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• B.C.E.
  ...notation. The use of BCE and CE has been criticized by some (who favor the BC/AD system) as being in their view "the result of secularization" and "polit ...represented as 399 BCE (the same year that is represented by 399 BC in the BC/AD system). The abbreviations are sometimes written with small capital lett
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• Babylonia
  ...nd [[Sumer]] in the south combined in the first half of the 2nd millennium bc . ...ipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi Hammurabi] in the first half of the 18th century BC, becoming a major capital city. During the reign of Hammurabi and afterward
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• IC 99
  ...ritish Columbia] near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver], BC in the summer of 1999. For lessons received at this gathering, follow [htt
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• Mural
  ...600 BC) and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii Pompeii] (around 100 BC - AD 79).
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• Solomon
  ...[[Jerusalem]] about 1000 BC and reigned over Israel from about 970 to 928 BC.
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• Formal Sciences
  ...0BC-500 BC ([[ancient India]]), 1300-1200 BC ([[ancient Egypt]]), and 1800 BC ([[Mesopotamia]]). From then on different cultures such as the [[History of ...5th century BC, and Greece between the 4th century BC and the 1st century BC. The formally sophisticated treatment of modern logic descends from the Gre
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• Socrates
  [[Image:Socrates_1.jpg|right|<center>Socrates</center><center>ca. 470 BC–399 BC</center>|frame]] ...ωκράτης, invariably anglicized as [ˈsɔkɹətiːz], Sǒcratēs; circa 470 BC–399 BC) was an ancient Greek [[philosopher]] who is widely credited for laying the
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• Proscription
  ==Proscription of 82 BC== ...of mass proscription took place in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82_BC 82 BC], when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla Lucius Corneli
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• Autopsy
  Around 3000 BC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt ancient Egyptians] were one of ...hat the second stab wound Caesar received was the fatal one. By around 150 BC, ancient Roman [[legal]] practice had established clear parameters for auto
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• Ancient
  ...iod around the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_century_BC 30th century BC]. This is the beginning of [[history]], as opposed to [https://en.wikipedia ...coincides with the [[traditional]] date of the founding of [[Rome]] in 753 BC, the beginning of the [[history]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient
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• Dictionary of National Biography - Oxford
  4th C. Bc - 2001
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• Oxford Companion to British History
  ...to British History'' covers all aspects of the history of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. Written by over 100 distinguished specialist contributo
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• Mesopotamia
  ...t the Greek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] (ca. 250 BC) to translate the Hebrew equivalent ''Naharaim''. ...chaemenid_Empire Achaemenid Empire]. It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek [https://en.wikipedia.org
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• Dictionary of British History
  ...ompact reference work on all aspects of the [[history]] of Britain from 55 BC to the present day. Written by over 100 distinguished specialist contributo
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• Verbosity
  ...ikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar], Roman general (100 BC – 44 BC) spoke concisely of one of his military successes: ''[https://en.wikipedia.
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• Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
  Spanning almost one thousand years, from the first [[Olympic Games]] in 776 BC to the death of [[Marcus Aurelius]] in AD 180, this accessible and wide-ran
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• Sumer
  ..., comprising the southern part of [[Mesopotamia]]. From the 4th millennium bc it was the site of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer#City-states_in_Meso ...uggested that Sumer was first permanently settled between c. 5500 and 4000 BC by a non-Semitic people who spoke the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumeri
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• Hymn
  ...ing deities of the ancient Greek religions. Surviving from the 3rd century BC is a collection of six literary hymns (Ὕμνοι) by the Alexandrian poet
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• British Library
  ...al items dating back as far as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_BC 2000 BC]. The British Library is the largest library in the world by number of item
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• Chaldean
  ...rule Babylon. [[Tribes]] of settlers who arrived in the region in 625-539 BC became known as the Chaldeans. ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Babylon Kings of Babylon] (6th century BC) is [[convention]]ally known to [[historians]] as the [https://en.wikipedia
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• Choir
  ...The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph Seikilos epitaph] (2c BC) is a complete [[song]] (although possibly for solo voice). One of the late
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• Becoming
  ...f Hephesus, who in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC Sixth century BC], said that nothing in this world is constant except [[change]] or becoming
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• Kings and Queens of Britain
  ...le guide to the British [[monarchy]] spans the Romano-British rulers of 55 BC to the present day [[House of Windsor]]. Generously illustrated with maps,
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• Plato
  '''Plato''', Greek: Πλάτων, 428/427 or 424/423 BC[a] – 348/347 BC) was a [[philosopher]], as well as mathematician, in [https://en.wikipedia.
