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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 239 BCE
		-1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)
		According to the Buddhist tradition, the historical Buddha Siddharta Gautama was born to the Shakya clan, at the beginning of the Magadha period (546–324 BCE), in the plains of Lumbini, Southern Nepal.
		The Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I invaded India in 180 BCE as far as Pataliputra, establishing an Indo-Greek kingdom that was to last in various part of northern India until the end of the 1st century BCE.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/239-BCE (344 words)

	East Asia Timeline
		1500 Aryan invasions of the Indian subcontinent (until 1200 BCE); composition of the earliest hymns of the Rig Veda in India
		237 Ashoka (273-237 BCE), emperor of India, significant patron of Buddhism
		100 The Bhagavad Gita composed sometime between 100 BCE and 100 CE Hsin dynasty in China (9-23 CE)
	pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~eshaw/asiatime.htm (835 words)

	Xun Zi Summary
		This was a time of social turmoil and terrible interstate warfare, culminating in 221 BCE with the annexation of all the original "central states" of China by the western state of Qin.
		Xunzi rose to a position of intellectual and cultural eminence during his own lifetime, three times serving as head libationer among the assembled scholars in the state of Qi, traveling widely to different states, and even briefly holding a significant administrative post in the state of Chu.
		Between 246 and 240 BCE, Xunzi was caught up in court intrigue and dismissed, then reappointed.
	www.bookrags.com /Xun_Zi (2547 words)

	Egypt: Edfu Temple, A Feature Tour Egypt Story
		It was begun on August 23, 237 BCE, by Ptolemy III.
		In 206 BCE, work was halted by an insurrection, during which two chiefs from the Theban area declared themselves independent of Ptolemaic rule (history repeating itself, perhaps).
		The temple was formally dedicated in 142 BCE by Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and his wife Cleopatra II.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/edfu.htm (1886 words)

	Catalog of Transits of Venus
		For example, Series 4 (December at Ascending Node) began in -1763 (1764 BCE) and will run through 2854 (a grazing transit) for a total of 20 transits spanning 4617 years.
		These transit families are quite analogous to the Saros series for solar and lunar eclipses.
		The terms BCE and CE are abbreviations for "Before Common Era" and "Common Era," respectively.
	sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov /eclipse/transit/catalog/VenusCatalog.html (1731 words)

	Problem Set 2
		Persian-controlled Eqypt was conquered by Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, and Alexander’s commander, Ptolemy Soter (Ptolemy I, literally "Ptolemy the Savior") took control of Egypt shortly after Alexander’s death.
		The Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt continued the Pharonic pattern of long-term monument construction; for example the Temple of Horus, first begun by on 23 Aug, 237 BCE by declaration of Ptolemy Euergetes, was finally complete on 5 Dec, 57 BCE under the supervision of Berenike IV.
		The Lighthouse at Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the world, was conceived of by Ptolemy I and finished and dedicated by Ptolemy.
	www.unm.edu /~jpowell/prob2.htm (409 words)

	Quiz answers - third question \| Feng Shui Ultimate Resource
		According to recent evidence the Shang may have been using the ci and chen, because at least by 1350 BCE they used the ganzhi (Stem-Branch system) as a day-count.
		Chinese sources indicate Daiyin and Posuixing were originally part of ancient calendars (perhaps as ancient as the Fire Calendar or Turtle Calendar).
		In one of the Odes dated to the ninth century BCE, the Zhou complained that Tian (an old farmers deity identified with the celestial north pole) was capricious.
	www.qi-whiz.com /node/237 (1532 words)

	PR Newswire Business News: BCE Reports 2006 Third Quarter Results - MSN Money (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BCE earnings per share (EPS) were $0.36 for the quarter, compared to $0.48 for the same period last year, reflecting higher restructuring costs and other costs related mainly to the formation of Bell Aliant.
		BCE Inc. and Bell Canada currently expect to hold a meeting of their common and preferred shareholders to consider the Arrangement in January 2007.
		Operating income at BCE in the third quarter of 2006 was $810 million, down 10.9% from $909 million in the same quarter last year, while on a year-to-date basis operating income decreased 10.7% to $2,572 million from $2,879 million in 2005.
	news.moneycentral.msn.com /provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=PR&Date=20061101&ID=6155381 (10628 words)

	Exploring Chinese History :: History :: Ancient Chinese History :: Summary
		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.
		Much of what came to constitute China Proper was unified for the first time in 221 BCE In that year the western frontier state of Qin, the most aggressive of the Warring States, subjugated the last of its rival states (Qin; the Wade-Giles romanization is Ch'in, from which the English China probably derived.).
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/01his/c01s01.html (3803 words)

	A Brief History of Spain - Carthage and Rome
		228-227 BCE The city of Cathargo Nova (Cartagena) on Spain’s southeast coast was founded by Hasdrubal the son-in-law of Hamilcar and the brother-in-law of Hannibal.
		206 BCE Scipio Africanus wrested Spain away from Carthage at the Battle of Ilipa and ended the Second Punic War at the Battle of Zama.but for most of the next 200 years Spain was a battleground.
		The fall of the Spanish town of Numancia near Toledo was considered to be the beginning of the Roman period.
	www.practicalspain.com /roman-spain.htm (1054 words)

