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	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Eratosthenes -
		In 236 BC he was appointed by Ptolemy III Evergetes I as a head and the third librarian of the Alexandrian library.
		Circa 255 BC he invented the armillary sphere, which was used till 17th century.
		He believed the Earth was a sphere and circa 240 BC he calculated its diameter, using trigonometry and information on the angle of the Sun at noon in Alexandria and Syene[?] (now Aswan, Egypt), whose distance from each other was known from caravan travellings to be 5,000 stadia.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/er/Eratosthenes (482 words)

	Zhou Dynasty
		In 771 BC, after King You had replaced his queen with a concubine Baosi, he was then sacked by the joint force of the queen's father, who was the powerful Marquess of Shen, and the barbarians.
		The capital was moved eastward in 722 BC to Luoyang in present-day Henan Province.
		The first, from 722 to 481 BC, is called the Spring and Autumn Period, after a famous historical chronicle of the time; the second is known as the Warring States Period (403 BC-221 BC).
	www.ukpedia.com /z/zhou-dynasty.html (687 words)

	Bactria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty in 323 BC The Macedonians (and especially Seleucus I and his son Antiochus I) established the Seleucid Empire, and founded a great many Greek towns in eastern Iran, and the Greek language became for some time dominant there.
		The paradox that Greek presence was more prominent in Bactria than in areas far more adjacent to Greece could possibly be explained by the supposed policy of Persian kings to deport unreliable Greek as colonists to this the most remote province of their huge empire.
		The founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom Demetrius I (205-171 BC), wearing the scalp of an elephant, symbol of his conquest of India.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bactria (1194 words)

	chinese coin guide - ancient knife and spade money (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		700 BC TO 255 BC This is a reference guide to the cast coins of China from the Zhou Dynasty, including knife and spade coins, not a listing of coins offered for sale (although a listing of examples we currently have available can be viewed on our Chinese Coin Sales Catalogue).
		Wang believed that the heavy Ch'i knifes were the earliest coins, and may date to the 10th or 11th century BC but, as discussed later, we find little evidence for this.
		Their general form and style of calligraphy tends to suggest this may be so, in which case they belong to the 4th century BC, and we would expect some of them (early issues) to be cast to a 12 shu standard, with possibly others (later issues) at a 10 shu standard.
	www.calgarycoin.com /reference/china/china1.htm (7490 words)

	Poleshifts (5a)
		She indicates that 2155 years elapsed between the start of the Age of Aries in 2410 BC and the start of the Piscean Age in 255 BC.
		This is just over 100 years earlier than the date of 1333 BC that we would expect on the basis of her own/Massey's figures.
		In the fifth century BC Herodotus was told by the Egyptian priests that during the past 341 generations, the sun had twice risen where it now sets and twice set where it now rises.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/dp5/pole5.htm (7764 words)

	wiki/225 BC Definition / wiki/225 BC Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC(4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)...
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		243 BC - 223 BC), eldest son of Seleucus II Callinicus, was a Seleucid king, who after a brief reign of three years (225 BC-223 BC) was assassinated in Asia Minor by members of his army while on campaign against Attalus I of Pergamon.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/225_BC (946 words)

	coins of ancient China - 255 BC to AD 221.
		187-180 BC During the reign of Empress Kao (187-180 BC) the Pan Liang was reduced to a weight of 8 shu.
		The average weight of the two specimens we have located was 2.55 grams, approximately the same as the Pan Liangs already in circulation and the Wu Shu (5 shu) coins that were cast a few years later.
		About 47 BC, Mang was born into the most powerful family in China, a family that effectively ruled through a series of puppet Han emperors.
	www.calgarycoin.com /reference/china/china2.htm (6731 words)

