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  BCE :: Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund
Under the BCE Plan of Arrangement, your shares have to be consolidated at a ratio of 0.915 consolidated common shares for each BCE common share.
The Effective Date of the BCE Plan of Arrangement was July 10, 2006, 5:01 PM (EST) which was the record date of the distribution by BCE of units in the Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund and the consolidation of BCE’s outstanding common shares.
The effective date of BCE Plan of Arrangement was July 10, 2006, which was the record date of the distribution by BCE of Units and the consolidation of BCE’s outstanding common shares.
www.bce.ca /en/investors/shareholderinfo/transactions/aliant   (3139 words)

  
 History of Yemen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Between the 12th century BCE and the 6th century CE, it was dominated by three successive civilisations which controlled the lucrative spice trade: Minaean, Sabaean and Himyarite.
The most impressive dam, known as the dam of Ma'rib was built in 700 BCE, provided irrigation for about 25,000 acres of land [2] and stood for over a millennium.
Kingdom of Himyar (200 BCE - 700 CE)
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Yemen   (3475 words)

  
 500 BCE-300 BCE
300-232 BCE) became in 270 BCE the ruler of an empire extending from Afghanistan to Bengal, and by further conquests unified nearly all of India.
Xunzi, or Hsün-tzu, (298-238) BCE was a native of Zhao (Chao), China, becoming a well-recognized scholar and rising to official posts, including that of magistrate.
Polybius (c.203-122 BCE) was born in Megalopolis, Arcadia, a Greek city that was an active member of the Achaean League.
www.humanistictexts.org /400-200bce.htm   (1189 words)

  
 Plaka, Athens, Greece
500-336 BCE Classical Greece: The high point of Greek civilization, the Classical period introduced the plays of Sophocles and Euripides, the history of Thucydides, the philosophy of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and the invention of democracy.
86 BCE-AD 395 Roman Empire: In 86 BCE Athens was captured by the Roman commander Sulla and thus Greece became the cultural center of the Roman empire.
The end of the Roman civil wars came with the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE, which was fought on Greek land.
www.macalester.edu /geography/courses/geog261/laurat/history.html   (1189 words)

  
 Indus Valley Civilization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Certain scholars propose that this was a major river during the third and fourth millennia BCE, and suggest that it may have been the Sarasvati River of the Rigveda.
Weights were based on units of 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500, with each unit weighing approximately 28 grams, similar to the English Imperial ounce or Greek uncia, and smaller objects were weighed in similar ratios with the units of 0.871.
In the course of the 2nd millennium BCE, remnants of the IVC's culture would (the so-called Cemetery H culture) amalgamated with that of other peoples, likely contributing to what eventually resulted in the rise of Vedic culture and eventually historical Hinduism.
en.explicatus.org /wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization   (4155 words)

  
 CHRONO-FILE for BIBLICAL and EARLY CULTURES Section-4a   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Between 285 BCE and 130 BCE the Septuagint is translated.
In the second half of 167 BCE, supposedly Antiochus sent his general Apollonius to Jerusalem at the head of an army of mercenaries to end feuding among the locals.
This rise of Caesar to Dictator status marks the end Roman rule by leading statesmen of the Republic, and after some minor power adjustments,...the leaders of Rome would be known as 'Emperors' as opposed to 'Kings,'...a term that would forever be associated with the usurping methods of conquest.
hometown.aol.com /eilatlog/chronofile/timeculture_S_04a.html   (2354 words)

  
 History of the Hellenistic and Roman World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
In 199 BCE, Scipio was the natural choice as one of the two Censors; the crown of any Roman political career.
Competition for the Consular elections of 192 BCE was fierce; with Scipio Africanus championing his cousin Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum as well as his old associate Gaius Laelius, while Titus Quinctus Flaminius - conqueror of Macedonia who had recently celebrated a triumph - championed his brother Lucius Quinctus Flaminius.
That he was a dominating personality is obvious from the honours that Livy recounts that the people gave and attempted to give him, as well as the accusations of Scipio in latter years.
www.fenrir.dk /history/index.php?title=Scipio_Africanus_:_Princeps_(200_-_190_BCE)   (2085 words)

  
 Latin America History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
200 BCE - 1000 CE (Common Era): Emergence of cities, social stratification, and the flowering of material culture.
200 BCE - 600 CE: Weaving and mummy bundles at Paracas on the southern Peruvian coast.
200 BCE - 600 CE: Pottery with realistic painting at Moche on the northern Peruvian coast.
lilt.ilstu.edu /smexpos/website/latin_america_history.htm   (2207 words)