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• Armageddon
  ...] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(609_BC) one in 609 BC]. Modern Megiddo is a town approximately 25 miles (40 km) west-southwest of
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• Theognis
  '''Theognis of Megara''' (fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek [[poet]]. More than half of the extant [[elegiac]] po ..."Persian terror" of 490 BC and 480 BC; others place his ''floruit'' in 545 BC. We know little about his life; few of the details usually given in textboo
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• Crucifixion
  ...sians, Seleucids, Carthaginians, and [[Romans]] from about the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD, when in the year 337 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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• China
  Chinese civilization stretches back until at least the 3rd millennium bc, the country being ruled by a series of dynasties until the Qing (or Manchu
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• Courtyard
  ...China] and date as far back as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_BC 3000 BC]. Courtyards have historically been used for many [[purposes]] including co
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• David
  ...c.1010–1003 BC, and his reign over the united Kingdom of Israel c.1003–970 BC. The Books of Samuel[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_B
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• Breast
  ...s have been recorded from [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15,000_BC 15,000 BC] up to late [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquity antiquity] all across ...the middle of the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_BC first millennium BC], [[Greek]] [[culture]] [[experienced]] a [[gradual]] [[change]] in the [[p
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• Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
  ...d [[collection]] of [[Jewish]] religious works thought to be written c 300 BC to 300 AD. They are distinguished by Protestants from the Deuterocanonical ...merous works of [[Jewish]] religious [[literature]] written from about 300 BC to 300 AD. Not all of these works are actually pseudepigraphical. It also r
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• Jeremiah, OT Prophet
  ...ll of Jerusalem] and the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 3358 AM or 587 BC. This period spanned the reigns of five kings of Judah: Josiah, Jehoahaz, J ...org/wiki/Yahweh Yahweh] called Jeremiah to prophetic ministry in about 626 BC, about one year after Josiah king of Judah had turned the nation toward rep
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• 2004-08-16-Ancient Way
  ...river Euphrates really lived, and reigned for more than 120 years ca. 2700 BC.
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• Pantheon
  ....wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_pantheon Pantheon of Rome], built in the year 27 BC. The building was [[dedicated]] to "all gods" as a [[gesture]] embracing th
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• Sadducees
  ...tarting from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_century_BC 2nd century BC] through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple#Destruction destr
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• 2012-06-07-Malachi's Prophecy Is To Be Soon Fulfilled
  Malachi lived about 450 BC, some 400 years later than Ezekiel (circa 850 BC). Ezekiel prophesied the coming of the Creator Son and Malachi prophesied
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• Rome
  ...rth Africa and the Middle East for four hundred years from the 1st Century BC till the 4th Century AD. Rome has a significant place in [[Christianity]] a
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• Plato's Symposium
  ...ium''' is a philosophical dialogue written by [[Plato]] sometime after 385 BC. It is a discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a series of s
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• Portrait
  ...ak, who carved a representation of himself and his [[wife]] Taheri c. 1365 BC. However, it seems likely that self-portraits go back to the [https://en.wi
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• Xenophon
  ...t to be confused with the Lycon who was one of Socrates' prosecutors). 421 BC is the dramatic date of the work.
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• Temple
  ...from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_millennium_BC 10th millennium BC].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple]
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• Covenant
  ...arties is the so-called Mitanni treaty, dating to the 14th or 15th century BC, between the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites Hittites] and the [htt
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• Games
  Attested as early as 2600 BC,[2][3] games are a universal part of human experience and present in all cu
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• Intersection
  .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Morgan%27s_laws De Morgan's laws]: A ∩ B = (Ac ∪ Bc)c[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersection_%28set_theory%29]
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• Ostracism
  ...Similarly, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimon Cimon], ostracised in 461 BC, was recalled during an emergency.
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• Campaign
  ...ffort to [[execute]] or banish [[Socrates]] from Athens in the 5th century BC, the uprising of petty nobility against John of England in the 13th century
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• Obeisance
  ...assus], who lived in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_BC 5th century BC] in his ''Histories'' 1.134:
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• Dictatorship
  ...n. There were no such dictatorships after the beginning of the 2nd century BC, and later dictators such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla Sulla] an
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• Piety
  ...Ashoka] the Great referred to himself in the Edicts of Ashoka (3rd century BC).
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