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	Manetho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although no sources for the dates of his life and death remain, his work is usually associated with the reigns of Ptolemy I Soter (323-283 BCE) and Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BCE).
		If the mention of Manetho in the Hibeh Papyri, dated to 240/1 BCE, is in fact Manetho the author of Aegyptiaca, then he may well have been working during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BCE) as well.
		A statue of the god was imported between 286-278 BCE by Ptolemy (either Soter or Philadelphos), where Timotheus of Athens (an authority on Demeter at Eleusis) and Manetho oversaw the project.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manetho (3467 words)

	Edicts of Ashoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fragment of the 6th Pillar Edicts of Ashoka (238 BCE), in Brahmi, sandstones.
		Antiochos refers to Antiochus II Theos of Syria (261-246 BCE), who controlled the Seleucid Empire from Syria to Bactria, in the east from 305 BCE to 250 BCE, and was therefore a direct neighbor of Ashoka.
		Ptolemy refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphos of Egypt (285-247 BCE), king of the dynasty founded by Ptolemy I, a former general of Alexander the Great, in Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edicts_of_Asoka (2182 words)

	Anatolia: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History
		Idriaeus (351-344 BCE)- he died of disease and was succeeded by his sister and wife Ada (who later became Queen of Alinda), but she was expelled by her brother Pixodarus, who threw in his lot with the Persians inviting in a Persian Satrap Othontapates (Orontobates?) This satrap was ruling when Alexander arrived in 334.
		In 500 BCE the tyrant of Mylasa was Oliatus, son of Ibanollis.
		In 167 BCE they revolted from the Rhodians and were soon thereafter declared free by the Romans once more.Under the Pax Romana Mylasa flourished and brought under her control in the name of 'Sympolity' the cities of Euromos, Chalcetor, Hydae, Olympos and Labraynda, and their citizenry were alloted to her own tribes.
	www.juyayay.com /outline/anatolia (9235 words)

	/Users/ross/Desktop/done/ryanr.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The first Roman gladiatorial games were held in 246 BCE by Marcus and Decius Brutus in honor of their father.
		In 183 BCE it was commonplace to hold gladiatorial games in which 60 or more battles took place.
		By 65 BCE Julius Caesar had an arena constructed for the sole purpose of gladiatorial games and increased the number of gladiators that fought, increasing popularity of the games.
	www.uky.edu /~scaife/coinsS02/ryanr.html (458 words)

	I, Daniel by Robert Riggs
		In 301 BCE, Seleucus joined a successful confederacy against Antigonus I, the newest King of Macedonia, and as a reward, Seleucus was granted a large part of Asia Minor and the whole of Syria.
		Futhermore, the line of commercial traffic that went along the Nile to and from Alexandria, had a rival in the line of trade that went from the Persian Gulf across Arabia to Gaza, and it was to the advantage of the King of the South to control both.
		In 242-241 BCE, Seleucus was able to deliver Damascus and Orthosia on the Phoenician coast, that were being besieged by the Egyptians.
	bci.org /prophecy-fulfilled/id2.htm (11494 words)

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		479 BCE: China - The philosopher Mo-tzu, founder of Mohism, is born.
		246 BCE: China - The Ch'in complete the Chengkuo canal connecting the Ching and Lo rivers, thereby creating a key agricultural, and therefore economic, area in western Szechuan.
		145 BCE: China - The historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien, author of the Records of the Historian, is born.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/chpage.htm (937 words)

	Egyptian History: Graeco-Roman Dynasties
		Ptolemy II Philadelphus, (reigned 284-246 BCE), married to his full sister, Asinoe II, and sharing power with her, continued the reorganisation of Egypt, basing his decisions on facts gathered during extensive censuses.
		Ptolemy XII Auletes, (c.112-51 BCE, r.80-51) was the illegitimate son of Ptolemy IX (r.
		At the sea battle of Actium the Egyptian navy was decisively defeated and Antony and Cleopatra fled to Alexandria.
	www.reshafim.org.il /ad/egypt/history-g-r.htm (1671 words)

