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	7th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 715 - 687 BC).
		Gyges of Lydia (reigned 687 - 652 BC).
		Josiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 641 BC - 609 BC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/7th_century_BCE (1553 words)

	Thasos
		In 411 BC, at the time of the oligarchical revolution at Athens, Thasos again revolted from Athens and received a Lacedaemonian governor; but in 407 BC the partisans of Lacedaemon were expelled, and the Athenians under Thrasybulus were admitted.
		After the battle of Aegospotami (405 BC), Thasos again fell into the hands of the Lacedaemonians under Lysander who formed a decarchy there; but the Athenians must have recovered it, for it formed one of the subjects of dispute between them and Philip II of Macedonia.
		After a period of Latin occupation, it was captured by the Turks in 1462; it was given by the Sultan Mahmud II[?] to Mehemet Ali[?] of Egypt, and still remains the property of the khedive.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/Thasos.html (572 words)

	Athletics in Ancient Sikyon
		396 BC Bykelos, the first Sikyonian to win the boys boxing-match, had his statue made by Kanachos the younger of Sikyon, a pupil of Polykleitos.
		Sostratos won three consecutive victories at the Olympic games (364, 360, 356 BC), as the inscription on his statue at Olympia indicated.
		Sikyonian coins from 320 BC have a representation of him.
	www.sikyon.com /Sicyon/athletics_eg.html (128 words)

	Taranto, Italy
		In 466 BC, Taranto was defeated by Iapyges, a native population of ancient Apulia, and the monarchy fell, with the inauguration of a democracy, and the expulsion of the Pythagoreans.
		In 338 BC, during the Battle of Manduria, the Spartan and Tarantine armies were defeated in front of the walls of Manduria (nowadays in province of Taranto), and Archidamus was killed.
		Archytas of Tarentum (428 BC - 347 BC), philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, strategist and commander-in-chief of the army of Taranto;
	www.creekin.net /c4644-n91-taranto-italy.html (4218 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Crotona
		He is said to have carried a heifer on his shoulders through the Olympic stadium, killed her with a blow of his fist, and devoured her in the course of a day.
		BC, it flourished and gave refuge to Pythagoreans expelled from Crotona.
		BC founded a number of towns that became the centers of a new, thriving Greek territory.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Crotona&StartAt=1 (444 words)

	Olympic games - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		BC; thereafter they became more and more professionalized until, in the Roman period, they provoked much censure.
		They were eventually discontinued by Emperor Theodosius I of Rome, who condemned them as a pagan spectacle, at the end of the 4th cent.
		BC, the Heraea games were discontinued about the time the Romans conquered Greece.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-olympicg.html (942 words)

	Travel Guide To Turkey, Guide de la Turquie, GUIDE MARTINE, Guide to Turkey, Guide de Turquie, Travel, Turkey, Voyage, ...
		Alexander III of Macedon (356 - 323 BC), the son of the brilliant ruler and strategist Philip II of Macedon, was born in Pella.
		The independence of the Commagene was proclaimed in 80 BC by King Mithridates I Kallinikos, the son and successor of Samos II.
		The three wars he led against the Romans (88-84, 83-81, 74-64 BC) were unsuccessful, and finally his kingdom, which he had increased by the conquest of the seaboard from Bithynia to Colchis, Paphlagonia and Armenia, was lost to Rome (63 BC).
	www.guide-martine.com /history4.asp (2283 words)

	Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 708 = 46 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 708 = 46 BC This is the year in which Caesar decided on the reform of the Republican calendar.
		Since the length of AUC 708 = 46 can be established independently of this datum, the result is actually more important for determining the alignment of the unreformed Antiochene calendar than it is for the Roman calendar.
		The lengths of all intervening years except A.U.C. 708 can be determined exactly from other data, given the correct phase of the triennial error.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/chron/roman/046bc.htm (1425 words)

	Greek Olympics - Crystalinks
		The Greek traveller Pausanias writes that in 668 BC, Pheidon of Argos was commissioned by the town of Pisa to capture the sanctuary from the town of Elis, which he did and then personally controlled the Games for that year.
		The Athenian writer Xenophon in 364 BC gives a contemporary record of an Elean attack during the Pentathlon final of the Games themselves, as the Pisans were again in control.
		In 12 BC Herod the Great gave financial support to the Games to enable its future survival.The Olympic Games were part of the Panhellenic Games, four separate games held at two- or four-year intervals but arranged so that there was at least one set of games every year.
	www.crystalinks.com /greekolympics.html (2209 words)

