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1 day ago · 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC: Blast furnace in Ancient China: The earliest discovered blast furnaces in China date to the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, although most sites are from the later Han dynasty. The earliest fore-and-aft rigs, spritsails, appeared in the 2nd century BC in the Aegean Sea on small Greek craft.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (German: [fʁɪt͡s ˈʃtʁasˌman] ⓘ;...
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Year Event 600 BC: Ancient Greek philosopher Thales of...
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Timeline of computing presents events in the history of...
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3 days ago · List of Roman emperors. The Prima Porta statue of Augustus ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), the first Roman emperor. The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [1] [2] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles ...
4 days ago · The Roman Kingdom became the Roman Republic in 509 BC. The Romans completed their conquest of Italy around 281 BC. Rome and Carthage competed for control of the Western Mediterranean during the Punic Wars from 264 BC to 149 BC. The Roman Republic suffered from internal difficulties from the 2nd century BC onward.
3 days ago · The first well-known literate civilization in Europe was the Minoan civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC. [6] The Minoans were replaced by the Mycenaean civilization which flourished during the period roughly between 1600 BC, when Helladic culture in mainland ...
4 days ago · 9. Cultural, religious and economic developments during the 2nd century - e.g. the Second Sophistic, the spread of Christianity, the beginnings of urban decline, the impact of plague. 10. Overall assessment of the 2nd century. Was Gibbon justified in seeing the age as the time when humanity was at its happiest and most prosperous?
2 days ago · According to available knowledge the history of the ancient city Anavarza (Anazarbus) goes back to 2100 years, and it has reached its zenith in the 2nd century BC when it was awarded by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus. Anavarza rapidly developed and became the capital of Cilicia in 408.
3 days ago · The beginning of the functioning of the Great Silk Road dates back to the 2nd century BC and the route operated until the 15th century AD. Of course, thanks to the Silk Road, not only rare goods were distributed, but also a great exchange of knowledge, culture, technology, diplomatic relations took place.
