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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 28th century BC
		The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement â€“ this was the first of three so-called Kingdom periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile...
		Khafres Pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza, built about 2550 BC during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom,[1] are enduring symbols of the civilization of ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was a civilization in Northeastern Africa concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River...
		The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/28th-century-BC (2653 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 2800 BC
		NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 2800 BC Russia produces more natural gas than the next six countries combined, and has over a quarter of the world's proven gas reserves.
		Encyclopedia > 2800 BC Updated 1018 days 40 minutes ago.
		Burns Lake is the Gateway to Tweedsmuir Park and the heart of BC’s historic Lakes District.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2800-BC (239 words)

	TVM Entry Floor: Proto-Greek Cycladic and Minoan Art
		The 1500 BC Eruption of the Theran Volcano
		Prehistory 7000 - 2800 BC Evidence exists of sporadic human presence in the Aegean region (nomads, hunters, fruit gatherers; cultural affinities with the Balkans) in Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods.
		About 4,500 BC manufacture of native copper make their appearance; widespread use of copper contributes to agricultural development and population growth, with more organized social structures.
	www.tigtail.org /TIG/S_View/TVM/E/Ancient/Greek/Greek-art/greek-0.minoan.html (399 words)

	Northern BC Tourism Association - Burns Lake & District Chamber of Commerce
		Northern BC Tourism Association - Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce
		Burns Lake is the Gateway to Tweedsmuir Park and the heart of BC’s historic Lakes District.
		Although forestry drives its economy, the region is rapidly becoming known as a sportsman’s paradise.
	www.nbctourism.com /members/Burns_Lake_District_Chamber_of_Commerce?category=53 (105 words)

	EUROPEAN HISTORY 2800 - 2526 B.C.
		2,792 B.C. The patriarch of the Cainan II tribe (2792-?) is a descendent of the tribe of Arphaxed (2927-2489) according to the historian Josephus (37-100 A.D.).
		2,662 B.C. The patriarch of the Eber tribe (2662-2258) is a descendent of the tribe of Sala according to the historian Josephus (37-100 A.D.).
		2,528 B.C. The patriarch of the Phaleg tribe (2528-2289) is a descendent of the tribe of Eber (2662-2258) according to the historian
	www.agt.net /public/dgarneau/euro8.htm (3168 words)

	Sumer - MSN Encarta
		2800 bc), who is described in a document written centuries later as the “man who stabilized all the lands”.
		2525-2500 bc), was extended from the Zagros to the Taurus mountains and from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
		2370-2347 bc), the governor of the neighbouring city-state of Umma.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576369/Sumer.html (1373 words)

	Sumer - MSN Encarta
		During the 5th millennium bc a people known as the Ubaidians established settlements in the region known later as Sumer; these settlements gradually developed into the chief Sumerian cities, namely Adab, Eridu, Isin, Kish, Kullab, Lagash, Larsa, Nippur, and Ur.
		The first Sumerian ruler of historical record, Etana, king of Kish (flourished about 2800 bc), was described in a document written centuries later as the “man who stabilized all the lands.” Shortly after his reign ended, a king named Meskiaggasher founded a rival dynasty at Erech (Uruk), far to the south of Kish.
		Sometime before the 25th century bc the Sumerian Empire, under the leadership of Lugalanemundu of Adab (flourished about 2525-2500 bc), was extended from the Zagros to the Taurus mountains and from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576369/Sumer.html (1529 words)

	The Mahabharata and the Sindhu-Sarasvati Tradition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although uniformity begins to emerge in 2800 BC (or a couple of centuries earlier), the Harappan state with numerous cities and towns emerges in the Integration Era (2600-1900 BC).
		Furthermore, the date of 1424 BC sits in the middle of an obscure period, and it is hard to see how the events of that age would not have left markers in the archaeological record.
		The idea of invasion or large-scale immigration of outsiders into India displacing the original population in the middle of the second millennium BC has been rejected since it is not in accord with archaeological facts, skeletal records, and the continuity of the cultural tradition.
	subhashkak.voiceofdharma.com /articles/mahabharatII.htm (5387 words)

