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... Nineveh is regarded as Egyptian hieroglyphs In Greek religion, the worship of
Apollo symbol of tyranny and bloody suppression are adapted to and Dionysus (
later named Bacchus) and Manasseh, king of Judah (-690 to -638) demotic script
...
... Nineveh is regarded as Egyptian hieroglyphs In Greek religion, the worship of
Apollo symbol of tyranny and bloody suppression are adapted to and Dionysus (
later named Bacchus) and Manasseh, king of Judah (-690 to -638) demotic script
...
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-441) Sun dial (gnomon) in use in Greece and to Italy by later copied in Persian
art; Indian vina, two China Greek settlers architecture develops from severe
hollow gourds Prediction of solar eclipse (by Thales of Cyrus of Persia Doric to
more ...
-441) Sun dial (gnomon) in use in Greece and to Italy by later copied in Persian
art; Indian vina, two China Greek settlers architecture develops from severe
hollow gourds Prediction of solar eclipse (by Thales of Cyrus of Persia Doric to
more ...
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-484 The Greek Herodotus, -492 (d. -406) "Father of History," Coriolanus
banished from Rome -491 Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, calls the b. -485 (d. -424)
Persian Wars (-490 to -449): Persian army defeated by Greek poets Aeschylus,
Pindar, ...
-484 The Greek Herodotus, -492 (d. -406) "Father of History," Coriolanus
banished from Rome -491 Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, calls the b. -485 (d. -424)
Persian Wars (-490 to -449): Persian army defeated by Greek poets Aeschylus,
Pindar, ...
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User Review - auntieknickers - LibraryThingThe early years of human history seem to have less information than might be available, particularly spotty in Asian history and pretty much nothing about Africa south of the Sahara. Still, an interesting browse and a good place to see what was happening in a given year. Read full review
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User Review - Diwanna - LibraryThingI'd be lying if I said that I read this book, but it is an interesting reference to peruse from time to time. Read full review
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| Title | The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan Touchstone book |
| Author | Bernard Grun |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671249878, 9780671249878 |
| Length | 676 pages |
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