  
 In the beginning, a burst of light | csmonitor.com
Between 900 and 200 BCE, breakthroughs in several parts of the world led to the foundation of today's major traditions.
Between about 900 and 200 BCE, breakthroughs occurred in several parts of the world that created the foundations of today's major traditions: Buddhism and Hinduism in India; Confucianism and Daoism in China; monotheism in Israel; and philosophical rationalism in Greece.
In the 8th century BCE, Jewish prophets insist that ritual is meaningless without ethical behavior, and call for introspection, integrity, and pursuit of justice.
www.csmonitor.com /2006/0404/p14s02-bogn.htm   (923 words)

  
 digNubia
Very few of the names of the Nubian kings who lived before 1,550 BCE (Before Common Era, the same as BC) are known.
Thus, after about 780 BCE, we know most of the names of the Nubian rulers until the end of the kingdom of Kush, about 350 CE (Common Era, the same as AD).
(We still cannot read most of the inscriptions after about 200 BCE, since we have not learned to read Meroitic.) Most of the rulers are known only by their names written on their pyramids.
www.dignubia.org /bookshelf/rulers.php   (287 words)

  
 The Patriarchs
BCE      Earliest period for canonization of the Pentateuch
200 BCE to 200: Hard times under Roman rule lead people to hope for a messiah, i.e.
30 BCE             Rabbi Hillel, a prominent spiritual leader of the Jews, becomes president of the Sanhedrin, the highest court in the Jewish state.
social.chass.ncsu.edu /~bigelow/rel300/JudaismTimeline_000.htm   (1085 words)

  
 The Origins Of The Bible
That means that even though these may have been written and compiled in the 10th Century BCE, they weren't actually considered part of sacred scripture until about 600 years later.
However this happened over 200 years after David was king of Israel so this means that the book had been hidden in the Temple for a very long time.
The Prophets were canonized by about 200 BCE and the Writings by about 125 or 100 BCE.
www.useless-knowledge.com /1234/jan/article380.html   (982 words)

  
 Old World Contacts/Overviews/First Period: 350 BCE - 400 CE
In the year 200 BCE, Rome was a republic and had just defeated Hannibal and his Phoenicians in the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE).
Beginning around 206 BCE, the Han dynasty succeeded in providing a unifying influence to the diverse peoples of Asia and the ancient Silk Roads were secured through the military ability of the Han generals.
India was a destination for adventurous merchants and travellers as far back as 3000 BCE but it was not until the Mauryan Empire (321-181 BCE) was established that there was sufficient stability for trade to blossom.
www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/oldwrld/overview/first.html   (1426 words)

  
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Greek Philosophers and Kings The 5th Century BCE was the height of Athenian power and influence.
By 200 BCE, the Vedas and other Sanskrit texts were being transcribed.
By 200 BCE, many Semitic languages were being written routinely.
www.cs.indiana.edu /~port/teach/relg/week5.writing.notes.doc   (1070 words)

  
 Understanding Religious Experience-Hebrew Scriptures
Although they contain material from as early as 1,200 BCE (approximately the same date as the Rg Veda) this material has been reworked and new material added.
(587-520 BCE) The Nevi'im were completed before the Seleucid conquest of Palestine (c.200 BCE), and the Ketuvim between then and the Maccabean revolt in 164 BCE.
It is notable that a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, called the Septuagint, was made sometime between 300 and 130 BCE in Alexandria in Egypt.
www.westminster.edu /staff/brennie/jewscrip.htm   (839 words)

  
 Celtiagh Spioradail Eachdraidh : Druidry Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Historians generally associate Druids with the Iron Age Celtic culture that spread out from central Europe from about 800 to 200 BCE, yet the Celtic people of Gaul maintained that Druidry originated in Britain and that Druids from continental Europe came here to study.
By 450 BCE they had expanded into Spain; by 400 BCE they were in Northern Italy, and by 270 BCE, they had migrated into Galatia (central Turkey).
By 200 BCE, they had occupied the British Isles, Brittany, much of modern France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, North West Spain, and their isolated Galatia settlement in Turkey.
www.wku.edu /~rob.harbison/druid.html   (758 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 200 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 200 BC Advanced Search
Years: 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC - 200 BC - 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC 196 BC 195 BC
Rome declares war upon Philip V, king of Macedon.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/200_BC.html   (218 words)

  
 Buddhism History
Beginning around 1500 BCE India was influenced by the Vedic religion, or "Brahmanism," the Aryan warriors had brought to the land
Siddhartha Gautama was born in the 6th or 5th century BCE in the Sakya kingdom, of which his parents were king and queen.
The night before his birth, Siddhartha's mother, the queen Mahamaya, had a dream in which an elephant carrying a lotus flower in its trunk entered her womb through the right side of her body.
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/world/buddhism/history.htm   (1880 words)

  
 Ph. Guillaume, The Last Stages of the Making of the Nebiim: A Mea Culpa and a NewAlexandrian Canon Hypothesis Since the ...
200 bce on the basis of the prologue of Ben Sira[6], although recent studies consider 150 bce as the decisive moment in the history of the canonization of the Nebiim, thus insisting on the importance of the Hasmonaean factor
This wide bracket is slightly narrowed down to 300—130 bce to allow time for Simon I to die during the reign of the first Ptolemy because the panegyric for the high priest seems to presuppose the death of Simon: ‘Simon the High Priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the House...’ (50:1)[19].
Abraham Kuenen dealt the last blow to Ezra’s great synagogue[161], and it became generally accepted that the Pentateuch was canonized about 400 bce, the Nebiim around 200 bce and the Writings about 90 ce.
www.arts.ualberta.ca /JHS/Articles/article_39.htm   (11772 words)

