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Chersiphron
Chersiphron , fl. 6th cent. BC, Cretan architect. According to tradition he was the builder of the original archaic Ionic temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Asia Minor (550 BC). He and his son Metagenes were said to be coauthors of a treatise on architectural engineering. ... Read more
cuneiform
cuneiform [Lat.,=wedge-shaped], system of writing developed before the last centuries of the 4th millennium BC in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, probably by the Sumerians. The characters consist of arrangements of wedgelike strokes generally impressed with a stylus on wet clay tablets, wh... Read more
Babylonia
Babylonia , ancient empire of Mesopotamia. The name is sometimes given to the whole civilization of S Mesopotamia, including the states established by the city rulers of Lagash, Akkad (or Agade), Uruk, and Ur in the 3d millennium BC Historically it is limited to the first dynasty of Babylon establis... Read more
Paestum
Paestum , ancient city of Lucania, S Italy. It was a colony of the Greek city of Sybaris (c.600 BC) and was first named Posidonia. It flourished with the rest of Magna Graecia through the 6th cent. BC The Romans took the city in 273 BC; they called it Paestum. The ruins, near the present Pesto, in... Read more
Byblos
Byblos , ancient city, Phoenicia, a port 17 mi (27 km) NNE of modern Beirut, Lebanon. The principal city of Phoenicia during the 2d millennium BC, it long retained importance as an active port under the Persians. Byblos was the chief center of the worship of Adonis. Because of its papyruses, it was ... Read more
Homeric Hymns
Homeric Hymns , name applied to a body of 34 hexameter poems falsely attributed to Homer by the ancients. Composed probably between 800 and 300 BC, they are complimentary verses addressed to the various gods, such as Aphrodite, Apollo, Demeter, and Hermes. Although sometimes of great beauty, they ... Read more
Scythia
Scythia , ancient region of Eurasia, extending from the Danube on the west to the borders of China on the east. The Scythians flourished from the 8th to the 4th cent. BC They spoke an Indo-Iranian language but had no system of writing. They were nomadic conquerors and skilled horsemen. They seem t... Read more
Ashdod
Ashdod [Heb.,=stronghold], city (1994 pop. 120,100), SW Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is Israel's leading port after Haifa. Construction is Ashdod's main industry; its manufactures include synthetic fibers, woolen yarn, and knitted goods. Nearby is the site of ancient Ashdod, which was settl... Read more
Phrygia
Phrygia , ancient region, central Asia Minor (now central Turkey). The Phrygians, who settled here c.1200 BC, came from the Balkans and apparently spoke an Indo-European language. A kingdom, associated in Greek legend with the names of Midas and Gordius , flourished from the 8th to the 6th cent. ... Read more
Sardis
Sardis or Sardes , ancient city of Lydia, W Asia Minor, at the foot of Mt. Tmolus, 35 mi (56 km) NE of the modern Izmir, Turkey. As capital of Lydia, it was the political and cultural center of Asia Minor from 650 BC until the death of Croesus (c.547 BC). The first gold and silver coins were m... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "6th millennium BC"

Mesopotamia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...development of irrigation in the 6th millennium bc and the extreme fertility of the...established the first cities in c. 2500 bc. The first empire-builders on...Sargon I , who conquered ( c. 2300 bc) the Sumerian cities. Babylonia...
Nineveh
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Iraq). First occupied in the 6th millennium bc , Nineveh became the Assyrian capital...Sennacherib (r.704–681 bc). The city walls were more than...Nineveh was sacked by the Medes in 612 bc, but continued to be occupied until...
Cornwall
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...least as far back as the 3rd millennium bc, and in the 5th–6th cents. ad a church coloured...remains of 5th–6th-cent. Mediterranean pottery...Exeter for the first time in a millennium. Domesday Book may confirm...
Ur
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Ur flourished in the 3rd millennium bc , but Sargon I conquered it in c. 2340 bc. The Akkadian period witnessed...Sumerian cultures. In c. 2060 bc, the great ziggurat was built...destroyed much of the city. In the 6th century bc , Nebuchadnezzar...
cuneiform
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...last centuries of the 4th millennium BC in the lower Tigris and...conquest of Babylonia (539 BC), and after a brief renaissance (3d-1st cent. BC) ceased to be used in Mesopotamia...the Achaemenids (mid-6th cent. BC-4th cent. BC...
Etruscan
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...civilization flourished in the first millennium bc . Influenced by Greece, they organized...civilization reached its peak in the 6th century bc – their wealth and power...From the 5th to the 3rd century bc , they were gradually overrun by...
philosophy
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...dates back to the middle of the 2nd millennium bc or earlier. Like other Eastern...main religion, Hinduism . From the 6th century bc , Chinese philosophy was largely...Confucianism and Taoism . Also in the 6th century, Western philosophy began...
Phrygia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Historic region of w central Anatolia. Early in the 1st millennium bc , the Phrygians emigrated from se Europe and established...Gordium. Midas was a legendary Phrygian king. In the 6th century bc , Phrygia was taken over by Lydia, then by Persia...
Damascus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Egyptians before the Hittite period (2d millennium BC) and was later ruled by the Israelites...Aram . Tiglathpileser III made it (732 BC) a part of the Assyrian Empire. From the 6th to the 4th cent. BC it was a provincial capital of the Persian...
Altai Republic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...communal society existed in the area from the 3d millennium BC, and there is evidence of a Mongolian civilization in the 5th cent. BC The Turkish khanate ruled the region from the 6th to the 10th cent. AD, and the Altaians were...

