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1 day ago · This list of genocides includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocides that are recognised in significant scholarship as genocides. It excludes mass killings which have not been explicitly defined as genocidal, but called mass murder, crimes against humanity, politicide, classicide, or war crimes, such as the Thirty Years' War (4.5 to 8 million deaths ...
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3 days ago · According to the Book of Ezra, the Persian Cyrus the Great ended the Babylonian exile in 538 BCE, the year after he captured Babylon. The exile ended with the return under Zerubbabel the Prince (so-called because he was a descendant of the royal line of David) and Joshua the Priest (a descendant of the line of the former High Priests of the Temple) and their construction of the Second Temple ...
2 days ago · 522 BC Anti-Achaemeneid Rebellions: Achaemenid Empire: Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Elamites, Medians and Parthians: Darius the Great quashes all the rebellions within the space of a year. 510–509 BC Roman Revolution: Rome: Republicans: The Roman monarchy was overthrown and in its place the Roman Republic was established. 508–507 BC
5 days ago · The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed ...
2 days ago · 21st century BC: Hurrian: temple inscription of Tish-atal in Urkesh: c. 1700 BC: Hittite: Anitta text in Hittite cuneiform: Isolated Hittite words and names occur in Assyrian texts found at Kültepe, from the 19th century BC. 16th century BC: Palaic: Hittite texts CTH 751–754: c. 1450 BC: Mycenaean Greek: Linear B tablet archive from Knossos
2 days ago · 3 Oct 1988. Edgar C. Whisenant. Whisenant predicted in his book 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Could Be in 1988 that the rapture of the Christian Church would occur between September 11 and 13, 1988. After his September predictions failed to come true, Whisenant revised his prediction date to October 3.
