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479 BCE: China - The philosopher Mo-tzu, founder of Mohism, is born.
373 BCE: China - The Confucianist Meng-tzu (Mencius) is born.
141-87 BCE: China - Han Wu-Ti is emperor of the Han Dynasty.
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 Sunga empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brhadrata, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces.
From around 180 BCE the Indian territory was invaded as far as Pataliputra by the Greco-Bactrian ruler Demetrius, with the long-term effect of confining the Sungas to the eastern part of India.
During the historical Sunga period (185 to 73 BCE), Buddhist activity also managed to survive somewhat in central India (Madhya Pradesh) as suggested by some architectural expansions that were done at the stupas of Sanchi and Bharhut, originally started under King Ashoka.
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 BCE Inc. : BCE Announces Strong Fourth Quarter And Year-End Results
BCE will provide greater detail on its guidance for 2001 and beyond at a meeting with analysts and media which will be held February 5.
BCE EMERGIS (Commerce) - BCE Emergis' revenue for the quarter was up 127% compared with the same period in 1999 and reached $141 million, mainly attributable to the acquisition of UPandUP.
BCE leverages those connections with extensive content creation capabilities through Bell Globemedia which features some of the strongest brands in the industry -- CTV, Canada's leading private broadcaster, The Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper, and Sympatico-Lycos and Globe Interactive, which jointly have the largest Canadian presence on the web.
www.bce.ca /en/news/releases/bci/2001/01/22/5675.html   (1477 words)

  
 Articles - Hasmonean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The leadership of the Hasmoneans was founded by a resolution, adopted in 141 BCE, at a large assembly "of the priests and the people and of the elders of the land, to the effect that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet" (I Macc.
Alexander reigned from 103 to 76 BCE, and died during the siege of the fortress Ragaba.
From 63 to 40 BCE the government was in the hands of Hyrcanus II as High Priest and Ethnarch, although effective power was in the hands of Antipater the Idumaean.
www.storegolf.com /articles/Hasmonean   (862 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It is not clear whether the incursion of the Yueh-Chih consisted in an invasion of the Greco-Bactrian territory, or possibly a resettlement in front of the Xiongnu attacks from the north, reminescent of the Roman practice of the foederati.
When Zhang Qian visited the Yueh-Chih in 130 BCE, trying to obtain their alliance to fight the Xiong-Nu, he described them as living peacefully and content, unwilling to be involved in such a fight.
Following the loss of Bactria to Eucratides in 170 BCE, the House of Euthydemus was left with its territories in India, where they continued to rule on the totality, and from 125 BCE the Eastern part, of the Indo-Greek Kingdom until the end of the 1st century BCE.
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 Parthia
The Parthian Empire was the dominating force on the Iranian plateau beginning in the late 3rd century BCE, and intermittently controlled Mesopotamia between ca 190 BC and AD The Parthians were an illiterate nomadic people, thought to have spoken an Indo-Iranian languages, who arrived at the Iranian plateau from Central Asia.
In 141 BCE, the Parthian king Mithradates I captured the Seleucid monarch, Demetrius Nicator, and held him captive for ten years, while the Parthians overwhelmed Mesopotamia and Media.
By 129 BCE the Parthians were in control of all the lands right to the Tigris River, and established their winter encampment at Ctesiphon on the banks of the Tigris downstream from modern Baghdad.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/parthia.html   (656 words)

  
 The Significance of 70 Years
Even through Jehoiachin was not in office and was not transported to Babylon until the year 597-596 BCE (at the epoch of a 70th year--as cited) it may have been that the author of Ezekiel reckoned the year of Jehoiachin's captivity' as coinciding with the time of the initial Babylonian conquest of Judea.
It is of special significance that the year 37 BCE (the year when King Herod ascended to the throne of Jerusalem) is indicated to have been the year of a conjunction of both cycles--of 70 years and of 49 years.
Based upon the almost certain determination of the year 37-36 BCE (as being the 490th year of the Angelic prophecy), it becomes very easy to go ahead and recognize that the anointing of a prince (Messiah) was to come in the year 27-28 CE (or perhaps in the year just before).
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 Simon Maccabaeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Maccabaeus (died 135 BCE) was a member of the Maccabees family.
He took part in the Jewish revolt led by his brother, Judas Maccabaeus and the first king of the Hebrew Hasmonean Dynasty.
The Hasmonean Dynasty was founded by a resolution, adopted in 141 BCE, at a large assembly "of the priests and the people and of the elders of the land, to the effect that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet" (I Macc.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Maccabaeus   (203 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: BCE Emergis Reports Increased Profitability for the Second Quarter 2003
BCE Emergis is uniquely positioned to offer a comprehensive suite of EIPP solutions that addresses both sides of the buy and sell equation with a focus on adoption and that delivers a quick return on investment.
