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	Encyclopedia: 2nd millenium BC
		Pharaoh Ahmose I of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (reigned 1570 BC - 1546 BC).
		Pharaoh Thutmose I of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (reigned 1525 BC - 1518 BC).
		Pharaoh Ramesses I of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt (reigned 1293 BC - 1291 BC).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2nd-millenium-BC (464 words)

	Overview Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Period: 3rd Millenium B.C. Dancer Figurine, from Mohenjo-daro
		Period: 3rd Millenium B.C. Square Seal with Seated Figure (Shiva?), Inscription from Mohenjo-daro
		Period: 3rd Millenium B.C. Royal Priest (?), from Mohenjo-daro
	cti.itc.virginia.edu /~arth264/html/one/contact1.html (47 words)

	SINTRIVANIS S.A - EXCURSIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		B.C., from the excavations at the cemeteries of Macedonia, and their role in the burial customs are discussed in the central part of the exhibition.
		The city reached its highest point of prosperity in the Archaic (7th-6th centuries BC) and Classical periods (5th-4th centuries), when it was the most important urban centre of the area, the seat of the Macedonian kings and the place where all the traditional sanctuaries were established.
		The most remarkable of these was the tomb of Philip II (359-336 B.C.) and its discovery is considered to be one of the most important archaeological events of the century.
	www.sintrivanis.gr /U_K_Sintrivanis_Hotels/ekdromes.htm (1724 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In this essay I intend to explore the political systems that were in existence within the 4th and 3rd Millenium BC within Mesopotamia, and hopefully to ascertain whether any forms of democracy existed, and to what level of development they had achieved.
		It Appears that in Mesopotamia in the 4th and 3rd Millenium there existed a politic state in which the ruler had to lay his proposals before the people, first a group of elders and then the assembly of the towns people.
		The main characteristic then of democracy in the early 4th and 3rd millenium bc is that it conforms to a primitive democratic pattern in its provisional and ad hoc character.
	www.art.man.ac.uk /ARTHIST/EStates/Forster.htm (2601 words)

	The Colossus of Rhodes
		In 408 BC, the cities united to form one territory, with a unified capital, Rhodes.
		In 305 BC, the Antigonids of Macedonia who were also rivals of the Ptolemies, besieged Rhodes in an attempt to break the Rhodo-Egyptian alliance.
		When a peace agreement was reached in 304 BC, the Antagonids lifted the siege, leaving a wealth of military equipment behind.
	www.angelfire.com /music/staraudio/7wonders/6.html (347 words)

	3rd millennium BC - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		(4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia)
		mid- to late 3rd millennium, Hellenic immigration to the Greek mainland.
		Ur-Nammu founder of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (2112–2095 BC middle chronology)
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/3rd_millenium_BC (254 words)

	Izmir, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		In the first millenium B.C., Izmir, then known as Smyrna, ranked as one of the important cities of the Ionian Federation; during this period -- one of the city's most brilliant -- it is believed that Homer lived here.
		In the fourth century B.C. a new city was built at the instigation of Alexander the Great on the slopes of Mount Pagos (Kadifekale).
		The 3rd largest, and one of the most beautiful provinces of Turkey is Izmir, extending on the shores of an attractive bay, filled with ships and yachts.
	www.adiyamanli.org /izmir.html (2967 words)

	2nd millennium BC
		(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - other millennia)
		Conquest of Canaan by the Jews (12th century BC)
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/2n/2nd_millenium_BC.html (43 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
		A remarkable collection of cuneiform inscriptions, reliefs, pieces of small statuary and applied art represent the culture of the Sumerians, founders of a civilization between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates; their successors, the Akkadians and Babylonians, who created the powerful Assyrian Empire; and the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean.
		Babylonian domination of the area between the Tigris and the Euphrates is also illustrated by cuneiform materials: an informative selection of economic documents, promissory notes and materials associated with school education.
		There are Assyrian reliefs from the residences of the rulers Ashurnasirpal II (9th century BC), Sargon II, Tiglath-Pileser III, Sinakherib (late 8th-7th centuries BC) - typical examples of Assyrian imperial art, intended to glorify the power and might of the cruel Assyrian rulers and to immortalize their victories over enemies.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_5_1.html (292 words)

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		Some time after 5000 BC the raising of crops was introduced, probably on a horticultural scale, in small, local cultures that seem to have penetrated southward through Egypt into the oases and the Sudan.
		In the Fayyum, where evidence dates to the 5th millennium BC, the settlers were near to the shore of Lake Qarun, and the settlers engaged in fishing.
		The drawings show that nomads were common throughout the desert, probably down to the late 3rd millenium BC, but they cannot be dated precisely; they may all have been produced by nomads, or inhabitants of the Nile Valley may often have penetrated the desert and made drawings.
	members.tripod.co.uk /Andy12/predynastic.html (699 words)