	WELCOME TO ATHENS - History of the Olympic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At the 14th Olympiad, in 724 BC, the diaulos, a race of two stadia was added, while at 15th Olympiad, in 720 BC, the innovation was the dolichos, a long distance race.
		Beginning with the 18th Olympiad, in 708 BC, the pentathlon and the wrestling were included.
		In the 23rd Olympiad, in 688 BC, boxing appeared, and in 680 BC, in the 25th Olympiad, the chariot race was added as an event.
	www.akropol.net /olympic_games_history/history_olympic_games_page.htm (1102 words)

	information about agri,info about Agri city, agri hotels,Mountain Agri,history of agri mayor,Mt Nemrud tours,Tour to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Between 1340-1200 BC Hurries settled this area after Hittites, who were believed the first kingdom to reign the region, lost their power.
		Military expeditions which intensified during the reign of king Menua began during the reign of king Ispuini (825-810 BC) against Urartians countries which were in the north and the northeast of Lake Van.
		An Urartian inscription found between the village of Karakoyunlu and the village of Taþburun on the skirts of the Mount Ararat is a definite proof of the sovereignty of King Menua in Agri.
	www.ezoptravel.com /ezopnew/turkey/easterna/agri.htm (674 words)

	Ancient Olympic Events - Olympic-Legacy.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Athletes of old did not require a elaborate venue—until the first stadium was established around 560 BC they simply used a flat, rectangular area of ground.
		The final version, built around 350 BC (which can be visited today at the ruins of Olympia), was larger, built further away from the sanctuary, and had a capacity of 45,000.
		The "synoris" (93rd Olympiad; 408 BC) was pulled by two horses approximately half the distance of the tethrippon.
	www.mediaconcerto.com /olympic/olympia/events_o.php (2013 words)

	TIMELINE 2nd MILLENIUM B.C. page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
		SOMETHING enormous and violent, around 1628 or 1637 B.C., changed events worldwide, and may have caused a "mini-ice-age." It was probably the explosion of a volcano on the island of Santorini (or Antikithera).
		1,500-500 BC: Barbarian Aryans (speaking Sanskrit) emigrate from central Asia to invade India, overthrowing the Indus valley culture, and eventually compose the Vedas {hotlink to be done}.
		Thutmose III deposed his father (1501 BC); Thutmose II had a brief reign; and Hatshepsut ruled the longest of all as "king." Thutmose IV was the son, and successor to Amenhotep II, and reigned circa 1420-1411 BC.
	www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline2KBC.html (3005 words)

	The sports in Ancient Olympia
		With the establishment of the Olympics in 776 BC and until the 13
		Conducted in honour of one or more dead perrson, it was two stadions in length, a distance which the runners had to cover wearing a helmet, protective gaiters (leggings) and carrying a shield.
		There were also the synorida, a two-horse chariot (since 408 BC), the tethrippon polon, a chariot with four young horses (since 384 BC) and the synorida polon, a chariot with two young horses (since 268 BC).
	www.angelfire.com /ego2/utopia/the_sports_in_ancient_olympia.htm (1103 words)

	Brief History of the Olympic Games
		Scholars have speculated that the games in 776 BC were not the first games, but rather the first games held after they were organized into festivals held every four years as a result of a peace agreement between the city-states of Elis and Pisa.
		The games were even held in 480 BC during the Persian Wars, and coincided with the Battle of Thermopylae.
		Although the Olympic games were never suspended, the games of 364 BC were not considered Olympic since the Arkadians had captured the sanctuary and reorganized the games.
	www.nostos.com /olympics (3240 words)

	About Iran
		Sometime in the middle of the second millennium BC the Aryans which constitute a branch of Indo – European people arrived in the Iranian Plateau the migration to Iran, meaning literally the land of Aryans, continued for years.
		708 BC End of the median Empire, beginning the Achaemenian.
		550 BC The conquest of Ekbatan by Cyrus
	www.asemangasht.com /aboutiran.htm (338 words)

	2004.com - Olympic history - Ancient history
		In 708 BC, at the 18th Olympiad, when more city states participated, especially the Spartans the first combat sport was introduced: Wrestling.
		At the 20th Olympiad in 688 BC one of the most popular Olympic sports even today was introduced: Boxing.
		A new sport event that was introduced at the 33rd Olympics in 648 BC,, which not exists today at the Olympics, was Pancration.
	www.2004.com /ohistory_ancient.asp (721 words)

	Samsat, Samosata, Adiyaman, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		Samosata was inhabited from the 6th Millennium BC onward.
		The region, which was called “Kummuhu” in the late Hittite period, and Commagene in the Greek and Roman periods, is today situated in the Turkish provinces of Adiyaman, Maras and Gaziantep, between the Euphrates River and a range of the Taurus Mts.
		Mithradates I Callinicus, who put an end to the internal strifeof the Seleucid Kingdom, founded the Kingdom of Commagene in 80 B.C. The golden age of Commagene was during the reign of Antiochus I Epiphanes 62-32 B.C., the son of Mithradates I Callinicus, who remained undefeated.
	www.adiyamanli.org /samsat.htm (740 words)

