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  Civilization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
By the 6th millennium BC, organized and permanent settlements in regions of Africa were producing artifacts of metal to replace prior ones made of stone.
The earliest settlement in Jericho (9th millennium BC) was a PPNA culture that eventually gave way to more developed settlements later, which included in one early settlement (8th millennium BC) mud-brick houses surrounded by a stone wall, having a stone tower built into the wall.
Attributed to a later Chinese culture, in the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), are bronze artifacts and oracle bones, which were turtle shells or cattle scapula on which are written the first recorded Chinese characters and found in the Huang He valley, Yinxu (a capital of the Shang Dynasty).
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 Ancient Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Marble statuette from the Cycladic islands, 3000 BC The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Greek peninsula in several waves beginning in the late 3rd millennium BC, the last being the Dorian invasion.
The period from 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is described in History of Mycenaean Greece known for the reign of King Agamemnon and the wars against Troy as narrated in the epics of Homer.
From 650 BC onwards, the aristocracies were overthrown and replaced by populist leaders called tyrants (tyrranoi), a word which did not necessarily have the modern meaning of oppressive dictators.
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 Ebla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ebla in the third millennium BC The name "Ebla" means "White Rock", and refers to the limestone outcrop on which the city was built.
Ebla in the second millennium BC Several centuries after its destruction by the Akkadians, Ebla managed to recover some of its importance, and had a second apogee lasting from about to 1600 BC.
The city was destroyed again in the turbulent period of 1650–1600 BC, by an Hittite king (Mursili I or Hattusili I).
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 Encyclopedia: Hellenistic Greece
Demetrius I (337-283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes (Besieger), son of Antigonus I of Macedon and Stratonice was a king of Macedon (294 - 288 BC).
Antigonus II ruled until his death in 239 BC, and his family retained the Macedonian throne until it was abolished by the Romans in 146 BC.
Aratus (271 BC - 213 BC) was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city-state of Sicyon in the 3rd century BC.
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 Hellenistic Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Hellenistic period of Greek history was the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the Greek peninsula and islands by Rome in 146 BC.
It led to a steady emigration, particularly of the young and ambitious, to the new Greek empires in the east.
The defeat of the Greek cities by Philip and Alexander also taught the Greeks that their city-states could never again be powers in their own right, and that the hegemony of Macedon and its successor states could not be challenged unless the Greek cities united, or at least federated.
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 Achaeans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
1600 BC, with a history as a tribe that may have gone back to the prehistoric Hellenic immigration in the late 3rd millennium BC.
1320 BC wrote a letter to the king of the Ahhiyawa, treating him as an equal and suggesting that Miletus (Millawanda) was under his control, and also referring to an earlier "Wilusa episode" involving hostility on the part of the Ahhiyawa.
This people has been identified with the Achaeans of the Trojan War and the city of Wilusa with the legendary city of Troy (note the similarity with Ilion, the name of the Acropolis of Troy).
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 ANISTORITON: Archaeology News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is extremely important to Cretan archaeology that the building retains its 1600 BC design as compared to the other known palaces with mixed designs of various eras.
It was built between 1700-1650 BC but it was destroyed by fire and rebuilt fully between 1650-1600 BC.
The ceramic unearthed dates between 2000 BC and the late minoan period and includes pythi (huge vases), trays, cups, plates and various vases.
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 History of Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The History of Greece extends back to the arrival of the Greeks in Europe some time before 1500 BC, even though there has only been an independent state called Greece since 1821.
As early as the 7th century BC the Greeks were colonising parts of what are now Turkey, Cyprus, Italy and Libya.
The conquests of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC established Greek rule over Anatolia, Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/History_of_Greece   (273 words)

  
 Hittites on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Hittite Empire that followed the Old Kingdom, with its capital at Boğazköy (also called Hattusas), was the chief power and cultural force in W Asia from 1400 to 1200 BC The famous Hittite rulers date from this period.
The Hittite Empire was a loose confederation that broke up under the invasions of the Thracians, Phrygians, and Assyrians c.1200 BC Several small states arose, with Carchemish becoming an outstanding city.
The neo-Hittite kingdom (c.1050-c.700 BC) was conquered by the Assyrians, who installed Hittite princes as vassals to their throne.