	Anatolia.com
		Eskisehir is one of the oldest settlements (3500 BC) in this region.
		It was founded in the 3rd millenium BC by the Phrygians along the banks of the Porsuk River and its banks.
		One of the most important settlement centers of the Phrygians, between the 8th- and 6th-centuries BC, was Midas, situated 66 kms south of Eskisehir.
	www.anatolia.com /anatolia/destinations/eskisehir (492 words)

	Abinos Travel & Tourism - Your vacation consulting & tour operator in Syria
		In the course of the 3rd century, the manufacturing industry developed (arms, textiles: cotton and silk, glass) and during the Byzantine period, from the 4th to the 6th century, the construction of the cathedral of Saint John the Baptist was effectuated on the site of the temple of Zeus.
		The period during the 2nd millennium BC was of important urban expansion of which the discovery of houses, funeral caves, and two temples dedicated to Dagan and Baal and a Palace (15th BC) is proof.
		Mari was founded in the 3rd millenium BC in order to control the river and caravan traffic from which the town perceived taxes.
	www.abinostravel.com /high.htm (6669 words)

	Technology Outline
		The rear, or belly, of the bow is reinforced with horn to increase the bow's resistance to bending.
		Middle 2nd Millenium BC Egyptian, Hittite and Palestinian chariots are very light and sophisticated and are drawn by two or three horses with chest girths secured by poles and yokes
		End of 2nd Millenium BC Horses are bred with the strength and stamina to carry men.
	www.warscholar.com /Year/TechnologyOutline.html (2771 words)

	Kulli, Bakkar Buthi and the Greater Hub Valley Excavations
		It was founded on the alluvium, but a small early third millennium BC site was discovered across the Kharari.
		Bakkar Buthi comprises of a fortified southern part and a couple of houses and working spaces which are obviously related to chert production to the north (68).
		2400 and 2000 BC is supported by the radiocarbon samples.
	www.harappa.com /baluch/e6.html (840 words)

	Dr
		BC are lined up, a valley with several freshwater courses connects the bay of Kotor with the open Adriatic sea.
		BC, a pit was dug down through the center of the mound, but not deep enough to find the central grave.
		This association recalls the stone stelae of the 4th and early 3rd Millenium.
	www.comp-archaeology.org /PrimasSAA1998.htm (2184 words)

	Macedonia - The Cradle and Shield of Hellenism
		BC) speaks of the Greekness of the Macedonians: "They are Greeks," he writes, "and I myself happen to know it is so." He was well acquainted with the fact and needed no-one to prove it to him.
		In the spring of 334 BC at the age of twenty-two "Alexander [son] of Philip" rose up like a demigod in the eyes of the world of his time and through his great campaign, which was "victorious, brilliant, glorious, more highly praised than any other and unrivalled", he changed the course of world history.
		In 168 BC Macedonia was subjugated by the Romans...
	www.macedonia.com /english/history/hellenism (2510 words)

	visit2turkey.com Turkey, Turkey Travel, Turkey Hotels, Blue Voyage, İstanbul, Bible Tour, Air Tickets, Turkey Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was built between 281-261 BC by Seleucus's son Antiocheia and named "Antiocheia" in his honor.
		In 25 BC with the selection of Pisidia as the site of Rome's first and biggest military colony, the city was rebuilt by emperor Augustus.
		Men is the ancient moon God of Anatolia which was worshipped as far back as the 3rd millenium BC and who occasionally graced the coins minted in the area.One of the Men cult's most important centers, the ancient city of Antiocheia is adorned with many structures dedicated to the Men god.
	www.visit2turkey.com /destination/isparta.htm (1239 words)

	TIMELINE 2nd MILLENIUM B.C. page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
		[Hammond Almanac, p.789] 520-465 BC Xerxes I, King of Persia was the son of Darius I and grandson of Cyrus, founder of the Persian Empire.
		paraphrased from the visually strong HyperHistory c.518-c.438 BC Pindar, Greek Poet, was born in Boetia, central Greece, and is considered the greatest of the Greek choral lyricists.
		c.250 BC "Archimedes studied the equilibrium of planes and the centre of gravity of planes and deduced the laws of the levers.
	www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline1KBC.html (7141 words)

	Ancient Kish (Ukhaimir) in Sumer [Iraq]
		Situated on an ancient branch of the Euphrates River 80 kilometers south of Baghdad in Iraq, Kish was one of the city-states of the Sumer civilization.
		Occupation began in the Jemdet Nasr phase and the city was of major importance in the early 3rd millennium BC.
		On several of the eastern mounds extensive remains of the Sumerian Early Dynastic period in the early 3rd millenium BC were excavated in the 1920s.
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Kish_Ukhaimir.html (350 words)

	TIMELINE 3rd MILLENIUM B.C. page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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)

	Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land — Christian Charity for Palestinian Christians
		Known as "Smyrna" in ancient times, the province of Izmir has a long history, dating back to the 3rd- millenium BC when it was one of the most advanced cultural centers in Western Anatolia.
		In the 11th century B.C. the coastal city of Smyrna was inhabited by Ionians and Aeolians.
		The mudbrick defense walls, which have been dated to the 8th century B.C., indicate that Izmir was already a city state at that time.
	www.ffhl.org /smyrna.asp (302 words)

