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  Ancient Egypt [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
3000 BCE - Papyrus Papyrus is an early form of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that grows to 5 meters (15 ft) in height and was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
1800 BCE - Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, generalized formula for volume of frustrumA frustum is the portion of a solid – normally a cone or pyramid – which lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid.
Third Intermediate PeriodThe Third Intermediate Period is a phrase used to refer the period of the history of Ancient Egypt from the death of pharaoh Rameses XI in 1070 BC to the foundation of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty by Psamtik I, following the expulsion of the Nubian rulers of the Twenty-fifth dynasty....
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 [InvEd-L] Fw: [techno-l] A history of artistic innovation as artistic invention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Around 2500 BCE, Egyptian chemists invent the first "synthetic color pigment", Egyptian blue, a mixture of limestone (calcium oxide), malachite (copper oxide) and quartz (silica), carefully fired to a temperature of 800 to 900 degrees Celsius.
Around 610 BCE, scupltors in Greece invent "free-standing human scultpure" known as kouroi for male figures and korai for female figures, which are used as religious votive offerings.
Around 570 BCE, musicians in India invent "hollowed string instruments", specifically the vina which consists of two hollow gourds connected by strings and a bamboo reed.
inventored.org /pipermail/inventors-l_inved.org/2003-April/000430.html   (1631 words)

  
 History of invention in the arts
Nearby are paintings from 15,000 BCE found in the Lascaux caves.
In 300 BCE, the Roman philosopher Euhemerus of Messenia in Sicily invents
In 50 BCE, the Roman poet Lucretius writes De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), a beautiful and sensuous poem on the theory of atoms.
www.patenting-art.com /history/timlin-e.htm   (10314 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mycenae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The History of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled, and the territory of now composing the modern state of Greece.
The Treasure of Atreus tholos in 2004 Beehive tombs, also known as Tholos tombs (plural tholoi), are a style of Mycenaean chamber tomb from the Bronze Age.
Treasure of Atreus in 2004 The Treasure of Atreus or Treasury of Atreus is an impressive tholos tomb at Mycenae, Greece (on the Panagitsa Hill) constructed around 1250 BCE.
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 Greeks [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Nevertheless, there has been, in practice, a continuous Greek identity since ancient times, containing at least those who chose to be Greek and who had citizenship in a Greek city, or membership of a Greek community.
As early as the 5th century BCE, Isocrates Isocrates (436–338 BC), Greek rhetorician, was one of the ten Attic orators.
After the 4th century BCE, Greek became the lingua franca of the East MediterraneanThe Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2.5 million km²....
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 The Playwright
It is only at the end of the process, when the playwright has a complete work, that he or she begins to show it to others, in hopes of finding a person or theatrical organization that will produce the play.
It is also true that playwrights sometimes receive commissions from theatre companies to develop plays according to specifications drawn up by the company, and with ongoing discussion with company personnel.
Paradoxically, Aristotle's Poetics was written in the fourth century BCE, a century after the major works of the Greek theatre were written.
www.dac.neu.edu /theatre.history/intro/Intro-Playwright-Work.htm   (1514 words)

  
 Scientific Method [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Although the Ebers papyrusThe Ebers Papyrus, of about 1550 BCE, is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri.
This tradition can be seen in the work of Hipparchus (190 BCE - 120 BCE), when determining a value for the precession of the Earth over 2100 years ago, and 1000 years before Al-Batani.
When James Watson was sent to investigate what Rosalind FranklinRosalind Elsie Franklin (July 25, 1920 - April 16, 1958) was a molecular biologist who played an important role in the discovery of the structure of DNA....
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