	FROM SHESHBAZZAR & ZERUBBABEL 539 B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 334 BCE he crossed the Hellespont into Asia, and 333 BCE, defeated Darius at the Battle of Issus, finally cornering him two years later at Gaugamela near Arbela, east of the river Tigris.
		Alcimus, (162–160 BCE) a moderate Hellenist, was chosen as high priest and accepted by the Hassidim (Hassideans) and they, having achieved their aims, i.e.
		In 153 BCE Demetrius I was threatened by Alexander Balas (150-145).
	www.chiswick.demon.co.uk /Mcbes.htm (3225 words)

	CHRONO-FILE for BIBLICAL and EARLY CULTURES Section-4a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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)

	Glossary
		BCE MSS fragments of the LXX among the Dead Sea scrolls.
		Meaning "seventy" and often abbreviated by the Roman numeral LXX, it is derived from the second-century BCE legend that, at the request of Ptolemy II (285-246 BCE), seventy-two elders of Israel translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek in seventy-two days in Alexandreia in Egypt.
		The earliest manuscripts of the Septuagint are from the Qumran and are dated to the second century BCE.
	www.bibletexts.com /glossary/septuagint.htm (1058 words)

	History of Buddhism
		According to the Buddhist tradition, the historical Buddha Siddharta Gautama was born to the Shakya clan that belonged to the Hindu warrior caste (Kshatriya), at the beginning of the Magadha period (546—324 BCE), in the plains of Lumbini, Southern Nepal.
		Before the royal sponsorship of Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, Buddhism seems to have remained a relatively minor phenomenon, and the historicity of its formative events is poorly established.
		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.buddhaindex.com /browse.php?cat=273345 (3435 words)

	A CHRONOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
		771 BCE The Chou dynasty in China is forced to abandon its western capital in Hao, of the Wei River Valley and move its seat eastward to Loyang due to the threat of a barbarian invasion.
		400-300 BCE The Celts settle in the Danube-Sava basin.
		246 BCE June Eratosthenes of Kyrene, a Greek scholar, is summoned from his homeland to undertake supervision of the great library at Alexandria, Egypt.
	www.humanitas-international.org /perezites/archive/timeline.htm (19687 words)

	History of Iran: Seleucid Empire
		In 301 BCE, Antigonos was defeated by a coalition of other generals, and Seleucus became master of Syria as well, and in 281 BCE he took Asia Minor and the wars of the Diadochs ended.
		At the age of eighty Seleukos was murdered by a fugitive Egyptian prince, but the throne passed on to Antiochus I (281-261 BCE), his son by Persian noblewoman Apamea, and after that to his son Antiochus II (261-246 BCE), who ruled as Great Kings from Samarkhand to the Aegean Sea.
		In 140 BCE, the Seleucid king Demetrios II deciced that enough was enough and summoned whatever resources he had to check the Parthian advance.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/seleucids/seleucids.php (1832 words)

	Persia
		From the earliest sources we know that in the 3rd millenium BCE, the following people lived here: In the south the Elamites; north of them the Kassites; in the northwestern parts of today's Iran lived the Manneans; south of the Caspian Sea lived the Caspians.
		From the 2nd millenium BCE we hear of the Iranians invading from the north.
		It is in the last millenium BCE that a people called Persians appear in the south, these were descendants of the Iranians.
	i-cias.com /e.o/persia.htm (256 words)

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		The temple beside it was built after 425 BCE and was opened in 417 BCE by the Athenian general Nikias.
		The construction began in 478 BCE by the Athenians and was finished at the end of the 4th century by the Delians.
		This temple is one of the master pieces of the 4th Century BCE, a brilliant example of the combination of Doric with Ionian and Corinthian style.
	www2.forthnet.gr /EAAN/grsci.htm (15064 words)