	List of Illustrations - Section 1
		BCE, meaning, “Before the Common Era" will be used to indicate the chronology of works of art made during prehistoric and ancient times; while the abbreviation, CE meaning, "Common Era” will be used to indicate works of art made from approximately the beginning of the Roman Empire to our own time.
		Akhenaten with His Queen Nefertiti and their Daughters, "sunken-relief," limestone, 13 ‘x 15,’ 1348-36 BCE, (originally painted and used as a stela in front of the main altar at Amarna, the site devoted to the worship of Aten, the Solar-disc.
		Temple of Amun-Ra, constructed during the reigns of numerous pharaohs of the New Kingdom, 14th century BCE.
	www.angelo.edu /faculty/rprestia/1301/list_of_illustrations.htm (3501 words)

	Exploring Chinese History :: History :: Ancient Chinese History :: Comprehensive
		1045 BCE- 771 BCE), when the capital was near modern Xi’an in the west, and the Eastern Zhou (770 BCE- 256 BCE), when the capital was moved further east to modern Luoyang.
		By the 3rd century BCE, Chu was on the forefront of cultural innovation.
		Much of what came to constitute China Proper was unified for the first time in 221 BCE In that year the western frontier state of Qin, the most aggressive of the Warring States, subjugated the last of its rival states.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/contents/01his/c01s03.html (5704 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Canada
		Montreal-based BCE exceeded its sales, profit and cash flow targets last year, posting net income of C$1.96 billion after the company cut costs and increased sales from its cellular phone business.
		BCE gave Sabia a raise because his 2004 base salary of C$1 million ``was not fully competitive in the marketplace,'' the company said in the filing.
		BCE shares fell 42 cents to C$27.55 in 4 p.m.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=a6LBBdBI2voY&refer=canada (339 words)

	Rome: Total War @ The Wargamer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the rebellion finally defeated in 237 BCE, Hamilcar Barca was dispatched to Spain to expand the Carthaginian Empire in that territory.
		In 238 BCE a Roman delegation negotiated an accord with Hasdrubal that the Carthaginians would not advance past the River Ebro in Spain, essentially setting the boundaries of their respective spheres of influence.
		Hannibal’s response was to lay siege to Saguntum and to capture it by assault at the end of 219 BCE Rome demanded that Carthage repudiate Hannibal or face war.
	totalwar.wargamer.com /punic2.html (816 words)

	New Testament Chronology - Calendars from the Exile to the First Century BCE
		In the fifth century BCE the Exile calendar of the Jews was for a time identical with the Babylonian calendar.
		Then, by the end of the fourth century BCE the Macedonian calendar of the Seleucid Era was supposed identical with the Babylonian calendar, except that the Syro-Macedonian version began the new year in the fall, Dios 1.
		First Maccabees reads: "In the year 170, (142 BCE) the yoke of the Gentiles was lifted from Israel, and the people began to write as the dating formula in bills and contracts, `In the first year, under Simon, high priest, commander, and chief of the Jews.'" (1 Macc.
	www.doig.net /NTC02.htm (7314 words)

	List of Illustrations - Section 1
		BCE., meaning, “Before the Common Era" will be used to indicate the chronology of works of art made during prehistoric and ancient times; while the abbreviation, CE.
		Courtyard of Amenhotep III and view of Hypostyle Hall; Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu, Egypt, c.1390-52 BCE.
		Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuac'an, c.100 BCE, *photographed by Dr. Robert Prestiano (c).
	www.angelo.edu /faculty/rprestia/1301/list_of_illustrations1.htm (3707 words)

	Internet Indian History Sourcebook
		The linguistic arguments for some common group which moved into both India, Iran, and Europe remain compelling.
		Now the most readable version on the net.
		Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): The Histories 440BCE [At MIT][Full Text][Chapter length files][Book VII on the Persian War]
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/india/indiasbook.html (4342 words)

	Dube: World Civilizations to 1500, Encounters
		century BCE), and the Chinese minister the Duke of Zhou (ca.
		We will be honored by the presence of several distinguished religious figures and rulers they influenced.
		BCE 273-237), Vardhamana Mahavira (the great Jain teacher, 6th century, B.C.), and Kumarapala (r.
	home.pacbell.net /cdube/worldciv1/encounters.htm (963 words)

	Light Reading - BCE Reports Q2 - Telecom News Wire
		BCE's total revenues of $4,803 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 increased 1% over the same period last year.
		BCE's EBITDA(1) of $1,973 million is largely attributable to a 1% increase in Bell Canada's EBITDA to $1,857 million this quarter.
		BCE generated $1,332 million in cash from operating activities in the quarter compared to $1,403 million for the same period last year, due mainly to changes in working capital.
	www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=100481 (951 words)

