 9 November 2022
