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	27th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2630 BC - 2611 BC - Reign of Djoser, Pharaoh of Egypt.
		2630 - 2611 BC - Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser
		2600 BC - End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/27th_century_BC (225 words)

	26th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2900 - 2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
		2500 BC – The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di(approximate date).
		2500 BC – the construction of the stone circle at Stonehenge begins and continues for the next five hundred years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2600_BC (182 words)

	Encyclopedia: 27th century BC
		(27th century BC - 26th century BC - 25th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2900 - 2334 BC â€“ Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
		(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) (5th millennium BC â€“ 4th millennium BC â€“ 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) // Events City of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC).
		(4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia) Events Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC) Iraq: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree Methuselah about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now Dynasty of Lagash in...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/27th-century-BC (1055 words)

	Ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Along the Nile, in 10th millennium BC, a grain-grinding culture using the earliest type of sickle blades had been replaced by another culture of hunters, fishers, and gathering peoples using stone tools.
		By 6000 BC ancient Egyptians in the southwestern corner of Egypt were herding cattle and constructing large buildings.
		The earliest evidence (circa 1600 BC) of traditional empiricism is credited to Egypt, as evidenced by the Edwin Smith and Ebers papyri.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancient_Egypt (2184 words)

	Mesopotamia, Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		On the other hand, as early as the 27th century BC, the Sumerians had used artificial time units in referring to the tenure of some high official--e.g., on N-day of the turn of office of PN, governor.
		In the 18th century BC, the Babylonian Empire standardized the year by adopting the lunar calendar of the Sumerian sacred city of Nippur.
		Later, the empires centralized the intercalation, and as late as 541 BC it was proclaimed by royal fiat.
	ragz-international.com /mesopotamiancalander.htm (1282 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Silk
		Silk is one of the oldest known textile fibers and, according to Chinese tradition, was used as long ago as the 27th century bc.
		The silkworm moth was originally a native of China, and for about 30 centuries the gathering and weaving of silk was a secret process, known only to the Chinese.
		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.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761565526___2/Silk.html (615 words)

	Papyrus (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		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 (3079 words)

	Encyclopedia: 28th century BC
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		Categories: 28th century BC Silbury Hill, part of the complex of Neolithic monuments around Avebury in Wiltshire (which includes the West Kennet Long Barrow), is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe and one of the worlds largest.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/28th-century-BC (392 words)

	Encyclopedia: Fine wine
		The earliest known evidence of a fermented wine-like drink is from the Chinese village of Jiahu dated from 6000 to 7000 BC [1].
		It is believed that the name of the Shiraz grape originates from the Persian town of the same name.
		The industry was most likely the result of trade between Egypt and Canaan during the Early Bronze Age, commencing from at least the Third Dynasty (2650 â“ 2575 BC), the beginning of the Old Kingdom period (2650 â“ 2152 BC).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fine-wine (10877 words)

	27th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2775 - 2650 BC -- Second Dynasty wars in Egypt
		2686 BC -- Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty.
		2613 BC -- Egypt: End of Third Dynasty, start of Fourth Dynasty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/27th_century_BC (225 words)

	Room I
		The part dedicated to the Old Kingdom (2575-2134 BC) has two funeral stelae with a false door and a fragment of a relief from a tomb showing a scene among the reeds.
		Three family funerary stelae of the 12th dynasty illustrate the Middle Kingdom (2000-1550 BC), while of the New Kingdom (1550-600 BC) there are offertory tables and funerary, votive and commemorative stelae, the most important of which dedicated by Hatshepsut and Thutmose III.
		BC), while a carved cult vase represents the period of the Ramses (13th-12th cent.
	mv.vatican.va /3_EN/pages/MEZ/MEZ_Sala01.html (205 words)

	Phenomenon of the Ancient Egypt
		In the beginning of the 20th century in Saqqara (Egypt) archeologists had opened the crypt, in which the remnants of the Egyptian architect by name of Khesi-Ra were buried.
		It is supposed that Khesi-Ra was the contemporary of Imhotep who lived in the period of the pharaoh Zoser (27th century BC) because in the crypt the printings of this pharaoh are found.
		However, since the 60th years of the 20th century a situation with the panels began to be elucidated.
	www.goldenmuseum.com /0301PhenomenonAE_engl.html (720 words)

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		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.
		By the 12th century silk was used for the weaving of precious fibers throughout Europe.
	www.mahmoodgroup.com /silk.html (241 words)

	Iraq \| Iraq Online Directory \| Iraq Business Directory - About Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		27th century BC: The 1st dynasty of Ur is established by Mesanepada.
		Around 2100 BC: The 3rd dynasty is founded by Ur-Nammu, who revives the empire of Sumer and Akkad.
		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)

	AWR: Global Glimpse - Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Pharaohs, the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, the Turks and the British have all ruled Egypt, and modern Egypt is an amalgam of these legacies and the influences of Islam and the 20th century.
		The first pyramid was built in the 27th century BC; over the next 500 years the monuments only got grander.
		Egypt's "Golden Age" coincided with the 18th and 19th dynasties (16th to 13th century B.C.), during which the empire was established.
	www.awr.org /global-glimpse-egypt.html (1451 words)