  
 Celtic abstraction from Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BCE) to the insular Celts (200 BCE to 100 CE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Celtic abstraction from Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BCE) to the insular Celts (200 BCE to 100 CE)
Many Celtic coins were derived from the coinage of Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great.
Though highly abstracted, it is a direct descendent of the coin shown above, though the horse and rider face left in this case.
www.kernunnos.com /Links/Abstraction.html   (256 words)

  
 ROME, 700 BCE — 476 CE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Consuls (Senate was in control in between rules of powerful consuls): Marius (107-86 BCE): creation of a body of professional soldiers; Jugurthian wars; Sulla (88-79): Civil War #1: Marius v.
Sulla regarding structure of Constitution; Pompey (70-69; 59-58; 52 FF); Roman expansion the in Middle East; Caesar (59-58): proconsulship in Gaul (58-49 BCE); Civil War #2: Caesar v.
Pompey, 49-48 BCE: Pompey murdered in Egypt, 48 BCE.
www.gpc.edu /~proseman/TELCORS/ROME.htm   (441 words)

  
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History of the Text: 1500-200 BCE A. We can roughly sketch approximately when texts were written 1.
Important note: oldest text from some portion of the Bible is 7th century BCE (see below), but vast majority of texts from 2nd century BCE and later 2.
Textual Transmission: 1500-200 BCE A. Textual Transmission: 1500-586 BCE 1.
www.deusvitae.com /faith/outlines/ottext.txt   (1076 words)

  
 Solar Eclipses: -0199 to -0100   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively.
Historians should note the numerical difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates.
Thus, the year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and year -100 corresponds to 101 BCE, etc..
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov /eclipse/SEcat/SE-0199--0100.html   (758 words)

  
 Origin by Yair Davidiy chapter seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
550 BCE: The movement of Scythians from the Middle East to north of the Caucasus began in earnest with the penetration of Scythia.
After 200 BCE the Belgae from the East began occupying northern Gaul.
From eastern Scythia, in the decades 70-50 BCE, the Western Sienbi and the Northern Hun group of Hugie, Dingling, and Gienkun moved westward.
www.britam.org /originseven.html   (2616 words)

  
 Chavín culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This Early Horizon civilization is believed to have developed around 900 BCE and died out around 200 BCE.
The most well-known archaeological ruin of the Chavín era is Chavin de Huantar, located in the Andean highlands north of Lima.
It is believed to have been built around 900 BCE.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chavin_culture   (512 words)

  
 Eseeds.org - The Seeds of Life
All Hindus accept that the Vedas, a set of sacred verses or hymns, written in the Sanskrit language around 1500 BCE, contain the truths of their religion.
The Vedas are said to have existed forever, and the date above, is merely when they were written down.
Not many Hindus have read the Vedas, so the Vedas have their affect through their influence on other Hindu scriptures.
www.eseeds.org /content/view/869/75   (197 words)

  
 Nok Art (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-2.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The oldest known example of terracotta sculpture in Africa, south of the Sahara.
Dates from 2500-800 B.P (500 BC to 200 AD).
Wide diversity of subject matter depicted with considerable variation in style, treatment and scale.
hum.lss.wisc.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /hjdrewal/Nok.html   (69 words)

  
 Generic ARTH 200 Page
Plan; c.1257 B.C.E. Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, c.
View from the east; 1300-1250 B.C.E. Plan of tomb known as Treasury of Atreus, c.
BCE or Roman copy of the 1st c.
www.oit.umd.edu /units/as/caprina/classes/ARTH200Master.html   (3546 words)

  
 EUH-2000- 8:30 Class - Quiz 1
5 million to 1 million BCE, d.10 million to 2 million BCE.
According to the lecture, video and flboard, the man who boasted that the Athenian victory over the far more numerous Persians was due to "democracy" was:
According to the lecture and flboard, the ancient school of Pythagoreans of the 6th century BCE originated: a.
pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~rmacdona/Euh2000830.htm   (2127 words)

  
 Ulrich, Foundations notes 09/1
Historical Background: 200 BCE ­ 200 CE Diversity within Judaism
Historical Background: 200 BCE ­ 200 CE Composition of the Book of Daniel
200 CE Rabbis compile the Mishnah (oral Torah)
www.nd.edu /~eulrich/courses/100_201/100-201_notes/notes_09-1.html   (385 words)

  
 Forum Romanum
BCE, and the expansion of Roman power into the eastern Mediterranean
The 1st century BCE, witnessed a belated artistic impact of Greece
With the battle of Actium (31 BCE) Augustus ruled alone.
www.novaroma.org /forum/mainlist/2003/2003-02-01.html   (7458 words)

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