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	Parthia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		250 BCE, a king named Arsaces established his dynasty's independence from Seleucid rule in remote areas of northern Iran in what is today known as Turkmenistan, where his descendants of the same name ruled until Antiochus III the Great briefly made them submit to Seleucid authority again in 206 BCE.
		By 129 BCE the Parthians were in control of all the lands right to the Tigris, and established their winter encampment on its banks at Ctesiphon, downstream from modern Baghdad.
		In 53 BCE, the Roman general Crassus invaded Parthia, but was defeated at the Battle of Carrhae by a Parthian commander called Surena in the Greek and Latin sources, most likely a member of the Suren-Pahlav Clan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parthia (3024 words)

	Ancient Districts of Anatolia and Asia Minor
		In the 7th and 6th centuries BCE the cities of Ionia were involved in a series of wars with the kings of Lydia, to whom Ionia yielded a nominal submission.
		Early in the 1st millennium BCE it is believed to have comprised the greater part of the Anatolian Peninsula, but at the time of the Persian invasion in the 6th century BCE it was limited to the districts known as Lesser Phrygia and Greater Phrygia.
		On his overthrow in 66 BCE by the Roman general Pompey the Great, the kingdom was divided, the western portion being joined to the province of Bithynia in a Roman province known as Pontus and Bithynia and the eastern region being assigned to native princes.
	www.ancientanatolia.com /historical/ancient_districts.htm (2731 words)

	Science Timeline
		In the second millenium bce, in the Rig-Veda it was maintained the Earth was a globe and in the Yajur-Veda that the Earth circled the Sun.
		About 510 bce, Almaeon of Crotona, a member of the Pythagorean medical circle, located the seat of perception in the brain, or enkephalos, and maintained that there were passages connecting the senses to the brain, a position he was said to have arrived at by dissections of the optic nerve.
		By about 335 bce, Aristotle had said that universals are abstractions from particulars and that we "have knowledge of a scientific fact when we can prove that it could not be otherwise." But "since observation never shows whether this is the case," he established "reason rather observation at the center of scientific effort" (Park 1990:32).
	www.sciencetimeline.net /prehistory.htm (6591 words)

	CHRONO-FILE for BIBLICAL and EARLY CULTURES Section-5a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In May, 70 BCE, Titus placed Jerusalem under siege, and on August 28, 70 BCE, after Jerusalem had been weakened by famine, the city was taken and the Second Temple was destroyed after six centuries of existence, and a thousand years after Solomon had constructed the first.
		By 250 CE, the combination of internal strife in Empire and anarchy with the power-elite, increasing threat of Germanic and Gallic invasions, the coming and mingling of eastern religions,...all this made it seem as if the Roman Empire was coming to an end.
		In the life of the citizens of Empire it was becoming a critical concern in the eyes of the Church that in order to act as a supreme authority on all manner of civil religious participation that the 'Articles of Faith' in the theory and practice of Catholicism be strenuously formalized.
	hometown.aol.com /eilatlog/chronofile/timeculture_S_05a.html (4508 words)

	Rel 101: Understanding the Bible: Significant Dates
		445 BCE Nehemiah, cupbearer to Artaxerxes the Persian emperor, is appointed governor of Judah.
		428 BCE (possibly 458 or even 398) The Persians appoint Ezra "scribe of the law of the god of heaven" (Ezra 7:12) to assist in the Jewish restoration.
		336 BCE Philip is assassinated and Alexander inherits the empire.
	www.aarweb.org /syllabus/syllabi/r/rennie/rel151/dates.htm (584 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Six hundred and four years later the events of the exodus occurred in 1440 BCE which 90 years before was at the beginning of foreign rule in Egypt in 1530 BCE.
		The irregular tree ring signatures between bristlecone pine at 1627 BCE and the sync of 1626 BCE in the Irish bog are actually 91 years apart so that by natural extension the sequence constructs between the end of GB2 and Teeshan that begins at 13 BCE are incorrect in sync.
		The near century gap of missing oaks between the end of the Dorsey extended chronology (95 BCE) to the beginning of Teeshan (13 BCE) is caused by the incorrect sync.
	www.scn.org /~bb089 (1727 words)

	Chronofile: BCE Section-2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		According to fossil records, 70,000 BCE was about the time of a major emigration of early humans out of Africa into the more northern regions.
		These date from around 15,000-13,000 BCE;, the images includes paintings of bulls, horses, deer, bison, etc. Although these pre-historic 'world people' left artifacts, there is not much to define them as a proper 'civilization'.
		It is interesting to note that all primates share some common genes and hence biologic origin, and as recently as 2003 totally new species of primates have been discovered in China, which like Russia is a vast territory that should have many exciting and new discoveries for paleo-anthropologists and fossil hunters.
	hometown.aol.com /eilatlog/chronofile/timeBCE-S2.html (13011 words)