	Summary and Evaluation of Middle East & Africa to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
		As early as the 27th century BC the kings demonstrated their power by exploiting thousands of laborers in constructing the great pyramids, the largest buildings on earth.
		In the 16th century BC the Hyksos rulers were expelled, as Ahmose established the 18th dynasty and the New Kingdom, which expanded the Egyptian empire.
		In the 8th century BC Nubians led by Piankhi took over Egypt, and the Kushites ruled Egypt until they were conquered by Assyrian king Esarhaddon in 671 BC.
	www.san.beck.org /1-15-Summary.html (14077 words)

	27th century BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		27th century BC terms defined : 27th century BC
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		Or if she ain't, there's plenty of worst of old varmints don't live for ever.
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	Caral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since the site is a thousand years older than the earliest civilization in the Americas, it is believed that Caral may answer questions about the origins of the Inca and the development of the first cities.
		For over a century, archaeologists have been searching for what they call a mother city.
		Civilization began in only six areas of the world: Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Peru and Central America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caral (560 words)

	3rd millennium BC - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC)
		Major migration of Central Saharans into West Africa possibly due to climate change starting in 4th millennium BC.
		Ur-Nammu founder of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (2112–2095 BC middle chronology)
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/3rd_millennium_BC (245 words)

	Egyptian History
		After centuries of upheaval and foreign incursions, Egypt was in disarray when Alexander established his own Pharaonic rule, reorganizing the country's government, founding a new capital city of Alexandria and validating the religion of the pharaohs.
		By the 3rd century AD the Roman Empire was in decline as a result of internal strife, famine and war, finally splitting into eastern and western empires.
		The fifth century was also a time when monasticism emerged and the Coptic monasteries of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul and Saint Anthony were established as well as those at Wadi Natrun and Sohaag.
	home6.swipnet.se /~w-63448/egyphist2.htm (3057 words)

	Chinese boys wear -- chronology ancient China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Legend dates the developments of silk to the 27th Century BC when the Chinese first began weaving the cacoon fibers into luxurious silk fabric.
		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)

	27th century BC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		2900 - 2334 BC -- (The land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq) Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period
		2630 BC - 2611 BC - Reign of (Click link for more info and facts about Djoser) Djoser, (The title of the ancient Egyptian kings) Pharaoh of (A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC) Egypt.
		2627 - 2000 BC - (A republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries) Peru: Construction of the (Click link for more info and facts about Caral) Caral metropolis
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/2/27/27th_century_bc1.htm (436 words)

	Winne.com - Report on Egypt, New dimensions, new frontiers
		Dating from about 250 BC and painted to simulate alabaster and marble, these limestone tombs are decorated with pictures of Egyptian dieties and daily life, besides graffiti that date back to the same period.
		century BC temple is welle-preserved with painted vultures and huge reliefs of Darius greeting Egyptian gods on the outer walls.
		century and dedicated to the daughterof the ruler of Alexandria who converted to christianity and was subjected to great torture.
	www.winne.com /egypt2/bf02.html (7168 words)

	clothing technology -- spinning wheel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		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.hispeed.com /mat/tech/ct-wheel.html (1494 words)

	Italy 12th to 17th Century
		Among the outstanding sculptural works of the period are the ivory carvings executed in the 9th century at the monastery of Saint Gall, Switzerland, notably those done by the monk Tutilo, and those credited to a workshop in the French city of Reims.
		Before the 13th century the literary language of Italy was Latin, which served for the writing of chronicles, historical poems, heroic legends, lives of the saints, religious poems, and didactic and scientific works.
		The second half of the 16th century was dominated by the Counter Reformation, which began with the Council of Trent in 1545.
	www.arcaini.com /ITALY/ItalyHistory/Italy12th17th/Italy12thto17th.htm (5013 words)

	Ancient Saqqara Funerary Area in Egypt
		The tombs erected at Saqqara belong to a period stretching from the 27th century to the 24th BC, for the part of the Pharaohs, while the area was used for millennias after this time.
		This belongs to the middle of the 27th century BC, and was at its time the largest stone structure ever erected.
		The excavations of Saqqara belongs mainly to this century, and the morturary complex around the Step Pyramid of Zoser, was not reclaimed from the sand until 1924.
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Saqqara.html (222 words)

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		27th century BC - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/2611_BC (237 words)

	SalamIran, Culture & Religion, Literature
		Iranians are great music lovers and during the course of their twenty-five centuries of their recorded history, they have developed not only a very distinctive music of their own but also numerous musical instruments, several of which were the first prototypes of the modern musical instruments of today.
		An engraved bronze cup from Lurestan at the National Museum of Iran, Tehran, portrays a double nay (reed pipes), chang (harp) and dayereh (tambourine) in a shrine or court processional, as similarly documented in Egypt, Elam, and Babylonia where music involved the utilization of large orchestral ensembles.
		Other relief sculpture and paintings still extant from early periods depict instruments as they are today, except that some, like the harp seen on the Taq-e Bostan relief’s near Kermanshah, have gone out of use.
	www.salamiran.org /Religion/Music.htm (950 words)

	MSN Encarta - Clothing
		Silk was in use in China as long ago as the 27th century bc, and remained a virtual national monopoly for millennia: the material was well suited to the East Asian climate, with its humid summers, and could be used as padding along with fur for the winter months.
		The writings of Confucius from the 6th century bc include references to the correct dress for officials, periods of mourning, and so on.
		The earliest pictures of Chinese clothing, from the Han dynasty (206 bc-ad 220), show wide-sleeve robes gathered at the waist and trailing to the floor, as well as jackets and trousers for both sexes.
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