BCE Emergis' agreement with HealthLink signed during the quarter and a similar arrangement announced earlier in the year with the Ontario Chiropractic Association have allowed the Company to gain significant traction, connecting providers to the WSIB platform and making it widely available and easily adoptable for them.
BCE Emergis is maintaining its 2003 annual financial target ranges for EBITDA at $71 million to $85 million and for EPS at $0.20 to $0.28 per share.
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 The Hasmoneans  The rededication of the Temple by Maccabean forces in 164 BCE was not the end of the Jewish war ...
The Hasmoneans The rededication of the Temple by Maccabean forces in 164 BCE was not the end of the Jewish war against the Syrian
The rededication of the Temple by Maccabean forces in 164 BCE was not the
In 160 BCE, Judah was killed as Syrian troops invaded the
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 India, 320 BCE to 120 CE
In an effort to combat the drought, Chandragupta, in 301 BCE, abdicated in favor of one of his sons, Bindusara, and he withdrew with the Jainist sage to a religious retreat in India's southwest.
In 185 BCE, the rule of the Mauryan family ended when an army commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra Sunga, murdered the last Mauryan king during a parade of his troops.
From 141 to 128 BCE the Scythians were able to push into lush, agricultural Bactria, against the Greeks there, who were already weakened by warfare.
www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch13.htm   (5166 words)

  
 Mysticism Chapter 8 East Asia - China and Japan (No. B7_8)
In 221 BCE, all the feudal states into which this territory had been divided and which had incessantly fought with one another, were subjugated and absorbed by the state of Ch'in (supposedly hence China).
Between 194 BCE and 1414 CE the Chinese annexed Korea, Sinkiang (known as the new territory or Eastern Turkestan), Manchuria, Formosa, Tibet and Mongolia.
From 73 to 48 BCE "'all Asia from Japan to the Caspian Sea was tributary to the Middle Kingdom' i.e.
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 To: MEPF@onelist
Jewish Palestine remained part of' the empire of the Ptolemies between 300 and 200 BCE, though that interval was bloodied by four separate cycles of wars involving the rival dynasties.
Believing Rome to be preoccupied elsewhere, he invaded Egypt in 170 B.C,E. Rumors reached Jerusalem that he had been killed, and the former high priest Jason, returning to Jerusalem with a small army, was apparently welcomed as a far lesser evil than Menelaus.
Again in 168 BCE, Epiphanes sought to invade Egypt, but within a few miles of Alexandria was halted by a Roman commander and ordered, in a most insulting way, to leave Egypt at once.
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 BCE Announces Earnings - Discount Long Distance Digest - 124-104   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
BCE Emergis' revenue for the quarter was up 127% compared with the same period in 1999 and reached $141 million, mainly attributable to the acquisition of UPandUP.
BCE Ventures' revenue was $673 million in the quarter compared with $508 million in the same period of 1999.
On November 1, 2000, BCE completed the acquisition of Excel Communications Inc. During the course of reviewing Excel's financial results for purposes of determining the purchase price allocation, certain inaccuracies were noted.
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 EAWC: The Complete Chronology
Most begin their political histories as monarchies, evolve to oligarchies, are overthrown during the age of the tyrants (650-500 BCE) and eventually establish democracies in the sixth and fifth centuries.
He is condemned to death in 399 BCE on the charges of corrupting the youth and introducing new gods into Greek thought.
Both Epicurus (342-270 BCE) and Zeno, the Stoic (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea), believe in an individualistic and materialistic philosophy.
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 BCE Inc. : BCE annonce de solides résultats au quatrième trimestre et pour l'exercice
BCE donnera plus de détails sur ses perspectives financières pour 2001 et au-delà à l'occasion de la rencontre avec les analystes et les médias qui se tiendra le 5 février.
BCE EMERGIS (commerce) - Les produits de BCE Emergis au quatrième trimestre sont en hausse de 127 % par rapport à la même période en 1999 et ont atteint 141 millions $, résultat principalement attribuable à l'acquisition d'UPandUP.
BCE possède également d'importantes capacités en commerce électronique grâce à BCE Emergis et dessert une clientèle internationale par l'entremise de Téléglobe, entreprise qui offre des services de connectivité, de distribution de contenu et d'hébergement Internet à l'échelle mondiale.
www.bce.ca /fr/news/releases/bce/2001/01/24/5676.html   (1596 words)

  
 China_Heads_of_State
She had two sons with him, but had the king killed and incorporated the lands of Longxi (Gansu), Beidi (Yinchuan of Ningxia) and Shangjun (Yulin, Shenxi Prov) in the Kingdom her son, King Zhaoxiangwang of Qin, who ruled 306-251.
She was seen as an astute politician and had laid the base for Qin Shihuangdi to unite China.
