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  Evolution of Plate Armor: History of Armor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It was first used in the Classical World in the third century BCE and became widely disseminated.
This form of helm remained unchanged until the 1260s, after which its crown was given a taper, presumably as a result of the inability of the flat-topped helm to deflect a sword cut.
In the last quarter of the century the crown was given an even more pronounced taper, as is clearly shown on the brass of Sir Roger de Trumpington in Trumpington Church, Cambridgeshire (Edge and Paddock 1998, 53).
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 John W. Head, Codes, Cultures, Chaos, and Champions: Common Features of Legal Codification Experiences in China, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The third century BCE may be viewed as the defining period of Chinese unification.
In 221 BCE, the state of Qin, one of various warring states, prevailed over the others and brought centralized rule to most of what is now east-central China.
Still later, in the fourth century BCE, Shang Yang, a minister of the state of Qin, is said to have prepared another code (the Shang Yang Lü) as part of a program of radical government reform that embraced Legalist views.
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 Robert Markson | Robert Marks on the Pearl River Delta | Environmental History, 9.2 | The History Cooperative
Doing so not only brought Chinese land- and water-management practices to what was then still the exotic south, but also pinned the rivers into their courses, sending the silt-laden rivers into the Pearl River estuary, where the larger volume of alluvium settled out to begin forming the delta.
When the Mongols invaded China in the thirteenth century, and especially during the final conquest in the 1260s and 1270s, Chinese fled south in waves.
With Mongol armies poised to enter south China, many of the Chinese in their path fled to the islands in the Pearl River estuary to hide.
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 1260s Did You Mean 1260s?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The 1260s is the decade starting January 1, 1260 and ending December 31, 1269.
In the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan became the supreme leader and moved his capital to Beijing; while he fought the southern Chinese Song Dynasty, the empire saw its first significant military defeats ?
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 My Presentation - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
1514-1554 BCE and NOT "near 1400 B.C." So, Mazzu, pick your date for the Exodus: 1554 or 1400 BCE.
There is no evidence that Jericho fell at this time and isn’t that the most famous site of military battle in the Bible, Mazzu?
1550 BCE (no where near 1200 or 1400 BCE) and the cause was an earthquake, not a military battle.
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