	Manuscripts \| Armenia Travel, History, Archeology & Ecology \| TourArmenia \| Travel Guide to Armenia
		When Sumeria perfected the wedge-shaped cuneiform around 3000 BC, it introduced an alphabet to the world, and the relatively quick and easy method of describing things (and oh how the Sumerians loved to describe things 80% of their clay tablets are lists of things) caught on with other countries.
		Not so curiously, this script is found outside urban areas, and appears in remote areas of the country places where it is easy on a clear night to gaze at the stars and identify the home of the gods, to catch their moods and predict future events.
		The earliest inscription to be found directly upon Armenian lands, carved in 1114 BC by the Assyrians, describes coalition of kings of the central Armenian region referring to them as ‘the people of Nairi’.
	www.tacentral.com /manuscripts_miniatures/writing3.html (1782 words)

	Timeline of mathematics - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		2800 BC - Indus Valley Civilization on the Indian subcontinent, earliest use of decimal ratios in a uniform system of ancient weights and measures, the smallest unit of measurement used is 1.704 millimetres and the smallest unit of mass used is 28 grams.
		2800 BC - The Lo Shu Square, the unique normal magic square of order three, was discovered in China.
		1800 BC - Vedic India - Yajnavalkya writes the Shatapatha Brahmana, in which he describes the motions of the sun and the moon, and advances a 95-year cycle to synchronize the motions of the sun and the moon
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Timeline_of_mathematics (4486 words)

	2800 BC Encyclopedia Information @ Fburg.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sajjadi said the skeleton of the fortune-teller dates back to 2800 BC when the Burnt City was a bustling and wealthy trading post at the crossroads of East...
		2750 BC - End of the Early Dynastic I Period, and the beginning of the Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.
		Noah (2704 BC - 1753 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
	www.fburg.com /encyclopedia/2800_BC (537 words)

	TIMELINE 3rd MILLENIUM B.C. page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
		Since 2,500 BC: "climates fairly similar to the present (except about [600 BC] relatively wet/cold event of unknown duration in many areas)." "A quick background to the last ice age" c.
		Principal Kings of Egypt 2,450 BC: The civil war between the the city-states of Sumer entered a period in which the city-state of Lugash was predominant, under King Eannatum.
		Her form was matchless in symmetry, so that her every gesture, in the saddle or on the throne, was womanly, dignified, and graceful, while each dress she wore, from royal robe and jeweled tiara to steel breast-plate and golden headpiece, seemed that in which she looked her best.
	www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline3KBC.html (3814 words)

	Aphrodisias site and museum - photos Photo Gallery by Andrys Basten at pbase.com
		Originally known as Lelegonopolis, it was renamed to Megalopolis and later to Ninoe, after Ninos, the King of Assyria.
		In the 6th C., the name was changed to Stavropolis by the Christians to erase memories of free-spirit Aphrodite, but the locals preferred the name Caria, later likely modified to the name Geyre in Turkish.
		Eastern slope of the larger of two prehistoric settlement mounds ~2800 BC The ruins that survived are of 2nd-3rd century, however.
	www.pbase.com /andrys/aphrodisias (717 words)

	Hinduism: Native or Alien to India?
		HARAPPA - INDUS VALLEY, 2800- 2300 BC: This period is considered the peak of Indus valley civilization – one of the three greatest civilizations at that time, the other two being the Egyptian and Mesopotamian.
		A rock inscription found at Boghaz Koi (western Asia) dated 1400 BC commemorating a treaty between the kings of Hittities and Mitanni invokes the blessings of Aryan gods of Varuna, Indra and twins Nasatya (Asvins).
		Jainism (Lord Mahavira 599- 527BC) and Buddhism (Lord Buddha 563 BC) came in to existent primarily because people were sick and tired of the rituals and the power exerted by the Brahmins.
	www.tamilnation.org /forum/shanranjit/hinduism.htm (3106 words)

	Recent Indus Discoveries and Highlights from Excavations at Harappa: 1998-2000
		These five periods represent a continuous process of cultural development where new aspects of culture are balanced with long term continuities and linkages in many crafts and artifact styles.
		Excavations of the early Ravi and Kot Diji levels from different parts of the ancient city have focused on aspects of settlement organization, craft technologies, subsistence activities and various forms of social and political organization.
		With the rise of the Indus cities, technology and crafts appear to have become an essential mechanism for creating unique wealth objects to distinguish socio-economic classes and reinforce the hierarchy of these classes in an urban context.
	www.harappa.com /indus4/e1.html (758 words)

