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4 days ago · The majority of Babylonian mathematical work comes from two widely separated periods: The first few hundred years of the second millennium BC (Old Babylonian period), and the last few centuries of the first millennium BC (Seleucid period). It is named Babylonian mathematics due to the central role of Babylon as a place of study.
5 days ago · The well-known Sumerian King List dates to the early second millennium BC. It consists of a succession of royal dynasties from different Sumerian cities, ranging back into the Early Dynastic Period. Each dynasty rises to prominence and dominates the region, only to be replaced by the next.
- fl. c. 2900 – c. 2350 BC (middle)
- Bronze Age
4 days ago · In one gesture, in the space of a few seconds, Joseph Ratzinger put an end to the Church of the second millennium and launched a work of deconstruction whose scope has only been sketched out by ...
2 days ago · The late 2nd millennium and the reemergence of urbanism Peninsular India in the aftermath of the Indus civilization (c. 2000–1000 bce ) The development of Indian civilization from c. 1500 bce to c. 1200 ce
3 days ago · 6th century - 2nd century BC: Systematization of medicine and surgery in the Sushruta Samhita in Vedic Northern India. Documented procedures to: Perform cataract surgery . Babylonian and Egyptian texts, a millennium before, depict and mention oculists, but not the procedure itself. Perform Caesarean section.
5 days ago · In the course of the second millennium BCE, however, some forceful Elamite ruler occasionally succeeded not only in establishing his independence from Mesopotamian interference but also in extending briefly his influence on regions lying on the western borders of Elam.
4 days ago · The research team also found cloth fragments, pieces of carved wood and dozens of stone tools — the first evidence that humans were using the tunnels, starting at least 7,000 years ago. “From earlier reports we knew that fossils were preserved at the site,” said lead study author Dr. Mathew Stewart, a research fellow at the Australian ...