Dictionary entries related to "6th millennium BC"

Cornwall
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...western prehistory at least as far back as the 3rd millennium BC, and in the 5th–6th cents. AD a church coloured by Irish and eastern...Britain is so rich in the remains of 5th–6th‐cent. Mediterranean pottery as is...
iron
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...taken as beginning in the early 1st millennium bc , but iron-working began with the Hittites in Anatolia in c. 1400 bc. Its arrival in Britain was associated...first Celtic immigrants in about the 6th century bc . In much of Europe it ended at...

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Clemens Lichter (ed.). How Did Farming Reach Europe? Anatolian-European relations from the second half of the 7th through the first half of the 6th millennium cal BC (Proceedings of the International Workshop Istanbul, 20-22 May 2004).(Book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...7th through the first half of the 6th millennium cal BC (Proceedings of the International...seventh-earlier sixth millennium cal BC? The patterns that unfold are complex...the later seventh millennium cal BC, such as the emergence of the Fikirtepe...
On the margins of Southwest Asia; Cyprus during the 6th to 4th millennia BC.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2008; 509 words ; ...the margins of Southwest Asia; Cyprus during the 6th to 4th millennia BC. Clarke, Joanne. Oxbow Books 2007 158 pages...Anglia) examine cultural change in Cyprus from the 6th to 4th millennia BCE, proposing that the observable differences...
Culture and change; in Central European perhistory, 6th to 1st millennium BC.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2008; 510 words ; ...Central European perhistory, 6th to 1st millennium BC. Vandkilde, Helle. Aarhus...from ca. 6000 BCE to the first millennium BCE, with a focus on boom periods...political power in the first millennium BCE. This publication is occasionally...
The earliest writing? Sign use in the seventh millennium BC at Jiahu, Henan Province, China. (Research).
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...originated in the late fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia (Gelb...the seventh millennium BC which seem to relate...archaeological record of nine millennia, offers a unique opportunity...transition (11 000-8000 BC) was marked by the extinction...place the site in the 7-6th ...
Ancient Chinese bronze casting: the Chinese had demonstrated proficiency in hard, thin-walled ceramics by the end of the Neolithic period, and took advantage of these skills to develop casting processes for both simple and complex piece molds.
Magazine article from: Advanced Materials & Processes; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...cobalt for superior hardness (~220 BC). Casting techniques The Chinese...the Neolithic Period (8000 to 1700 BC); the pottery kilns found near...1400[degrees]C as early as the 6th millennium BC, more than enough to melt copper...
The future of Kosovo's past.(OPINION)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 5/13/2005; 700+ words ; ...been inhabited since prehistoric times. Recent archaeological finds date back to the early Neolithic period - the 6th millennium BC - and include various anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines of fertility and painted ceramics. In classical antiquity...
It's more than hot
Magazine article from: International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Brazil and India are having serious effects on the production of oilseeds and related global markets. Dating from the 6th millennium BC in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the practice of irrigation has been used to supply water and permit the growth of crops...
Beer lovers, rejoice: a homegrown brew is tickling tastebuds around the globe.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Saturday (South Africa); 10/11/2008; 700+ words ; ...some 4 000 years ago. Beer itself is possibly the world's oldest alcoholic beverage, dating back to at least the 6th millennium BC and was recorded in the written history of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Some recent archaeological finds show...
Remembrances of things past.(Ophthalmology Practice)(narratives)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology; 5/1/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...which had settled there over a millennium before. Historically, we are...Central Asia (now Turkey) about 6th-5th millennium BC, and finally settled in the Punjab in the early second millennium BC. (Hilter's concept of the...
Mediterranean, Aegean, Classical and Hellenistic archaeology.(Bibliography)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...contributions by CAROLE McCARTNEY & ALEXANDER WASSE. On the margins of Southwest Asia: Cyprus during the 6th to 4th millennia BC. xvi+158 pages, 32 illustrations. 2007. Oxford: Oxbow; 978-1-84217-281-0 hardback 45 [pounds...