	8000 BC - 500 AD
		The period before 8,000 BC is unknown, the only prove that during this time Europe was inhabited can be found in the grottos in France and Germany.
		2000 to 1000 BC This period is marked by the rise of warrior elites in western and central Europe.
		1800 BC Horses and a culture of horsemanship arrive in central Europe from the steppes to the east.
	www.earth-history.com /Europe/ancient-europe.htm (2104 words)

	Greek History & the Gods
		Sometime around 2200-1900 BC, the Greek mainland was invaded by nomadic warriors who brought the horse with them, spoke an early form of Greek, and probably worshipped a sky-god like Zeus.
		Since the earth goddess was the main object of worship on Crete, her sanctuaries were located in places associated with the earth: "on mountain-tops, in caves, or in temple-chambers of the palaces" (Davies 89).
		In 1628 BC, disaster struck Minoan civilization: a massive earthquake, the result of a huge volcanic eruption about 100 miles north on the island of Thera in the Cyclades, caused considerable damage throughout Crete, destroying the trading fleet and weakening the social structure.
	faculty.gvsu.edu /websterm/Greekhistory&gods.htm (4629 words)

	Ur, Iraq
		Ur was captured about 2340 BC by King Sargon of Agade, and this era, called the Akkadian period, marks an important step in the blending of Sumerian and Semitic cultures.
		The last Babylonian king, Nabonidus (reigned 556-539 BC), who appointed his eldest daughter high priestess at Ur, embellished the temples and entirely remodeled the ziggurat of Nanna increasing its height to 7 stages, making it rival even the temple of Marduk at Babylon.
		By the 4th century BC, the city was practically forgotten, possibly as a result of a shift in the course of the Euphrates River.
	www.atlastours.net /iraq/ur.html (626 words)

	What happened in 3114BC? The turning-point in human history about 3100 BC: The Beginning of the First Great ...
		2200 BC and 2345 BC there are other events during the Holocene that are so widely global and difficult to explain by only the Earth's own mechanisms that a cosmic explanation must evidently be taken into account.
		Aftermath of this may be the 2807 BC ocean impact described by Bruce Masse in Peiser et al.: Natural Catastrophes (Oxford, 1998).
		At least the period from 3000 BC to 2350 BC seems to have been much wetter in Mesopotamia, and the Nile more generous, than the extremely dry period beginning in 2200 BC.
	personal.eunet.fi /pp/tilmari/tilmari3.htm (2389 words)

	Classical Greece - The Minoan and Mycenean
		In the center was a palace of 706,289 square feet, not a temple.
		By 2,000 BC they were the world's first important seafaring civilization.
		The Minoans were peaceful since they were on their little island, and most of the rest of the world did not know they were there.
	mr_sedivy.tripod.com /greece.html (379 words)

	History Before Christ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the cultivation of grains in river valleys, the age of agriculture begins.
		3500 BC First phonetic writing and formation of numbering system by Summerians, who also were among the first to use wagons for carrying goods and people.
		First recorded revolution: people from the Sumerian city of Lagash overthrew bureaucrats who were lining their own pockets but kept raising taxes.
	www.didyouknow.cd /history/bc.htm (769 words)

	artnet.com Magazine Features - Syria and Civilization (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From around 3200 BC come nude female figurines, a vessel in the form of a pig, stone loom weights, seals in the shape of animals and a handful of what have been called "eye idols" in alabaster, between one and two inches high, that were found in a temple at Tell Brak.
		It was found in the former city-state of Mari in 1997, one of 50 objects from a trench beneath the altar of a temple dedicated to the Sumerian mother goddess named Ninhursag.
		One three-hole terracotta without incisions from about 4000 BC may have functioned that way, but an idol with two holes and incised marks from about 2800 BC still looks like an "eye idol" to me.
	www.artnet.com /Magazine/features/karlins/karlins9-26-01.asp (1023 words)