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		800-500 BCE: India - The Upanishads are written around this time; the doctrines of rebirth and the transmigration of souls start to appear, leading to important theological transformations within Hinduism.
		540 BCE: India - Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, is born.
		250 BCE: India - A general council of Buddhist monks is held in Patna, where the canon of Buddhist scriptures is selected.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/inpage.htm (420 words)

	The Egyptian Calendar
		If the heliacal rising of Sirius and the beginning of the year really corresponded at the time the calendar was introduced, one could reckon (3) the years 1322 BCE, 2782 BCE, or even 4242 BCE.
		By this decree, in 238 BCE, Ptolemy ordered an additional day to be added to every fourth year.
		Beginning with the 18th dynasty (about 1540 BCE) the regnal years were begun on the actual day on which the king came to power.
	www.ortelius.de /kalender/egypt_en.php (840 words)

	The Ptolemy III Chronicle (BCHP 11)
		It reports the invasion of an Egyptian army and that invasion can only have been the expedition of Ptolemy III Euergetes in 246/245 BCE in the Laodicean War or Third Syrian War.
		king Ptolemy II Philadelphus (who died 28 January 246), in favor of his first wife Laodice and her two sons Seleucus and Antiochus Hierax.
		In view of the fact that the lower part of the tablet is preserved, we assume that the tablet contains a report of the very eventful year SE 66, either starting with month I or with month V, the month in which the death of Antiochus II was reported in Babylon.
	www.livius.org /cg-cm/chronicles/bchp-ptolemy_iii/bchp_ptolemy_iii_02.html (1408 words)

	SELEUCID EMPIRE
		Claimed to be another son of Antiochus IV, swept to power with support of Ptolemy of Egypt and Attalos of Pergamon.
		Following an abortive attack on Ptolemaic Egypt he lost the northern part of his Kingdom to the usurper Alexander Zebina, and in 125 BCE was murdered in Tyre.
		Was driven from Antioch in by cousin Antiochus X in 94 BCE.
	members.bellatlantic.net /~vze3xycv/RulersCoins/seleucidPic.htm (1921 words)

	Macedonian Rulers
		This space/timeline is a schematic diagram of the tenure of major protagonists in the power struggles that shaped the history of Hellenism in the eastern Mediterranean basin during the last 3 centuries BCE.
		It begins with the election of Philip II as leader (hegemon) of the league of Greek city states and ends with the death of Cleopatra VII in Egypt.
		Hellenistic World After the Breakup of Alexander's Empire 310 BCE - map posted for Barry D. Smith's course on The Intertestamental Period (Atlantic Baptist U).
	virtualreligion.net /iho/macedon.html (559 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.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /China_Heads.htm (3884 words)

	The Prophecy of Daniel 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		However, after Ptolemy II died in 246 BCE, Antiochus II repudiated his marriage to Berenice and left her and their infant son to return to Laodice.
		In 170 BCE, when Antiochus IV felt secure about the state of his own kingdom, he decided to take Egypt by force in what came to be known as the Sixth Syrian War.
		Worsening the situation was the fact that, in 32 BCE, Antony divorced his Roman wife, Octavia (the sister of Octavius) and ceded many of the eastern Roman territories to Cleopatra and their children.
	users.aristotle.net /~bhuie/Daniel11.htm (10122 words)

	Theravada Buddhism \| Buddhist Belief
		Adherents trace their lineage back to the Sthaviras (Pali: Theras; "Elders") of the First Buddhist Council when 500 arahants, including Mahakasyapa chose a position of orthodoxy to keep all the "lesser and minor" rules set by Gautama Buddha.
		During the reign of Emperor Asoka in India, the third Council was held in Pataliputra (250 BCE).
		It was brought by Venerable Mahinda to Sri Lanka in 246 BCE and was committed to writing in 110 BCE.
	www.maithri.com /links/resources.htm (249 words)