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 Mesopotamian Civilization: 7000-500 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Era of Smaller Civilizations: 1200 to 600 BC
625 BC: Beginnings of Chaldean kingdom in Babylon.
612 BC: Assyrian capital of Nineveh is destroyed by the Chaldeans or Neo-Babylonians.
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 Bambooweb: Hellenic civilization
The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Greek peninsula in about 1600 BC.
The period from 1600 to about 1100 is described in History of Mycenaean Greece.
The period from 1100 to the 8th century BC is a "dark age" from which no records, and only scant archaeological evidence, survive.
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 Rethymnon - Feel at home! official site for the prefecture of rethymno (rethimno, rethymnon) and information regarding ...
Dating back to the Early Minoan period (2600-2000 BC) in the Mylopotamos area are the Sentoni Cave in Zoniana and Pyrgi, Eletherna, in the Municipality of Rethymno are the sites of Chamelevri, and Apodoulou in the Amari district.
During the Geometric and Daedalian period (1100-620 BC) important cities such as Eleftherna and Axos (Oaxos), in the Mylopotamos area, flourished, while at the same time a settlement existed on Mount Vrysina, on the plateau of Onythe.
According to the testimony of more recent sources, during Classical (500-330 BC) and Hellenistic (330-67 BC) times, the ancient town of Rithimna must have flourished; it was situated in the same place as the modern town of Rethymno is today.
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 Amorites
Around 1900 BC, a group of Semites called the Amorites had managed to gain control of most of the Mesopotamian region.
Like the Akkadians, the Amorites centralized the government over the individual city-states and based their capital in the city of Babylon, which was originally called Akkad and served as the center of the Amorite empire.
For this reason, the Amorites are called the Old Babylonians and the period of their ascendancy over the region, which lasted from 1900-1600 BC, is called the Old Babylonian period.
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 SBU Dept. of History & Political Science: HIS 1113 Lecture Seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This lecture deals with the period between 1600 BC and 1200 BC.
After a break beginning about 2230 BC trade with the northwest was reestablished by the Old Assyrians about 2000 BC.
The location of Ugarit had been barren of any significant resident occupation since it was destroyed in the thirteenth century BC, so excavators in the twentieth century did not have to dig through and sort all the later evidence before getting to this period.
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 seals
The art of making these seals was being developed for some two and a half thousand years, probably the longest unbroken artistic tradition in history, and this resulted in production of gorgeous artistic pieces, depicting Kings, military and religious ceremonies and abstract art.
Around 600 BC the stamp seal made a comeback, and cylinder seals soon disappeared.
The cylinder seals date from the time of Hamurabi the law-giver, the era and the land of Abraham, and were produced in large numbers during their lifetimes.
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 The Hittites
Their invasion spelled the end of the Old Babylonian empire in Mesopotamia (1900-1600 BC), and like so many others before them, the invaders adopted the ways of the conquered; after the conquest of Mesopotamia, the Hittites adopted the laws, religion, and the literature of the Old Babylonians thus continuing the long heritage of Sumerian culture.
Their empire was at its greatest from 1600-1200 BC, and even after the Assyrians gained control of Mesopotamia after 1300 BC, the Hittite cities and territories thrived independently until 717 BC, when the territories were finally conquered by Assyrians and others.
In fact, from 1300-1200 BC, the Hittites waged a war against Egypt that drained both empires tragically.
www.wsu.edu /~dee/MESO/HITTITES.HTM   (693 words)

  
 The Stonehenge Project > Home > About Stonehenge > Stonehenge 3050 - 1600 BC
Stonehenge 3050 - 1600 BC What today's visitors to Stonehenge see are the substantial remains of the last in a sequence of monuments erected between around 3050 and 1600 BC.
Each was a circular structure, aligned along the rising of the sun at the midsummer solstice.
What is certain is that it was the focal point in a landscape filled with prehistoric ceremonial structures and has always been a site of immense significance.
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 Five Original Writing Systems
Oracle-bone writing 甲骨文 (1600 to 1100 BC): The oracle-bone inscriptions are the earliest body of writing we yet possess for East Asia.
The degree of maturity of this truly archaic writing (1600 to 1100 BC) indicates that even earlier writing in China dated before 1600 BC remains to be discovered.
Xiao-zhuan 小篆 (200 BC to present): The development of the Xiao-zhuanstyle of writing was attributed to Li Si, the famous and controversial prime minister of Qin Dynasty.
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 Knossos and Crete
It is the Bronze Age, circa 2800-1100 BC that is the period of the great Minoan civilization, when tools of metal were used, and the culture exhibited a high degree of technological and aesthetic achievement.
