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Pergamon or Pergamum (/ ˈ p ɜːr ɡ ə m ə n / or / ˈ p ɜːr ɡ ə m ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (Πέργαμος), [a] [1] was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis.
It also comprised one of the Seven Churches of Asia mentioned at the New Testament Book of Revelation, written by John the Apostle. According to the Christian tradition, Antipas was appointed bishop of Pergamon, by John. He was martyred there in 92 AD. [3] Pergamon became the see of a bishopric under the jurisdiction of the Metropolis of ...
Thổ Chu Lighthouse: Image Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine: 2000: Phú Quốc: Fl (4) W 15s. 140 metres (460 ft) 20494.5: F3039.5: 12 Triều Dương Lighthouse: Image Archived 15 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine: 2001: Phú Quý
The Attalid kingdom (colored olive) shown at its greatest extent in 188 BCE View of the Acropolis of ancient Pergamon, drawn by 19th-century German archaeologists. Founded sometime during the 3rd century BCE, during the Hellenistic Age, Pergamum or Pergamon was an important ancient Greek city, located in Anatolia.
No independent Vietnamese dynastic title [j] 621 CE 907 CE 271 years [t] Imperial Li 李: Gaozu of Tang: Ai of Tang Wu Zhou [s] Võ Chu 武周: No independent Vietnamese dynastic title [j] 690 CE 705 CE 15 years Imperial Wu 武: Shengshen of Wu Zhou Southern Han [s] Nam Hán 南漢: No independent Vietnamese dynastic title [j] 930 CE 938 CE 8 ...
Map of ancient Asia shows location of the Âu Việt state of Nam Cương and other Viet’s kingdoms. According to folklore, prior to Chinese domination of northern and north-central Vietnam, the region was ruled by a series of kingdoms called Văn Lang with a hierarchical government, headed by Lạc Kings ( Hùng Kings ), who were served by ...
This is a timeline of Vietnamese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Vietnam and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Vietnam. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Prehistory ...
Vietnamese uses 22 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.The four remaining letters are not considered part of the Vietnamese alphabet although they are used to write loanwords, languages of other ethnic groups in the country based on Vietnamese phonetics to differentiate the meanings or even Vietnamese dialects, for example: dz or z for southerner pronunciation of v in standard Vietnamese.