	Patriarchs - The Book of Genesis - Myth or History?
		As a literary work, and I mean it in the secular sense, it is at least on the level with the large epic works of the first millenium BC, like the poems of Homer or Hesiod, the Hymns of the Rig-Veda, or the Avesta of the Iranians.
		In 1207 BC, about 3200 years ago there was a political entity, called Israel, and it was important enough to be recorded on a victory monument.
		As an added supporting evidence to this theory is the fact that in the second millenium BC there were rulers of city states, in Palestine and in east of the Jordan, who had Indo-European names.
	www.eg-ban.com /patriarchs03.html (7364 words)

	The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
		It was not until the reign of Naboplashar (625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian civilization reached its ultimate glory.
		His son, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens.
		It is said that the Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar to please his wife or concubine who had been "brought up in Media and had a passion for mountain surroundings".
	www.angelfire.com /music/staraudio/7wonders/2.html (373 words)

	Buddhist Architecture
		The history of India opened about the middle of the 3rd millenium BC with one of the seminal civilisations of the world centred on several settlements in the valley of the Indus and its tributaries.
		In addition to the chattris protecting symbols of devotion and cloistered walks modelled on the Buddha's promenade at Gaya (chankyama), these typically contained open-columned pavilions for assembly (mandapas, or chaitya-grihas when enclosing a stupa) and residential complexes of cells around a court or hall (viharas).
		The way was prepared by the Bactrians, who took over the province of Gandhara towards the end of the 3rd century BC and who brought from their Hellenistic background a tradition of monumental sculpture that represented god in terms of ideal man
	www.ellipsis.com /history/05/aa.01a.html (1144 words)

	The Various Celts
		A similar scenario existed for the consideration of the Celtic contribution to the political formation and evolution of Europe during the first millenium BC.
		The prevailing theory of the 2nd Millenium BC may be correct, but I take the controversial view that even this date is a bit too modern and that the Celtic languages, cultures and their religions began to coalesce in the 3rd millenium BC.
		By the early 2nd millenium, migrating clans became the dominant culture in their areas of occupation.
	www.danann.org /library/sochis/various3.html (1334 words)

	History of Samos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He was never a man to take things for granted, he sought in the sciences, arts and travel, knowledge and experience which would allow him with certainty, to assume his place in the intellectual arena of his times.
		His genius, combined with deep study and ascetism allowed him to develop his knowledge to a point which is still of fundamental importance to mathematical theory and the Pythagorean theorem in geometry is, naturally, still used as are the Pythagorean tables in arithmetic.
		In 129 B.C. Samos was conquered by the Romans, who stripped the island of all its treasures and took them Rome.
	www.greece.org /samians/samoshistory.htm (1379 words)

	VÅRGÉÍÁ - ÁÉGÁÉ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Two Macedonian tombs are included in this group, the so-called "Rhomaios Tomb", an Ionic, temple-shaped structure, dated to the beginning of the 3rd century B.C. and the "Tomb of Eurydice", which probably belongs to the mother of Philip II and is dated to ca.
		These two important monuments are parts of the same complex, dated to the 4th century B.C. The palace is organized around a large, central peristyle court and comprises a circular shrine (Tholos) dedicated to Herakles Patroos, and luxurious banquet halls for the king and his officers.
		It lies to the north of the theatre and includes two temples of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C., a monumental peristyle and a series of offerings among which two bases of the votive statues dedicated by queen Eurydice, grandmother of Alexander The Great.
	alexander.macedonia.culture.gr /2/21/211/21117a/e211qa04.html (618 words)

	Encyclopedia: 3rd millenium BC
		Encyclopedia: 3rd millenium BC Updated 268 days 8 hours 39 minutes ago.
		Ur-Nammu founder of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (2112–2095 BC)
		Near East civilizations enter Bronze Age around 3000 BC Oldest known medicine wheel constructed in the Americas
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/3rd-millenium-BC (222 words)

	Safir Travel & Tourism
		millenium BC (the legend holds that Prophet Abraham milked his cow atop its hill).
		It was a major city in the early Bronze Age and was very famous by its street, buildings, temples, churches, theatre, and mosaics.
		After 1800 BC, it began to decline and finally disappeared from history until the Italian excavations started in the early sixties; over 1500 cuneiform, clay tablets, were dug up.
	www.safir-travel.com /syria.htm (2947 words)

	Archaeology in Al Ain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The location of Al Ain in an oasis dominating the route between Abu Dhabi and Oman was a major factor in the importance of the town as early as the 3rd millenium BC.
		Later came a very distinctive period represented by hundreds of beehive tombs of the late 4th and early 3rd millenium BC.
		A fourth period is also represented by tombs and a number of settlement sits dated to the local Iron Age period of the 1st millenium BC.
	www.enhg.org /b/b30/30_17.htm (777 words)

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