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  27th century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 27th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2601-2700.
Most of the F-Zero series, which is one of Nintendo's video game franchises, takes place during the early 27th century.
In the Futurama episode intitled A Big Piece of Garbage, Fry said that the professors smellescope was great as long as he didn't have to smell Uranus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/27th_century   (420 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/28th century
(27th century - 28th century - 29th century - more centuries)
This is different from the century known as the twenty-seven hundreds, which comprises the years 2700 to 2799.
Unlike most century years (1800, 1900, etc.), 2800 will be a leap year.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/28th_century   (124 words)

  
 Sumerian Cities with 27th Century BCE Population Estimates
*[27th Century BCE estimates: abandoned; extent of ruins, approx.
*[27th Century BCE estimates: population, approx.31,000; urban area, approx.
Umma was a sizable city on the left bank of the Iturungal Canal at its junction with the Gibil Canal.
www.jameswbell.com /geog004sumeriancities.html?1033472396940   (3623 words)

  
 27th century - Memory Alpha
Fearing someone may steal it, he transports it to planet Risa in the 22nd century.
Later, Two Vorgon criminals, Ajur and Boratus, travel to the 24th century to find the Tox Uthat.
The microbrains of Velara III have agreed to reenter communication with the Federation as of this century.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/27th_Century   (124 words)

  
 History of the Whoniverse: 28th Century
Unfortunately for the Empire, Earth had a number of wars and food riots during the early part of this century.
This is presumably the Zygon fleet that was expected to arrive on Earth centuries after Terror of the Zygons.
Following the pattern of the book, I assume it is in the 28th Century.
www.whoniverse.org /history/28thcentury.php   (988 words)

  
 Saqqara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The tombs erected for Pharaohs at Saqqara belong to a period stretching from the 27th century to the 24th BCE, but the area was used for graves for millenniums after this time.
This belongs to the middle of the 27th century BCE, and was at its time the largest stone structure ever erected.
The excavations of Saqqara belongs mainly to this century, and the mortuary complex around the Step Pyramid of Zoser was not reclaimed from the sand until 1924.
lexicorient.com /e.o/saqqara.htm   (196 words)

  
 Papyrus (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Egyptian papyrus rolls are in existence dating from the 27th century BC, and no doubt the manufacture of papyrus had been practiced for centuries before.
The Papyrus Ebers of the 16th century BC sums up the medical lore of the Egyptians of the time of Amenhotep I. The Papyrus Harris, 133 ft. long, in 117 columns, dates from the middle of the 12th century BC and records the benefactions and achievements of Ramses III.
The Wenamon Papyrus (11th century) relates that 500 rolls of papyrus were among the gifts sent from the Delta to the Prince of Biblus, but except in the rarest instances papyri have escaped destruction only in Upper Egypt, where climatic conditions especially favored their preservation.
bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/6679   (3173 words)

  
 28th century - TheBestLinks.com - Centuries, Gregorian Calendar, 27th century, 29th century, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
28th century - TheBestLinks.com - Centuries, Gregorian Calendar, 27th century, 29th century,...
28th century, Centuries, Gregorian Calendar, 27th century, 29th century, 2600...
The 28th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2701-2800.
www.thebestlinks.com /28th_century.html   (107 words)

  
 History of the Whoniverse: 27th Century
It is easily within living memory of the first Overcities being erected, and almost certainly the 27th Century.
Whilst he is there, an invasion force of Chelonians and some late 20th Century commuters are transported to the planet by a Fortean flicker.
The scenes in the spaceport are said to be in the 27th Century on page 33, but said to be 230 years after Benny's native time on page 35 (making it the 28th Century).
www.whoniverse.org /history/27thcentury.php   (1099 words)

  
 Italy 12th to 17th Century
By the 12th and 13th centuries Italy had become the silk center of the West, but by the 17th century France was challenging Italy's leadership, and the silk looms established in the Lyons area at that time are still famous today for the unique beauty of their weaving.
According to Chinese legend, the weaving of silk originated in the 27th century BC during the reign of Emperor Huang Ti, whose wife supposedly developed the technique of reeling the thread of the silkworm for use in weaving.
Although for many centuries raw silk and silk fabrics were exported to the Mediterranean countries, the source of the fiber remained unknown to Europeans until the 6th century AD, when travelers returning from China smuggled eggs of the silkworm into the Western world.
www.arcaini.com /ITALY/ItalyHistory/Italy12th17th/Italy12thto17th.htm   (5013 words)