After the death of Emperor He, she announced that he had left two young sons who had been brought up outside the palace, but that the elder brother, Liu Sheng, was suffering from an incurable illness and was unfit to rule.
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The mountains to the south are high enough to serve as barriers to invasion, and their glaciers fed the streams which made habitation in an otherwise dry region possible.
The Han emperors, especially beginning with Wu-Ti (141-87 BCE) extended the wall and its network of watchtowers along the Hexi corridor, through the "bottleneck" at Jiayu Guan (later to be the western boundary of China under the Ming) along both sides of the broadening valley past Anxi and well beyond Dunhuang.
The Hexi Corridor came under Han control as a result of battles in 121 and 119 BCE; in 111 BCE a decree established the Dunhuang commandery, whose 2000 soldiers were establish a military colony and extend the fortifications beyond the city.
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 History of Iran: Parthian Empire
After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire, Parthia, northeastern Iran, was governed by the Seleucid kings: a Macedonian dynasty that ruled in the Asian territories of the former Persian Empire.
In July 141 BCE Mithradates captured the Seleucid capital Seleucia, and in October he reached Uruk in the south of Babylonia.
In 69 BCE, the two enemies concluded a treaty: the Euphrates would be the border.
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 Han Dynasty - RSCI, The Science Classification Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Han period produced China's most famous historian, Sima Qian (145 -87 BCE?), whose Records of the Grand Historian provides a detailed chronicle from the time of legendary Xia emperor to that of the Emperor Wu (141- 87 BCE).
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, two in a group of about 900 soldiers assigned to defend against the Xiangyu, were the leaders of the first rebellion.
The beginning of the Han Dynasty can be dated either from 206 BCE when the Qin dynasty crumbled or 202 BCE when Xiang Yu committed suicide.
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 Judea and Civil War
Around 150 BCE, a writer named Eupolemus wrote that Abraham was one of those who had survived the flood, that it was Abraham who had built Babylon, that Moses was the world's first philosopher, and that Moses had invented letters and had taught the Greeks.
Around 100 BCE, a Jew named Artapanus wrote a book entitled On the Jews in which he asserted that Moses had originated Egyptian civilization and had taught the Egyptians the worship of the bull-god, Apis, and the bird-god, Ibis.
In 141 BCE, more than twenty-five years into the rebellion (and shortly after Greece lost its independence to Rome) the Jews finally expelled the Seleucid dynasty's garrison from the citadel in Jerusalem.
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 Persia: Parthians and Hellenes: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
246 BCE- Antiochus II dies at Ephesus (summer) and is succeeded by Seleucus II Calinicus (246-226/5), but in Asia Minor by Antiochus Hierax (246-226).
In 92 BCE?, Mithridates II was able to conclude the first treaty between Parthia and Rome establishing the Euphrates as a mutual boundary.
20 BCE - Standards captured from the Romans at the defeat of Crassus in 53 BCE., from L. Decidius Saxa in Syria in 40 B.C., and from Antony in 36 BCE.
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 GOPUSA - Gregg Bish
Israel was conquered by the Assyrians (forebears of the modern Syrians) approximately 700 BCE.
Following the Persian conquest, the Hebrews were permitted to leave to the province of Judaea (a province constituting the central one third of modern Israel, to the Northwest of the Dead Sea).
The entire region was, however, re-conquered by Pompeii of Rome in 141 BCE, under whose dominion it remained through the advent of the Christian era.
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 Solar Eclipses of Saros 141
olar eclipses of Saros 141 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse.
The total duration of Saros series 141 is 1244.08 years.
However, for annular eclipses, the instant of greatest duration may occur at either the time of greatest eclipse or near the sunrise and sunset points of the eclipse path.
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 ARH 382 - ID List 1
(mid 2nd c BCE - mid 1st c.
The North Central Asian nomadic group that migrated to Bactria in the late 2nd c.
BCE and eventually invaded north India as the Kushans.
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 Chapter 1, Section 2- Ancient Chinese History Abstract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 770 BCE several of the states rebelled and joined with non-Chinese forces to drive the Zhou from their capital.
The years from 403 BCE to 221 BCE became known as the Warring States Period because the conflicts were particularly frequent and deadly.
By the 3rd century BCE, Chu was on the forefront of cultural innovation.
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 Visual Arts: The Art of Parthians
circa 50 BCE - 50 CE omination of Iran and Mesopotamia was wrested from the Seleucids by the Parthians, a people said to have been originally a Scythian tribe but who obtained the name by which they are known in world history from the eastern Iranian province of Parthava.
Its economic importance in the second century BCE is documented by a delegation sent to the Parthian capital by the Han emperor Wu-ti (141-87 BCE).
The obverse of these coins shows the great king with a distinctive profile and long beard; from the middle of his reign he was shown with a tall cap decorated with rows of pearls and jewels, which formed a large star on the side.
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