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Before Christ (B.C.) or Before the Common Era (B.C.E.)4.5 billion – 1B.C. World HistorySome Ancient CivilizationsRa, Egyptian Sun God (3000–2000 B.C.)See also Egyptian MythologyThe Great Pyramid at…
Since ancient times, people have put together many “seven wonders” lists. Examples include the Seven Wonders of the Natural World, the Seven Wonders of the Modern World and the Seven Natural Wonders…
(Encyclopedia) ArcadiaArcadiaärkāˈdēə [key], region of ancient Greece, in the middle of the Peloponnesus, without a seaboard, and surrounded and dissected by mountains. The Arcadians, relatively…
(Encyclopedia) MiloMilomīˈlō [key] or MilonMilonmīˈlŏn [key], fl. 500 b.c., athlete of ancient Greece, b. Crotona. He won numerous victories in wrestling at the Olympic and Pythian games. He is said…
(Encyclopedia) Pausanias, fl. a.d. 150, traveler and geographer, probably b. Lydia. His Description of Greece is an invaluable source for the topography, monuments, and legends of ancient Greece.…
(Encyclopedia) Thebes, chief city of Boeotia, in ancient Greece. It was originally a Mycenaean city. Thebes is rich in associations with Greek legend and religion (see Oedipus; the Seven against…
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Greece, Gr. Hellas or Ellas, officially Hellenic Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 11,218,000), 50,944 sq mi (131,945 sq km), SE Europe. It occupies the southernmost part of…
(Encyclopedia) LarissaLarissalərĭsˈə [key] or LárisaLárisaläˈrēsä [key], city (1991 pop. 113,090), capital of Larissa prefecture, E Greece, in Thessaly on the Piniós River. It is an agricultural…
WHO WAS RA? WHO WORSHIPED A FEATHERED SNAKE? ARE THE OLD GODS STILL WITH US? AFTERLIFEFIND OUT MORESome religions have died out, along with the cultures that practiced them. We know about them…