  
 27th century BC - Internet-Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Flash 27th Century
Citizen of the United States of the 27th Century with a temporal criminal record.
Keystone or Central City of the 27th Century.
It was thought that his criminal career came to an end when he was defeated by the third Flash, but he would smolder as a creature of living plutonium underneath Central City until resurfacing in the 27th Century.
spider-bob.com /heroes/dc/Flash27thCentury.htm   (284 words)

  
 ASIMOVIANS.COM - In Memory of Isaac Asimov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The idea in the story is that sometime in the 27th century man has developed the “Temporal Field.” An area outside of time, but that can be connected to any point in time the operator wants.
A Temporal Field that extends from the 27th Century for over a hundred and fifty thousand centuries into the future when the sun has gone nova and all life is extinguished.
Movement from floor to floor (century to century) is by way of “kettles.” These kettles move along shafts and allow the operator to choose the exact time he wishes to stop.
www.asimovians.com /bookreviews.php?op=showcontent&id=76   (1285 words)

  
 The Gostak Distims the Doshes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Up to the 12th Century, Imperial gostaks used lye for the first stage of the distimming process, human urine for the second stage, and river water to flush the dosh after each stage.
Apologists for slavery would soon develop a sales pitch that said the aliens were inferior, because humans found them and not the other way around; slavery would be made to sound like doing them a favor by civilizing them, as certain writers said of "the barbarians" in the early empire.
In the second half of the 28th century the Empire is preoccupied with absorbing the Han and organizing them into Roman vice-imperia.
www.leo-orionis.com /stories/gostak/gostak.html   (4901 words)

  
 National Novel Writing Month - Forums - Science Fiction - 27th century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
However, by the 27th century, the viruses and bacterias that originally started the genetic engineering craze are like small pox is now-- no longer an issue because people have successfully stopped it.
I can't picture, by the 27th century, overnight limb regrowth (although "limb reattachment" from a spare grown in a bioreactor, certainly a possibility - look into "organ cloning", in which you use a 3d printer to print a biodegradable scaffoldding which you place in a bioreactor with human cells).
Your 27th century could be re-discovering those things lost as a part of the rebuilding.
nanowrimo.org /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=376328&...&forum=152   (7243 words)

  
 clothing technology -- spinning wheel
The Silk Road is believed to have become an established trade route by the 1st century BC and continued to be important until the 16th century when more reliable sea routes were established as a result of the European voyages of discovery.
The evidence of use comes from the late 13th century, suggesting that the spinning wheel was inrofuced sometijme eralier, perhaps the mid-13th century.
It was the mechanization of the textile industry beginning in the 18th century that launched the industrial revolution.
histclo.com /mat/tech/ct-wheel.html   (1494 words)

  
 Learn more about Timeline of invention in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
22nd century BC Babylonian calendar modifications to account for the precession of the stars
16th century BC Phonetic spelling developed by Phoenicians
15th century BC Linear B - mainland Greece or Knossus
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/ti/timeline_of_invention.html   (739 words)

  
 Speed Metal
Century, scientists in Central City developed Speed Metal, robots capable of moving at super speed that now patrol the city.
They are fully deputized to apprehend and, if authorized, execute their targets.
century.” In some instances, they can be outfitted for time travel to pursue fugitives through time.
www.hyperborea.org /flash/speedmetal.html   (180 words)

  
 Endless Wonder
This story bridges the world of the 27th Century to the world of the 34th Century (series), spending most of the action in the 31st Century.
The term "IRS" is also bad news in the 27th Century - but here it means "Immediate Recall Signal." After almost three years without stopping on Earth, the ship is recalled in preparation for its most important mission yet - to save the failing corporation's stock quote.
Late in Season One, in a tribute to the Viking Club's monumental successes as seen with centuries of hindsight, the symbol is added to the front end of the ship's pennant, at last modifying the logo of Liberty Spacelines, which lasted from 2632-2750.
www.endlesswonder.com /History.htm   (1029 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Brian Lara after reaching his century on Day I of the second Test vs South Africa in Port-of-Spain on Friday.
Lara’s 27th hundred, which put him at the top of the list of West Indies Test centurions, helped the Windies reach 281 for six when bad light ended play three overs early.
Previously, Lara had jointly held the record with Garfield Sobers who scored 26 centuries for the West Indies.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050410/asp/sports/story_4597236.asp   (261 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Tendulkar's century not enough for India in second test - Thursday December 13, 2001 10:28 AM
India's star batsman Sachin Tendulkar posted his 27th test century.
Tendulkar clouted off-spinner Richard Dawson for a massive six over long-on and completed his century by pulling Hoggard to the mid-wicket boundary off the second new ball.
Reduced to the role of a spectator as Tendulkar went into the overdrive during their 118-run partnership for the fifth wicket, Laxman struck nine boundaries in his 297-minute knock of 75.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2001/12/13/india_england_copy3_ap   (670 words)

