The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The Parthenon in Athens, a symbol of Ancient Greece and Western Philosophy. ... 406 BC: Athens defeats Sparta in the Battle of Arginusae and the blockade …

The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC.It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.. This century marked the height of Classical Greek civilization in all of its aspects. By the year 400 BC Greek philosophy, art, literature and architecture had spread far and wide, with the numerous independent Greek colonies that …

The 8th century BCE started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC.The 8th century BC is a period of great change for several historically significant civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties lead to rule from Nubia in the 25th Dynasty.The Neo-Assyrian Empire reaches the peak of its power, conquering the Kingdom of Israel as well as nearby countries.

The 5th century is the time period from 401 through 500 Anno Domini (AD) or Common Era (CE) in the Julian calendar.The 5th century is noted for being a period of migration and political instability throughout Eurasia.. It saw the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which came to an end in 476 AD. This empire had been ruled by a succession of weak emperors, with the real …

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Various uses of the term "Olympic" to describe athletic events in the modern era have been documented since the 17th century. The first such event was the Cotswold Games or "Cotswold Olimpick Games", an annual meeting near Chipping Campden, England, involving various sports.It was first organised by the lawyer Robert Dover between 1612 and 1642, with several later …

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.He was adopted by the Roman emperor Claudius at the age of 13 and succeeded him on the throne.

In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire.. Ancient Rome began as an …

Opium has been actively collected since approximately 3400 BC. The upper Asian belt of Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and Myanmar still account for the world's largest supply of opium. At least 17 finds of Papaver somniferum from Neolithic settlements have been reported throughout Switzerland, Germany, and Spain, including the placement of large numbers of …

The Semitic sound value of Qôp was /q/ (voiceless uvular stop), and the form of the letter could have been based on the eye of a needle, a knot, or even a monkey with its tail hanging down. /q/ is a sound common to Semitic languages, but not found in many European languages. Some have even suggested that the form of the letter Q is even more ancient: it could have originated from …