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1 day ago · In the mid-5th century BC, the Qedarites were ruled by the king Gešem ben Šahr, who enjoyed a prominent status within the Achaemenid administration and controlled the region to the south of Judaea in his role as an imperial official in Dadān, which is attested in the form of a Dadanitic inscription in which he is mentioned alongside the ...
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1 day ago · Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River , situated in the place that is now the country Egypt . Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology ) [1] with the political ...
1 day ago · Etymology. The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.
1 day ago · 678–550 BC: Scythian Kingdom: 652–625 BC: Anshanite Kingdom: 635 BC–550 BC: Neo-Babylonian Empire: 626 BC–539 BC: Sogdia: c. 6th century BC –11th century AD: Achaemenid Empire: 550 BC–330 BC: Kingdom of Armenia: 331 BC–428 AD: Atropatene: c. 323 BC –226 AD: Kingdom of Cappadocia: 320s BC–17 AD: Seleucid Empire: 312 BC–63 BC ...
1 day ago · This is a list of sovereign states in the 1950s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1959. It contains 108 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
1 day ago · Part of a series on the History of Pakistan Timeline Ancient Palaeolithic Soanian culture, c. 500,000 – 250,000 BCE Neolithic Mehrgarh, c. 7000 – c. 3000 BCE Indus Valley Civilisation, c. 3300 – c. 1700 BCE Vedic Civilization, c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE Achaemenid Empire, c. 550 – c. 330 BCE Gedrosia, c. 542 – c. 330 BCE Gandhara, c. 518 – c. 330 BCE Arachosia, c. 518 – c. 330 BCE ...
1 day ago · Mining of sulfur from a deposit at the edge of Ijen's crater lake, Indonesia. Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory.
