Formal theory. Formally, a string is a finite, ordered sequence of characters such as letters, digits or spaces. The empty string is the special case where the sequence has length zero, so there are no symbols in the string.

Sybaris (Ancient Greek: Σύβαρις; Italian: Sibari) was an important city of Magna Graecia.It was situated in modern Calabria, in Southern Italy, between two rivers, the Crathis and the Sybaris ().. The city was founded in 720 BC by Achaean and Troezenian settlers. Sybaris amassed great wealth thanks to its fertile land and busy port. Its inhabitants became famous among the …

Other significant Egyptian artifacts. Execration texts – earliest references to many Biblical locations; Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446– A document that lists the names of 45 individuals, including a Canaanite woman named "Šp-ra."Scholars assume that this is a hieroglyphic transliteration of the Hebrew name "Shiphrah," which also appears in Exodus 1:15–21.However, the document …

The 9th century was a period from 801 through 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar.. The Carolingian Renaissance and the Viking raids occurred within this period. In the Middle East, the House of Wisdom was founded in Abbasid Baghdad, attracting many scholars to the city.The field of algebra was founded by the Muslim polymath al-Khwarizmi.The most famous Islamic …

The 27th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC. Events. Statuette of Imhotep in the Louvre. He is the first architect and physician whose name was recorded and has survived to modern times. c. 2750–2600 BC: Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia. c. 2700 BC: The beginning of statuary in Egypt, with shale and limestone …

The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (depending on the reckoning used; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).. The 16th century is regarded by historians as the century which saw the rise of Western civilization and the Islamic gunpowder empires.The …

Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, CB, CVO, OBE, TD, CD, DL, Bt (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016), was a British landowner, businessman, philanthropist, Territorial Army general, and peer.He was the son of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and Viola Lyttelton.He was Chairman of the property company Grosvenor …

Pre-6th century. The Najd region is home to Al-Magar, which was an advanced prehistoric culture of the Neolithic whose epicenter lay in modern-day southwestern Najd. Al-Magar is possibly one of the first cultures in the world where widespread agriculture and the domestication of animals occurred, particularly that of the horse, during the Neolithic period, before climate …

The 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini/Common era) was the time period which lasted from 301 through 400 ().In the West, the early part of the century was shaped by Constantine the Great, who became the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity.Gaining sole reign of the empire, he is also noted for re-establishing a single imperial capital, choosing the …

The Madaba Mosaic Map depicts Jerusalem with the New Church of the Theotokos, which was dedicated on 20 November 542.Buildings erected in Jerusalem after 570 are absent from the depiction, thus limiting the date range of its creation to the period between 542 and 570. The mosaic was made by unknown artists, probably for the Christian community of Madaba, which …