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Abdera
Abdera or Avdira , town, NE Greece, in Thrace, near the mouth of the Mesta River. It is a small agricultural settlement. Founded (c.650 BC) by colonists from Clazomenae, it was destroyed by the Thracians (c.550 BC) and rebuilt (c.500 BC) by refugees from Teos. The town passed to Macedon in 352 B... Read more
Quintus Tullius Cicero
Quintus Tullius Cicero c.102 BC-43 BC, Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. After service in Asia he accompanied Julius Caesar to Britain (55 BC); wintered in Gaul (54 BC), where he fought off the attacks of Ambiorix; and went to Cilicia (51 BC) as legate with his brother. He fought for Pom... Read more
Callicrates
Callicrates , 5th cent. BC, Greek architect. In association with Ictinus he built (447-432 BC) the Parthenon at Athens. At Athens also he designed (c.427) the Temple of Nike. ... Read more
Ur
Ur , ancient city of Sumer, S Mesopotamia. The city is also known as Ur of the Chaldees. It was an important center of Sumerian culture (see Sumer ) and is identified in the Bible as the home of Abraham. The site was discovered in the 19th cent., but it was not until the excavations of C. Leonard W... Read more
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Old Kingdom (or Old Empire) Dynasty Years Famous Rulers I 3110-2884 BC Menes II 2884-2780 BC III 2780-2680 BC ... Read more
Messenia
Messenia , ancient region of SW Greece, in the Peloponnesus and corresponding to the modern nome of Messinías. Excavation has revealed an important center of Mycenaean culture at Pylos dating from the 13th cent. BC From the 8th cent. BC the Messenians were engaged in a series of revolts aga... Read more
Triumvirate
Triumvirate , in ancient Rome, ruling board or commission of three men. Triumvirates were common in the Roman republic. The First Triumvirate was the alliance of Julius Caesar , Pompey , and Marcus Licinius Crassus formed in 60 BC This was not strictly a triumvirate, since the alliance had no ... Read more
Delian League
Delian League , confederation of Greek city-states under the leadership of Athens. The name is used to designate two distinct periods of alliance, the first 478-404 BC, the second 378-338 BC The first alliance was made between Athens and a number of Ionian states (chiefly maritime) for the purpose o... Read more
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (d. c.626 bc) (Assurbanipal) Last great king of Assyria (669–633 bc). During his reign, Assyria reached its largest extent, encompassing Upper Egypt, before a rapid decline. Excavations at Nineveh after 1850 revealed an advanced civilization.... Read more
Chaeronea
Chaeronea , ancient town of Boeotia, Greece, in the Cephissus (now Kifisós) River valley and NW of Thebes. There the Athenians and Thebans were defeated (338 BC) by the Macedonians under Philip II, and in 86 BC Sulla defeated the army of Mithradates VI of Pontus under Archelaus. Chaeronea was... Read more

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Ur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...third dynasty was established c.2060 BC under King Ur-Nammu , who built the...third dynasty of Ur fell (c.1950 BC) to the Elamites and later to Babylon...it never recovered. A record dated 324 BC mentions it as being inhabited by Arabs...
Nearchus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Nearchus , fl. 324 BC, Macedonian general, b. Crete; friend of Alexander the Great . In 325 BC, Alexander, about to leave India, had...sailed up the Persian coast and rejoined (324 BC) Alexander at Susa in Persia. Nearchus...
Antiochus I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Antiochus I (Antiochus Soter) , b. c.324 BC, d. c.262 or 261 BC, king of Syria (280-261? BC), son of Seleucus I . He did not, like his father, seek to expand in Europe. The Seleucid...
Turkey
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...18th through the 13th centuries BC. An Indo-European people...conquered them in the 7th century BC. The state of Lycia was formed...the Great conquered them in 334 BC. Subsequently the land was divided...controlled all of Anatolia. In 324 Constantine I moved the capital...
Alexander the Great
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Alexander the Great or Alexander III, 356-323 BC, king of Macedon, conqueror of much of...wife. He succeeded to the throne in 336 BC and immediately showed his talent for leadership...great suffering, finally ended at Susa in 324. Discord and Death At Susa Alexander found...
Finland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...higher in the northwest, where Haltiatunturi (4,344 ft/1,324 m), Finland's loftiest point, is located. Altogether...Independence Finland's first inhabitants, dating from about 7000 BC, probably followed the melting ice northward, attracted by...