  
 HERO GAMES Discussion Boards - Life in the 27th Century
Although computers would probably be implantable by then, you might still want computers to have terminals (although voice activated) and be as annoying as their 20th century counterpart.
If computer problems don't exist in 27th century, it won't be believable.
However, the things you can do with a 27th century computer should be impressive since everything is connected and probably on-line (even if it shouldn't).
www.herogames.com /forums/printthread.php?t=6761   (2106 words)

  
 Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It will be a full century on 27th March 1998 to the death of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the great luminary of the Sub-continent.
The awakening that he brought about and the path he laid particularly, through the Mohammadan Anglo-oriental College at Aligarh that later became the Muslim University, are significant landmarks in the renaissance of Muslims that ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan.
Born on 17th October 1817 in Delhi, Sir Syed breathed his last on 27th march 1898 and was laid to rest in the precincts of the Aligarh Muslim University mosque.
www.ssuet.edu.pk /Centenary.htm   (1042 words)

  
 SovLit.com - "Abduction of the Sorcerer" by Kir Bulychev
Nearby the home is the ruins of a 13th century fortress and city of Zamoshye.
They are time travelers who have come from the future (the 27th century) and are only stopping off here in the present on their way back to the 13th century.
That is why they jumped from the 27th, to the 20th century.
www.sovlit.com /sorcerer.html   (1827 words)

  
 Iraq | Iraq Online Directory | Iraq Business Directory - About Iraq
29th century BC: Ur develops into becoming one of the richest cities in Sumer.
27th century BC: The 1st dynasty of Ur is established by Mesanepada.
4th century BC: The coast line east of Ur starts to develop due to silting and elevation, and the Euphrates changes its course.
www.iraqdirectory.com /en/aboutiraq.asp   (425 words)

  
 Ur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
29th century: Ur develops into becoming one of the richest cities in Sumer.
27th century: The 1st dynasty of Ur is established by Mesanepada.
4th century: The coast line east of Ur starts to develop due to silting and elevation, and the Euphrates changes its course.
i-cias.com /e.o/ur.htm   (419 words)

  
 Blue Letter Bible: Chrono-Genealogical Table
A Chronological Map from the Creation to the Fourth Century A.D. This has been adapted from the Chrono-Genealogical Table in the Parallel Bible (1885).
The dating here used is acknowledged as disputable, but primarily functions as a help in comparing the lifespans of various biblical figures, and is not meant as an authoritative guide to historical chonology.
Each century is divided by a strong perpendicular line.
www.blueletterbible.org /study/parallel/timeline   (126 words)

  
 Marillionfan - John Fox, from the 27th Century, he then travelled to the 853th Century . . .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Marillionfan - John Fox, from the 27th Century, he then travelled to the 853th Century.
John Fox, from the 27th Century, he then travelled to the 853th Century.
Alvaro's ComicBoards.com/TVShowboards.com, its images, logos, scripts and related material are owned and © 1996-2006 by Alvaro Ortiz and Dave Galanter and may not be used without permission.
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 Learn more about 27th century BC in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Learn more about 27th century BC in the online encyclopedia.
You are here: Online Encyclopedia > 27th century BC
Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /2/27/27th_century_bc.html   (231 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Article
Villains in the 24th century did not have to wait around for the Tox Uthat to be invented — they already had a way to destroy stars, in the form of an exotic chemical compound called trilithium.
Going back in time to the 22nd century, the Xindi began constructing their huge planet-destroying superweapon after they were told by their otherworldly "Guardians" that the human race would wipe them out 400 years in the future.
Operating out of fear and dogma, they were resolved to carry out a heinous act of pre-emptive self-defense, despite the utter lack of evidence of a real threat.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/series/MOV/007/feature/1672.html   (2176 words)

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