	Edfu information - Search.com
		Edfu (also spelt Idfu or in modern French as Edfou and known in antiquity as Behdet) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the River Nile between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately sixty thousand people.
		The town is known for the major Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 BCE to 57 BCE.
		The settlement at Edfu was the capital of the Second Upper Egypt nome, it flourished and doubled in size around 3400 BCE and played an important role within the region during the First Intermediate Period.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Edfu (797 words)

	Hannibal - a biography
		The Carthaginian general Hannibal (247-182 BCE) was one of the greatest military leaders in history.
		When Hannibal (in his own language: Hanba'al, "mercy of Baal") was born in 247 BCE, his birthplace Carthage (today a suburb of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia) was losing a long and important war.
		He was the oldest son of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, who took the ten-year old boy to Iberia in 237.
	www.livius.org /ha-hd/hannibal/hannibal.html (2323 words)

	The World of the Imperium Romanum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By the end of the 1st century BCE, the Iberian, Celtic, Greek, and Phoenician languages had all but disappeared from the provinces of Spain — Latin was universal.
		Most of this region was under Carthaginian control between about 237 and 206 B.C., when the southeast region was won back in the Punic wars.
		The Cantabrian war (29-19 BCE) brought all of Spain under Roman domination, ending with the conquest of the Cantabri in the northwest corner of the peninsula.
	www.aquela.com /roleplaying/SPQR/world/Hispania.html (362 words)

	Emperor and the Assassin
		In the ninth year of the king’s reign [238 BCE] someone reported that Lao Ai was not a real eunuch at all, but had constantly been engaging in secret misconduct with the queen dowager, and that she had borne him two sons, both of whom were being kept in hiding.
		Lü Buwei to death as well but, because he had won great distinction in the service of the former king, and because so many followers and men of eloquence came forward to speak on his behalf, the king could not bring himself to apply the death penalty.
		A year or so later [235 BCE] he learned that so many of the followers and envoys of the various feudal lords were travelling to Henan to call on
	brian.hoffert.faculty.noctrl.edu /TEACHING/EmperorAndTheAssassin.html (620 words)

	Edfu, Egypt - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		According to the Egyptian myths it was the place where the falcon-headed god Horus avenged the murder of his father Osiris by killing Seth.
		The construction of this Ptolemaic temple begun in 237 BCE by Ptolemy 3, but finished 180 years later by the father of Cleopatra.
		This is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /egypt_edfu.htm (359 words)

	Review
		211-209 BCE Rome tries to form alliances with enemies of Philip V. 208 BCE, Philip V invades Aetolians and continues to gain land in the area of the Eastern Adriatic Sea.
		Jugurtha gets captured through the betrayel of his son-in-law and is brought to Rome in 104 BCE and thus executed.
		Spartacus was defeated and killed in a battle against the Romans in Brandisium, 71 BCE.
	www.mindspring.com /~josiemae/AStuyMsDunkel/HumSem1/H1SumeriansFINALCh7.html (2642 words)

	Light Reading - Services Software - BCE Pays Down Debt - Telecom News Wire
		This is in keeping with the decision, announced on February 1, 2006, to dedicate approximately $1 billion from the proceeds of non-core asset sales to debt reduction.
		BCE will redeem on December 28, 2006 all of its outstanding 6.75% Series B Notes due October 30, 2007 in the principal amount of $1.050 billion at a price equal to $1,017.210 per $1,000 of Notes plus $10.911 for accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.
		BCE will send to the registered holders of its Series B Notes a notice providing the details of the redemption including where to present their notes for payment.
	www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=111270 (603 words)

	Gordion Seals and Sealings - Dusinberre (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The original publication of the 114 seals and seal impressions excavated from Gordion in Turkey, this book is the first diachronic monograph on the ongoing excavations at Gordion and provides the first historical and archaeological overview of the entire site, with the most recent archaeological developments taken fully into account.
		1800 BCE to 400 CE, from the Early Bronze Age through the Roman period, covering some of the most tumultuous and most interesting eras of Anatolian history.
		In addition to detailed information about the seals and 237 meticulous illustrations of all related artifacts, this study examines their excavated contexts and considers the seals in light of associated finds and architecture.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/publications/Dusinberre.shtml (275 words)

	Untitled Document
		She is the first Woman ruler of a major nation to be recorded (r 1458-58 BCE).
		What is unusual here is that she is shown in male anatomy, where she is normally shown with female breasts in acknowledgment of her gender.
		Developed studies of ancient Egyptian culture emphasize its binary character set as the entire culture is, on either side of the Nile river and with this progressive bilateral symmetry found in many permutations.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~tart/fall2003arth280website/egypt2.html (5612 words)

	Greek Architecture
		Most of the temples were built during the 400's bce, although admittedly built atop more ancient structures.
		The building measures 111' X 237' at its base.
		Another view of the Acropolis at Athens, the religious center of the Greek world in the 5th Century bce.
	www.accd.edu /sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/GreekA.htm (378 words)

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