	Energy Time Line - Year 1000 BCE to 1 CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		He is also credited with having discovered the principles of the lever, a very important simple tool that was probably used for many years but this genius worked out the mathematics involved.
		The oldest reference to a water mill dates to about 85 BCE, appearing in a poem by an early Greek writer celebrating the liberation from toil of the young women who operated the querns (primitive hand mills) for grinding corn.
		Additionally, most scholars put the birth of Jesus at 7 BCE to 4 BCE, making the numbering of the calendar years as incorrect.
	www.energyquest.ca.gov /time_machine/1000bce-0ce.html (428 words)

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		550 BCE - 50 BCE Messapic and Venetic inscriptions
		And in 187 BCE, the last heir of the Asokan dynasty was killed by one of his commanders.
		Weakened by its isolation, Galatia became in the 2nd century BCE, the protectorate of the Pontic kingdom, and by the next century, became a province of Rome.
	www.angelfire.com /folk/boutios/timeline.html (3530 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)

	Ancient Mythological Literary Sources
		552-468 BCE) - "Perseus and Danae," "Europa;" Epigrams; Encomia ("On the Sea Battle of Salamis"); Epitaphs ("To the Dead at Thermopylae").
		He was known to have written several collections of Hymns, but most of these have been lost.
		Vergil (70 BCE-19 BCE, Roman) - Eclogues or Bucolics (pastoral poetry); Georgics (agricultural, didactic poetry); Aeneid (epic saga of Aeneas and his founding of the Roman people in Italy).
	pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~eshaw/mythsrcs.htm (841 words)

	Bactria.htm
		Around 250 BCE Diodotus or his son Diodotus II, the satrap of Bactria, rebelled and set up an independent kingdom.
		Demetrios I (c.200-190 BCE), son of Euthydemus II and grand son of Euthydemus I advanced his kingdom into the Hindu Kush and northwestern India.
		Eukratides I (c.177 - 135 BCE) overthrew Demetrios II and Antimachus I (sons of Demetrios I) with the help of of Selucids in 170 BCE and became ruler of the western portion of Bactria (Gandara, Kabul and Kandahar).
	www.worldcoincatalog.com /AC/C2/Greece/AG/HK/Bactria/Bactria.htm (484 words)

	Persian Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However he was killed in 281 BC by Ptolemy Keraunos before he could conquer Greece and Macedonia.
		Greek colonization continued until around 250 BC; Greek language, philosophy, and art came with the colonists.
		Throughout Alexander's former empire, Greek became the common tongue of diplomacy and literature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persian_Empire (4749 words)

	Dates of the Books of the Bible
		The key period in the development of the Bible is from 586 BCE to 538 BCE.
		Most written between 500 BCE - 600 BCE; chapters 17 - 21 were added some time between 500 and 200 BCE, while chapter 5 may date back to the 10th century BCE.
		Compiled of material written during two, or possibly three, periods: the oldest from 961 BCE - 922 BCE, most recent from 750 BCE - 650 BCE, and a possible third source from the period in between.
	www.reasoned.org /kj/dates.htm (887 words)

	Theravada Buddhism
		Year 1 of the Buddhist Era calendar is the year of the Buddha's Parinibbana (death and final release), which occurred in the Buddha's eightieth year (480 BCE according to the "historical" timeline; 544 BCE by tradition).
		According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha's birth took place in 624 BCE, although some recent estimates place the Buddha's birth much later — perhaps as late as 448 BCE {1}.
		Events in the timeline prior to -250 CE are shown with two CE dates: the date based on the "traditional" nativity of 624 BCE, followed by the date based on the "historical" date of 560 BCE.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /history.html (2069 words)

	Teutons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		They began their journeys from central Sweden in the early 1st century BCE - various locations there still recall in name their ancient inhabitants (see, for example, Gotland and Götland).
		Identifiably Teutonic characteristics begin to emerge after roughly 2000 BCE, and a stable culture in the region is established which endures for better than 2200 years.
		Their own earliest mythologies speak of two antagonistic groups, the Æsir and the Vanir - the former a group obsessed with the cult of the warrior and the martial virtues, the latter seeming to be focussed on land-use and fertility cults.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Teutons.html (4318 words)

	Old World Contacts/Overviews/First Period: 350 BCE - 400 CE
		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.
		Far to the west, the foundations of the mysterious city of Jenne-Jeno were laid c 250 BCE.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/oldwrld/overview/first.html (1426 words)

	ANCIENT CHINESE THEORIES OF CONTROL
		In contrast, until 250 BCE, China consisted of many states with differing sizes and resources (Bodde, 1986; Ebrey, 1981); these provide a loose parallel to modern large corporations with many divisions and subsidiaries.
		Between 250 BCE and 206 BCE, China became a centralized empire that exemplified tight authoritarian control, such as one also finds in some modern firms (Bodde, 1986).
		Written around 1100 BCE, "The Officials of Chou" was composed at the behest of either King Ching of Chou or the Duke of Chou, who served as Regent during King Ching's youth.
	pages.stern.nyu.edu /~wstarbuc/ChinCtrl.html (10635 words)

	Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dating is in the secular BCE and BC dating.
		BCE stands for Before Common Era, which correlates to BC in the Latin dating.
		Second Triumvirate rules from 44 BCE to 33 BCE.
	www.lebtahor.com /historytimeline/timelinechart.htm (963 words)

	The Ultimate Yona Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		Some of the better known examples are those of the Edicts of Ashoka (c.
		250 BCE), in which the Buddhist emperor Ashoka refers to the Greek populations under his rule, and explains he sent envoys to the Greek rulers in the West as far as the Mediterranean, faultlessly naming them one by one.
		Another example is that of the Milinda Panha (Chap.I), where "Yavana" is used to refer to the great Indo-Greek king Menander (160 — 135 BCE), and to the guard of “500 hundred Greeks” that constantly accompanies him.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Yona (319 words)

	VarTec Suing BCE - Discount Long Distance Digest - 147-005
		and William D. Anderson (collectively, "BCE") in Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas alleging that BCE defrauded VarTec in connection with VarTec's acquisition of Excel in April 2002.
		In public and private statements, BCE repeatedly stated that it was committed to supporting Teleglobe, financially and otherwise, and that Teleglobe was an integral piece of BCE's long-term strategic objectives.
		The Complaint further alleges that despite these and other representations, BCE announced its intention to withdraw all financial support for Teleglobe on the first business day following the closing of the transaction, culminating in the necessity for Teleglobe's insolvency proceedings less than 40 days later.
	www.thedigest.com /more/147/147-005.html (264 words)

	History of Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		260 BCE, History of Buddhism - Early Buddhism, History of Buddhism - Emergence of the Vajrayana 5th century, History of Buddhism - Expansion of Buddhism to the West, History of Buddhism - Greco-Buddhist interaction 2nd c.
		BCE, History of Buddhism - 2nd Buddhist council 383 BCE, History of Buddhism - Ashokan proselytism c.
		The history of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present, starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddharta Gautama.
	www.experiencefestival.com /history_of_buddhism (1151 words)

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		Spear Bearer (Doryphoros), Roman copy of the original bronze of 450-440 BCE.
		Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, probaby a Roman copy after ts original of 300-250 BCE.
		Aphrodite of Knidos, composite of two similar Roman copies after its original marble of 350 BCE.
	www.ou.edu /class/ahi1113/html/ch-04-2.htm (156 words)

	Menippus [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Greek philosopher of Gadara in Syria, who flourished about 250 BCE.
		Menippus, an adherent of the Cynic School of philosophy, was born at Sinope in Asia Minor, but his family was originally from Gadara, in Palestine.
		The IEP is actively seeking an author who will write a replacement article.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/m/menippus.htm (206 words)

	Understanding Religious Experience-Chinese Scriptures
		1050 - 250 BCE.) According to Deborah Sommer (Chinese Religion: An Anthology of Sources, 3) The I Ching (Yijing) "is perhaps the earliest text of Chinese antiquity." However, it did not achieve its final form until perhaps the beginning of the Christian Era.
		Confucius (551 - 479 BCE.) was a scholarly politician, an aspiring advisor to the royal dynasties which ruled China.
		Although not particularly successful in his own lifetime he established a school which flourished after his death and eventually dominated all of Chinese education until the People's Revolution of 1949.
	www.westminster.edu /staff/brennie/chinesec.htm (719 words)

	Brief History of Pi Calculations -- from Harry J. Smith
		BCE 1 3.125 = 3 + 1/8 Egyptians 2000?
		BCE 1 3 Bible (1 Kings 7:23) 550?
		BCE 3 3.1418 (ave.) Hon Han Shu 130 AD 1 3.1622 = sqrt(10) ?
	www.geocities.com /hjsmithh/Pi/Records.html (544 words)

	Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World
		Alexander (356-323 BCE): Speech, from Arrian (c.85/90-after 146/6 CE) The Campaigns of Alexander.
		Cicero (105-43 BCE): De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum [At Epicurus] or
		Written by a Greek resident of Alexandria in Egypt during the first century BCE, this text is one of the oldest surviving accounts of the countries on Africa's east coast.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/asbook08.html (884 words)

	Onfiles_TOC
		Greek Government and the Growth of Democracy 1000-400 BCE
		The Greek Empire in North Africa 750-321 BCE
		Empire of Magadha 1 C. Empire of Magadha 2 C. The Zapotec Culture in Oaxaca C. Ancient and Medieval Sri Lanka C. Persian Empire 500 BCE
	www.factsonfile.com /newfacts/Onfiles_TOC.asp?ISBNCD=0816042004 (1168 words)

	History 101A
		5 million – 200,000 BCE – ‘hominids’ – Africa, Europe, Asia
		Zhou Era (1122-256 BCE) and Period of Warring States (403-221)
		Caesar Augustus’ blend of Republic and Empire (27 BCE – 14 CE)
	www.siu.edu /~hist205a/101out.htm (471 words)

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