	Olympia and the Olympic Games
		It was built towards the end of the seventh century BC, at the foot of the Kronion.
		But in the middle of the fifth century BC it was moved to the east, beyond the boundaries of the enclosure, and embankments were built to accommodate spectators (Figure 12).
		The area west of the sanctuary was empty of buildings until about the middle of the fifth century BC when Pheidias' workshop was built along with a bathhouse and the Theokleon which housed the priests.
	www.odysseyadventures.ca /articles/olympia/articleolympia.htm (2573 words)

	James Ussher - The Annals of the World.
		From this time of renewing is the beginning both of the 30 years spoken of in the first of the prophecy of Ezekiel and also the 40 years of the iniquity of Judah.
		3383c AM, 4093 JP, 621 BC Toward the end of the 5th year of Nabopolassur, (which is the 127th from the Epoch of Nabonazar,) on the 27th day of Eygptian month of Athyr, toward the 28th of the month, the moon was eclipsed at Babylon, beginning 5 hours after midnight.
		However, in the 11th year of Jeconiah's captivity, in the first day of the first month, Ezekiel prophesied that Tyre would also perish in like manner by the same hand and that all who saw her former wealth and bravery would be amazed.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/nwp/World6.htm (15026 words)

	Asterix around the World - the Olympic Games: the games
		The main reason of the Games was their religion and the religious ceremonies that took an important place if not the most important place during the event.
		In the year 708 BC another kind of game was introduced.
		Finally in 688 BC they added boxing, in 680 BC horse races and in 520 BC the foot race with full weapon equipment.
	www.asterix-obelix.nl /games/os-wedstrijdonderdelen.htm (303 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Drowned Cities of the Upper Euphrates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Samosata lay in a broad, shallow valley, where in the second century BC it was one of the four cities of the Commagenian kingdom.
		By 38 BC Samosata was sufficiently rich and secure to withstand a siege by Mark Antony, the greatest Roman general of the day.
		During a storm in 53 BC, the Roman general Crassus led his army across the bridge on his way to defeat and death at the hands of the Parthians at the Battle of Carrhae (Harran).
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199805/drowned.cities.of.the.upper.euphrates.htm (3221 words)

	Introduction
		Built in 460 BC, it housed a twelve meter statue of Zeus made of gold and ivory.
		There are no known remains of the statue now, but from various paintings and stories it is speculated that it was probably one of the most breath taking sites in all of ancient Greece.
		Athletes competed in a variety of events including pentathlon (included in 708 BC), wrestling (680 BC), boxing (boxing), chariot races and other horse involved events (680 BC), and Pancration (a dangerous game which was a combination of wrestling and boxing 648 BC).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~wbower/greekhist.html (390 words)

	9news.com \| Entertainment \| The Chippendale Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The winner of that first Olympic race in 776 BC was a guy named Koroibas, a short-order cook from nearby Elis, Greece.
		By 708 BC, some events that we're more familiar with, like wrestling and pentathlon were added.
		The wrestlers of 708 BC were cut from a different cloth than today's wrestlers.as in no cloth at all.
	www.9news.com /acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=25255256-0abe-421a-01ff-52cd20d6f8a8&TEMPLATEID=b010ff41-ac1f-02c5-0009-00c014346932 (921 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 8th century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia
		790s BC 780s 770s 760s 750s 740s 730s 720s 710s 700s BC
		Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang (771 BC); The Spring and Autumn Period (771-481 BC) began.
		Destruction of the Kingdom of Israel by Assyrian king Sargon II (721 BC)
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /8th_century_BC.htm (158 words)

	Ancient Olympics
		The first Olympiad is therefore known as that of Koroibos of Elis, the winner of the stade in 776 BC.
		The sacred truce, or ekcheiria, was instituted during the month of the Olympiad.
		In 586 BC, the Pythian Games were established at Delphi, followed by the Isthmian Games in 582 and the Nemean Games in 573.
	killeenroos.com /1/olympics.htm (1712 words)

	Bluffton University Athletics - bear named all-hcac
		A 6’0” post player, Bear led BC in scoring and rebounding this season with 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
		In HCAC games she increased those totals to 13.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game and shot 50.4% from the field.
		BC saw their season come to end last Friday night in the HCAC semi-finals to #1 seed and eventual conference champion Defiance College.
	www.bluffton.edu /sports/news/mar01-1 (265 words)

	A Gift of Peace From the Past, the Ancient Olympics
		In 724 BC, the diaulos, a two stade race, was added, followed by a long distance race, about 2 1/4 miles and called the dolichos, at the next games four years later.
		Wrestling and the famous Pentathlon were introduced in 708 BC.
		Other introductions to the games were boxing in 688 BC, the pancratium, a no-holds barred form of wrestling, in 648 BC, and eventually some events for boys between 632 and 616 BC.
	www.studyworld.com /newsite/ReportEssay/History/General\A_Gift_of_Peace_From_the_Past__the_Ancient_Olympics-341151.htm (1207 words)

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