	Articles - Nicomedes I of Bithynia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		255 BC), second king of Bithynia, was the eldest son of Zipoites, whom he succeeded on the throne in 278 BC.
		The duration of the reign of Nicomedes himself after this event is unknown, but his death is assigned to around the year 255 BC.
		The latter were still infants at the time of his death, on which account he confided their guardianship by his will to the two kings, Antigonus Gonatas and Ptolemy II, together with the free cities of Heraclea, Byzantium and Kios.
	lastring.com /articles/Nicomedes_I_of_Bithynia?... (471 words)

	Xanthippus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Xanthippus was a Greek (possibly Spartan) mercenary general hired by the Carthaginians to aid in their war against the Romans during the First Punic War.
		He trained Carthaginian soldiers and led them into the battle of Tunis, where Carthaginian forces routed the Roman expeditionary force and captured the Roman consul Marcus Atilius Regulus in 255 BC.
		Xanthippus was also the father of the Ancient Greek statesman Pericles, and was eponymous archon of Athens in 479 BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xanthippus (102 words)

	260 BC
		Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC
		Years: 265 BC 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC - 260 BC - 259 BC 258 BC 257 BC 256 BC 255 BC
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/26/260_BC.html (99 words)

	255 BC: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 255 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		255 BC: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 255 BC Quick Research: 255 BC
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	www.encyclopedian.com /25/255-BC.html (113 words)

	Chinese boys wear -- chronology ancient China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		After Shuh's death in 202 BC rebellions and Mongul incursions appaered that his descendents were unable to put down.
		The most persistant account is that about 2640 BC a Chinese Empress, Si-Ling-Chi, was watching the glistening amber cocoons that little worms were spinning in the mulberry trees in the palace gardens.
		The dragon first appeared in Chinese art abbout 4000 BC and was used as totem in both northern and southern areas of wghat was to become China.
	histclo.hispeed.com /country/other/china/chron/cc-anc.html (1731 words)

	History of Formal Education
		Socrates (470-399 BC) was a philosopher in Athens.
		Cicero, the politician (106-43 BC) condemned the uneducated to poverty and tyranny.
		In 168 BC the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, and then rededicated in 165 BC by Judas Maccabaeus after the expulsion of the Syrians.
	www.dyscalculia.org /HUM501.html (12181 words)

	3rd century BC - Internet-Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371 - 289 BC).
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos (284 BC-246 BC) and his wifes Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos.
		Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204 BC-180 BC) and his wife Cleopatra I.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/3/3r/3rd_century_bc.html (314 words)

	Encyclopedia: 251 BC
		Encyclopedia: 251 BC Updated 253 days 14 hours 1 minutes ago.
		Years: 256 BC 255 BC 254 BC 253 BC 252 BC - 251 BC - 250 BC 249 BC 248 BC 247 BC 246 BC
		Alexander of Sicyon freed his city from Spartan control, then united it to the Achaean League.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/251-BC (153 words)

	Asia Minor Coins - Bithynia
		The native peoples, resourcefully using forested, mountainous regions to their advantage were able to maintain their independence, and were among the very few who could boast of resisting Alexander.
		By the first century BC, internal power struggles and danger from Mithridates VI of Pontus brought Bithynia politically closer to Rome.
		By 62 BC, Mithridates was dead and Roman hegemony spread through the entire east, from modern Turkey to Egypt.
	www.asiaminorcoins.com /bithynia.html (642 words)

	Battle of Cape Hermaeum, 255 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Battle of Cape Hermaeum, 255 BC Cape Hermaeum, battle of, 255 BC Roman naval victory during First Punic War.
		News of the Roman defeat at the battle of Tunis led to the rapid formation of a large fleet, possibly of up to 350 ships, and sailed across to Africa to rescue the survivors.
		Unluckily for the rescued soldiers, the fleet was caught in a storm off the coast of Sicily, and lost as many as three quarters of its numbers.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_hermaeum.html (128 words)

	Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 499 = 255 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 499 = 255 BC Polybius 1.31.4 notes that at the end of the previous consular year the suffect consul M. Atilius Regulus was anxious to negotiate a Carthaginian surrender or to defeat them before his term of office expired.
		After the negotiations, he was himself devastatingly defeated by an army newly and rapidly trained and led by the Spartan mercenary Xanthippus, who had entered Carthaginian service in the interim.
		The best match is given by 25 intercalations between this year and A.U.C. One fewer intercalation is possible if the lengths of intercalations were more likely to be 23 days than 22.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/chron/roman/255bc.htm (482 words)

	Battle of Tunis, 255 BC
		Battle of Tunis, 255 BC Tunis, battle of, 255 BC After the Roman invasion of Africa in 256, Carthage was close to defeat in the First Punic War.
		With a Roman army on African soil, Carthage even began negotiations in 256 BC, but the Roman terms were harsher than those eventually agreed on fifteen years later, and Carthage refused them.
		Over the winter of 255 Carthage reformed her defeated army, importing a group of Greek mercenaries, amongst whom was the Spartan Xanthippus, who after making noisy public criticism of the defeated Punic commanders was appointed as a military advisor.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_tunis.html (419 words)

	The 1st Punic War (264-241 BC) (DBA Campaign Scenarios)
		In 251 BC Carthage attacked Panormus and were badly beaten prompting them to sue for peace again, which this time the Romans declined.
		In 249 BC the Carthaginian fleet defeated a Roman fleet that was blockading Lilybaeum.
		In 241 BC Carthage attempted to strike back but her fleet was decisively defeated at the battle of the Aegadian Isles (Aegates).
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/campaigns/campaign1stpunic.html (921 words)

	259 BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
		Years: 264 BC 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC - 259 BC - 258 BC 257 BC 256 BC 255 BC 254 BC
		First Punic War: The Romans capture Corsica and Sardinia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/259_BC (97 words)

	Canon BJC-255 Ink Cartridges
		You can lower your costs on ink cartridges and ink refills for the bc-05 by up to 80% without compromising output or quality (in fact in many cases output increases).
		Saving money on ink cartridges and supplies for your Canon BJC 255 is easier than it used to be.
		Inkjet cartridges and ink refills for the Canon BJC 255 along with ink cartridge replacements for other Canon printer models are also available from our main manufacturer pages and home page:
	www.inkjetcartridges.com /canon-bjc-255bjc.html (509 words)

	Canon BJC 255
		Select from recylcled or compatible cartridges to replace the Canon bc-02 bc-05 cartridges.
		Refill kit for use with Canon BC-02, BC02, BC 02 inkjet cartridge.
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	Station Information - 255 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Station Information - 255 BC Search the Archive
		255 BC Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
		Battle of Tunes, the Carthaginians under Xanthippus, a Greek mercenary, defeat the Romans under Marcus Atilius Regulus, who is captured.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/2/25/255_bc.html (144 words)

	255 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		255 BC Centuries : 4th centuryBC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
		Decades : 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250sBC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC
		First Punic War : Battle of Tunes, the Carthaginians under Xanthippus, a Greek mercenary, defeat the Romans under Marcus AtiliusRegulus, who is captured.
	www.therfcc.org /255-bc-42913.html (147 words)

	Microsoft Outlook: Outlook 2003 TC/CC/BC 255 Character Limitation
		If the user clicks the TO CC or BC button to bring up the address book in Outlook, the addresses appear in the proper boxes, but once the user presses OK to return to the message they are composing, the fields are reduced to just the first 254 characters.
		If you click on the TO CC or BC buttons to get back to the Outlook address book, they are gone.
		There is a limit of 255 characters for an email address, so outlook truncated what it confused as a single address.
	www.experts-exchange.com /Applications/MS_Office/Outlook/Q_21176726.html (380 words)

	Learn more about 3rd century BC in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Learn more about 3rd century BC in the online encyclopedia.
		3rd century BC 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - other centuries)
		(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /3/3r/3rd_century_bc.html (143 words)

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