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  2. Quadrivium - Wikipedia

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    The quadrivium, Latin for 'four ways', [4] and its use for the four subjects have been attributed to Boethius, who was apparently the first to use the term [5] when affirming that the height of philosophy can be attained only following "a sort of fourfold path" (quodam quasi quadruvio).

  3. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Wikipedia

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    Since the chart combines secular history with biblical genealogy, it worked back from the time of Christ to peg their start at 4,004 B.C. Above the image of Adam and Eve are the words, "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" (Genesis 1:1) — beside which the author acknowledges that — "Moses assigns no date to this Creation.

  4. Fifteen Signs before Doomsday - Wikipedia

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    The first version includes a list of seven signs announcing the end of the world. The longer version, however, has an appended section which brings the list of signs up to fifteen. This version was taken up and reshaped by the Irish, after which it became a source for many European visions of the "end of days". [4]

  5. Quadra (album) - Wikipedia

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    The album is the band's most successful record since 1998's Against, charting in 17 countries and entering the top 20 in seven countries (eight, considering the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart). It is also their most successful album in Germany and Switzerland to date, exceeding the chart positions of Roots (1996), with positions number five and ...

  6. Ages of Man - Wikipedia

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    The men of this Age were undone by their own violent ways and left no named spirits; instead, they dwell in the "dark house of Hades". This Age came to an end with the flood of Deucalion. [citation needed] Heroic Age – The Heroic Age is the one age that does not correspond with any metal. It is also the only age that improves upon the age it ...

  7. Trivium - Wikipedia

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    Etymologically, the Latin word trivium means "the place where three roads meet" (tri + via); hence, the subjects of the trivium are the foundation for the quadrivium, the upper (or "further") division of the medieval education in the liberal arts, which consists of arithmetic (numbers as abstract concepts), geometry (numbers in space), music (numbers in time), and astronomy (numbers in space ...

  8. Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia

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    Origin of the prostate gland and a pair of holes opening to the columella and nearby shrinking jaw bones; new eardrums stand in front of the columella and Eustachian tube. The skin becomes hairy, glandular (glands secreting sebum and sweat ) and thermoregulatory.

  9. School of Chartres - Wikipedia

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    The Chartres school placed special emphasis on the quadrivium (the mathematical arts) and on natural philosophy. [ 1 ] Chartres' greatest period was the first half of the twelfth century, [ 1 ] but it eventually could not support the city's large number of students and its masters lacked the relative autonomy developing around the city's other ...