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3 days ago · The Etruscans inhabited Italy in the Iron Age. Their language first appeared there around 700 BCE based on available evidence. We see another descendant of Proto-Tyrsenic on Lemnos, an island just off the coast of Troy. This is attested on inscriptions dating to the sixth century BCE.
3 days ago · Thomas the Apostle ( Greek: Θωμᾶς; Syriac ܬܐܘܡܐ, Tʾōmā, meaning "the twin"), [a] also known as Didymus (Greek: Δίδυμος Didymos, meaning "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known as "Doubting Thomas" because he initially doubted the resurrection of Jesus Christ ...
2 days ago · All but one of the surviving versions of the Sumerian King List date to the Old Babylonian period, i.e. the early part of the second millennium BC. One version, the Ur III Sumerian King List (USKL) dates to the reign of Shulgi (2084–2037 BC).
3 days ago · Homer's The Iliad is an ancient greek poem written around the eighth century. The poem is set during the Trojan war and highlights the conflict between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The text provided is an excerpt from book three. This source is a part of the Diversity and Change in Greco-Roman Religious Beliefs teaching module.
2 days ago · Most historians generally agree that Gilgamesh was a historical king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, who probably ruled sometime during the early part of the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2900 – 2350 BC).
4 days ago · York, pat. 25 January, cr. 19 April 1565. S. of James Colbarne of Dudley, and probably kin to Francis Colbarne, who married Norroy Dalton's sister Elizabeth. Lord Cobham's servant; Rouge Dragon 1553 and York 1565; d. 13 September 1567; bur d St Dunstan's in the West, near Dalton. 1558, when he and Dalton were attached to Lord Westmoreland's ...
2 days ago · Tom King (also known as Thomas) is the son of Carl King (Tom Lister) who was dramatically murdered in a live episode of the soap in October 2012. The character believed Carl’s former fiancee ...
