The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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... Greek poet ( -580 to -495 ) The " Fables " of Aesop , a former Phrygian slave Greek poet Thespis has first public performance of a tragedy based on hymn to Dionysus The impoverished poet Hipponax of Ephesus invents " lame " iambics as ...
... Greek poet ( -580 to -495 ) The " Fables " of Aesop , a former Phrygian slave Greek poet Thespis has first public performance of a tragedy based on hymn to Dionysus The impoverished poet Hipponax of Ephesus invents " lame " iambics as ...
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... Greek choral music ( c . -500 ) Main Greek musical instruments : aulos , cithara , lyre Further -600 to -501 -500 to -451 -500 to -451 contd -450 to -401 RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY. ARTS Greek art becomes independent of foreign influences ...
... Greek choral music ( c . -500 ) Main Greek musical instruments : aulos , cithara , lyre Further -600 to -501 -500 to -451 -500 to -451 contd -450 to -401 RELIGION , PHILOSOPHY. ARTS Greek art becomes independent of foreign influences ...
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... Greek Herodotus , " Father of History , " b . -485 ( d . -424 ) Heraclitus , Greek philosopher , d . -483 ( b . -544 ) Buddha d . -480 ( b . -550 ) Confucius , Chin . philosopher , d ... Greek pottery Greek theater of Syracuse Marble 12 C.
... Greek Herodotus , " Father of History , " b . -485 ( d . -424 ) Heraclitus , Greek philosopher , d . -483 ( b . -544 ) Buddha d . -480 ( b . -550 ) Confucius , Chin . philosopher , d ... Greek pottery Greek theater of Syracuse Marble 12 C.
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ARTS MUSIC GROWTH DAILY LIFE | 37 |
Wooden coffins and wooden tools used in the burial places of the Alemanni | 74 |
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