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Byzantium
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Byzantium an ancient Greek city, founded in the 7th century bc , at the southern end of the Bosporus, site of the modern city of Istanbul. It was rebuilt by Constantine the Great in ad 324–30 as Constantinople.

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CHUBINSKY, BC RECOVER
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/20/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...County, NJ) 05-20-1994 CHUBINSKY, BC RECOVER By KEVIN T. CZERWINSKI, Staff...team with which to be reckoned. With 324 points, BC outdistanced County and Region Champion...Counties and the regions to Ridgewood," BC senior Mike Stanchek of Harrington...
CONTE IS BC'S FORUM AGAIN
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/21/2002; ; 640 words ; ...last night before a crowd of 3,324 at Conte Forum. BC, which never trailed, led by 10...40 lead with 7:02 left. No. 21 BC (20-5, 11-3 Big East) has...rebounds. Defense has been the key to BC's success all season, as the Eagles...
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN SKY-HIGH BC SOARS OVER W.VA.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/14/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...allowing a season-high 462 yards, BC's defense held the Mountaineers...quarterback Rasheed Marshall outgained BC's offense (243 yards) with 324 all-purpose yards (224 passing...That's what wins games." BC's special teams put the exclamation...
For Irish, winning self-respect the real prize against BC
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 11/8/2008; ; 578 words ; ...Raji (6-1, 323 pounds) and Ron Brace (6-3, 324). Among those Notre Dame (5-3) will count on to negate BC's twin mammoths will be freshman Trevor Robinson...ESPN, 890-AM. The records: Notre Dame 5-3; BC 5-3.
Securing databases: BC adjusts contracting to protect privacy
Magazine article from: Summit; 4/1/2005; ; 675 words ; ...concerns were first raised by the BC Government Employees Union last...to outsource administration of BC's Medical Services Plan to...government signed a 10-year, $324 million contract in November...Maximus Inc. for administration of BC's Medical Services Plan (MSP...
Following the Conqueror's Route
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/3/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...their towns and cities between 336 and 323 BC. According to Wood's narration, Alexander...also had two wives. He married Roxanne in 327 BC and fathered a child who died the next year, and in 324 BC he wed the daughter of Darius, the Persian...
Thoughts on critical thinking by a dental hygienist.(EVIDENCE FOR PRACTICE)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...image is good. Imagine three great philosophers: (1) Socrates (469-399 BC), who figuratively begat Plato (427-347 BC), who begat Aristotle (384-324 BC). Socrates asks his student Plato to think, to do so as an active, living...
The social contract in Kautilya's Arthasastra and the Mauryan empire of ancient India.
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Economics and Business; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...posited as subsisting between the expansionary Kautilya-Mauryan state (K-M state) and its polyglot peoples from about 324 BC on the dynastic ascendancy of Chandragupta Maurya to the Magadhan empire of northern India, with Kautilya's assistance...
BULGER'S GUIDING LIGHT WAS PILLORIED BY THE PRESS -- WITH REASON
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/2/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...vitriolic personal invective," I learned. Hmmmm. We're getting warm, I thought. Further, it turns out, "In 324 (BC, as in the epoch, not the college), Demosthenes was accused of receiving a 20-talent bribe from Harpalus, Alexander...
The poop on pigeons
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 11/16/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...of the Mastaba of Ptah-hotep (2498-2345 BC) shows a pigeon coop. A manuscript dating to the Pharaoh Mernere (2325-2150 BC) describes pigeon-keeping and Aristotle (324-332 BC) confirmed pigeons were popular pets in ancient...