The Old Palace period ended in 1700 BC with the destruction of the palace.
Earthquakes in the same period on Crete may have decimated the population of Knossos, allowing the invading Mycenaeans to conquer and rule from the palace for a period of, perhaps, half a century.
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 HistOvervw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Mycenaean shrines were "houses of the gods/goddesses" with hearths in the center (burnt and liquid offerings) and bench altars with figurines on them.
Most of the palaces on the mainland (and Troy) were destroyed around 1200 BC.
Life changes drastically: writing disappears, large tombs go out of use, no more palaces are built, bronze and other imported items become scarce, population declines.
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 The Stonehenge Project > Home > About Stonehenge > Stonehenge 3050 - 1600 BC > The ...
The final phase of Stonehenge extended another 700 years until about 1600 BC.
The monument's final arrangement consisted of a circle of bluestones within the Sarsen Circle, and a horseshoe of bluestones within the horseshoe of the great trilithons, with a single stone - the Altar Stone - as the focal point.
In about 1700 BC a double circle of holes was dug around the outside of the Sarsen Circle, possibly with the intention of rearranging the bluestones yet again, but the work was not completed and the holes were left unfilled.
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 Physiotherapy Association of BC
Physiotherapy Association of BC (PABC) is the voice of physiotherapy in BC.
Our 1600+ BC members work in hospitals, clinics, schools, and in your own home.
Find a Physio: Search our database to find the physiotherapist by Area of Expertise, by first or last name, by second language spoken by city.
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 Great Pyrenees, Great Pyrenees Puppies, Great Pyrenees Breeders, breeder, puppies for sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is generally agreed that the ancestors of the Great Pyrenees Dog came from Asia Minor with their nomadic owners, travelled to Europe, and were introduced in North America in greater numbers in the early 1900's.
There are records indicating that some animals were brought to North America as early as the 1600's.Fossil remains have been dated from the Bronze Age, roughly 3500 BC to 1600 BC or later depending on the location of human settlement.
It appears that the dog was companion, guard dog, and hunting companion for early man. Only later did our canine companion became a livestock guardian to help shepherds with their domesticated goats and sheep.In the 1600's the Great Pyrenees Dog was brought into the French Court as estate guardians.
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 River Valley Empires: 3200 BC- AD 400
The earliest empires were centered on river valleys where intensified agriculture had developed.
1600 BC: Invasions by Hittites and Kassites destroys the empire
The Early Chinese Civilization: 2205 BC- AD 220
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 Intervening dynasties, 1600 - 700 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In the Kassite dynasty, from 1600 to 1200 BC, the scribes of Enuma Anu Enlil compiled 70 tablets containing the interpretations of thousands of omens.
These tablets were an experiment to collect observations of the Moon and planets, and then to correlate these various omens with economical prosperity, agricultural prices, civic health, and affairs of state, all of which were assiduously recorded.
In the late 8th century BC, during the reign of Nabonassar, the scribes of Babylon initiated an effort to observe every lunar eclipse.
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 Untitled Document
3200- 30 BC Early Dynastic Period: 3100-2686 BC 3200 BC: Upper and Lower Egypt united by Menes,1st.
1600 BC: Hyksos invade the Nile delta region.
New Kingdom: 1567-1085 BC Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt
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 Old Babylonian Period   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The early years saw a number of important states dominating the region: Isin, Larsa, Eshnunna and, from 1894 BC, Babylon.
Babylon was ruled by a dynasty of Amorite kings.
Nonetheless, Babylon remained an important power until it was sacked by the Hittite king, Mursili I, in about 1595 BC.
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 KryssTal : Inventions: 2000 BC to 1000 BC
Two other Indo-European speaking peoples make their appearance around 1600 BC.
The nomadic Hebrews defeated the Canaanites 1125 BC.
The Egyptian boy king, Tutankhamun (19) died in 1323 BC and was buried at
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 Definition of 1600 BC
Definition of 1600 BC Definition of 1600 BC
Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC
The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna).
www.wordiq.com /definition/1600_BC   (188 words)

  
 Archaeological Museum of Lamia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is the first representation of a warship found on Continental Greece (12th century BC).
Attic womanform lekythos from Megaplatanos (5th century BC).
From a chamber thomb at Elateia (14th century BC).
www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21114m/e211nm01.html   (416 words)

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