	The Kneelsit blog » Blog Archive » History of the Chair
		As early as 3500- 2800 BC, seals from the earlier Uruk period show strange figures squatting or sitting on benches or stools of varying shapes and types of construction.
		By 2370 BC the cross-legged stool was known in Mesopotamia, whereas it did.
		However, by 1786 BC (the latter part of the Middle Kingdom) the three-legged stool had been introduced and by 1567 BC many paintings showed tradesmen seated on stools to work.
	www.kneelsit.com /blog/?p=3 (586 words)

	DBM to DBA Armies (Book 1 -- Armies up to 500 BC)
		Mesopotamian, Ur III (2112-2004 BC): 1 LCH* or Bw4, 2 Sp4 or 2 Pk4 or 2 Ax4, 4 Pk4 or 4 Sp4, 1 Ax3 or Ps2 (Highlanders), 1 Ax3 or Bw3 or Ps2 (Highlanders, Elamite), 3 Ps2.
		Hittites (1380-1200 BC): 3 HCH*, 2 LCH (Syrian or Anatolian), 2 Ax4, 1 Ax3 or Wb3 (anatolian vassals), 2 Hd(ax6) (Syrian spearmen), 1 Ps2 or Bw3 (Syrian archers), 1 Ps2 (anatolian archers).
		Mesopotamian, New Assyrian Kingdom (680-609 BC): 2 HCH*, 2 Cv3, 2 Sp4, 1 Ax4 or Ax3, 4 Ps2, 1 LCH or Ax4 (Kallapani chariot) or Bw4 (Elamite or Egyptian).
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/dbmdbabk1.html (2274 words)

	End Times/Last Days Hysteria Debate--Beliefnet.com
		2800 BC According to Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts (1979), an Assyrian clay tablet dating to approximately 2800 BC was unearthed bearing the words "Our earth is degenerate in these latter days.
		Bribery and corruption are common." This is one of the earliest examples of the perception of moral decay in society being interpreted as a sign of the imminent end.
		The Roman calendar was counted from the founding of Rome, 1 AUC (ab urbe condita) being 753 BC.
	www.beliefnet.com /study_groups/studygroup_message_list.asp?studyGroupID=7998&discussionID=501920 (757 words)

	Time Line of Greece (Site not responding. Last check: )
		416 BC Athenians attacked and conquered Melos, which island and Thera were the only islands in the AEgean not subject to the Athenian supremacy.
		All the adult males were put to death, the women and children sold into slavery, and the island colonized afresh by 500 Athenians.
		Athens surrenders to Sparta According to the terms of the surrender of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War, the Long Walls and fortifications of the Piraeus were destroyed, the Athenian fleet was lost, exiles were recalled, and Athens was under the leadership of Sparta
	members.aol.com /ksmith9526/SSGreeceTimeLine.htm (615 words)

	A Brief History of the Apocalypse
		According to Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts (1979), an Assyrian clay tablet dating to approximately 2800 BC was unearthed bearing the words "Our earth is degenerate in these latter days.
		There was a myth that 12 eagles had revealed to Romulus a mystical number representing the lifetime of Rome, and some early Romans hypothesized that each eagle represented 10 years.
		The Roman calendar was counted from the founding of Rome, 1 AUC (ab urbe condita) being 753 BC.
	www.abhota.info /end1.htm (2306 words)

	Archaeo Forums [Powered by Invision Power Board]
		2550 BC Regarding the alignment with the star Thuban (alpha draconis), taking into account its proper motion and the motions of the Earth, that star was nearest to the North Celestial Pole between the years 2800-2799 BC, when it was a little more than 6 minutes of arc from that point.
		From planet motion, the year displayed at Stonehenge is 2514 BC (yours 2550 BC).
		Deducting the 336 years from 2800 BC (your measure) equals 2464 BC, subtracting from 2869 BC (my measure) the result is 2533 BC.
	www.stonepages.com /forum/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=3&t=152 (1046 words)

	Travel In BC - Vancouver Accommodations British Columbia Canada - Hotels in BC
		Travel In BC provides the traveller a secure, online booking web site for BC hotels, motels, resorts, campgrounds and apartments.
		The Quokka Online Booking System is ready to handle your inquiries and bookings for BC accommodations.
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