	Curious Facts From The Organ's History
		The concept of the organ appears to have been created in 246 BCE by Ctesibius of Alexandria.
		He invented a mechanical flute-playing instrument with wind pressure regulated by means of water pressure, called a hydraulis.
		The first reference to hydraulis-playing, in the form of a "delphic inscription" was in 90 BCE.
	www.westfield.org /curious.htm (1749 words)

	A Tribute to Hinduism - India and Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There is evidence to suggest contact between the two from around BCE 3000 with the findings of Indian muslin, cotton and dhania (coriander) in Egypt.
		After about the third century BCE, during the time of Ptolemy Euergetes an Indian sailor was found shipwrecked on the coast of the Red Sea.
		One might speculate that the Vedic astronomy was taken over by the Babylonians and it was built upon further during the flowering that took place there starting around 700 B.C. The recognition of the central role of astronomy in the Vedic world view has great significance for the interpretation of the Vedic literature.
	www.atributetohinduism.com /India_and_Egypt.htm (8734 words)

	Egyptian History: Graeco-Roman Dynasties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Alexander's son by the Persian Roxanne, Alexander Aegus reigned nominally from 317 to 311 BCE.
		He was only about thirteen years old, when he was murdered by Cassander who later became king of Macedonia.
		He was recognized by Rome in 59 BCE, possibly thanks to the bribes payed to Roman politicians over the years.
	nefertiti.iwebland.com /history-g-r.htm (1671 words)

	SELEUCID EMPIRE
		Antiochus III, the Great, Seleucid, Greek, 223-187 BCE, Tetradrachm, AR, 16.9g, 1 1/8" dia., O: Diademed head right; AB monogram behind R: Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow.
		Antiochus IV, 175-164 BCE, Tetradrachm, AR, 16.9g, 1 1/16" dia., AR, Ake mint, Judas Maccabee defeated Antiochus IV and cleansed temple.
		Tetradrachm, 86-85 BCE, Diademed head right / Cult statue of Haddad standing facing on double basis, flanked by two bull foreparts, holding grain stalk in right hand.
	members.verizon.net /vze3xycv/RulersCoins/seleucidPic.htm (1921 words)

	Manetho - TheoWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Manetho was a third century BCE Egyptian priest from Sebennytos who recorded Aigyptiaka ("History of Egypt"), and had an astrological work, The Book of Sothis attributed to him pseudonymously.
		The original Egyptian version of his name is now lost to us, but it has been speculated to have originally meant "Gift of Thoth", "Beloved of Thoth", "Truth of Thoth", "Beloved of Neith", or "Lover of Neith".
		If the mention of Manetho in the Hibeh Papyri, dated to 240/1 BCE, is in fact Manetho the author of Aigyptiaka, then he may well have been working during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BCE) as well.
	www.theowiki.com /index.php/Manetho (3099 words)

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		The coliseum in Rome where most gladiators were known to fight.
		Gladiatorial fights started as a religious event, the first known gladiatorial games were held in 310 BCE by the companions.
		But the first roman gladiatorial game was held in 246 BCE by Decimus and Marcus Brutus in honor of their father as a funeral gift for the dead.
	faculty.trinityvalleyschool.org /carlsonb/phillipd (108 words)

	Ptolemy
		ADELFWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy II and Arsinöe II right; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Arsinöe is diademed and veiled; Gallic shield behind their heads / QEWN, conjoined busts of Ptolemy I and Berenike I; Ptolemy is diademed and draped, Berenike is diademed and veiled.
		He was obliged to marry his stepmother Cleopatra Berenike, daughter of Ptolemy IX, but murdered her 19 days later - was then killed by outraged Alexandrians.
		After battle of Actium in 31 BCE and the death of Cleopatra 30 BCE.
	members.verizon.net /vze3xycv/RulersCoins/ptolemyPic.htm (1123 words)

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