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The Greek-language inscriptions and epigraphy are a major source for understanding of the society, language and history of ancient Greece and other Greek-speaking or Greek-controlled areas. [1] [2] Greek inscriptions may occur on stone slabs, pottery ostraca, ornaments, and range from simple names to full texts. [3] [4]
A database shard, or simply a shard, is a horizontal partition of data in a database or search engine. Each shard may be held on a separate database server instance, to spread load. Some data in a database remains present in all shards, [a] but some appears only in a single shard. Each shard acts as the single source for this subset of data. [1]
The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 – c. 800 BC) refers to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean civilization in the 11th century BC to the rise of the first Greek city-states in the 9th century BC and the epics of Homer and earliest writings in the Greek alphabet in the 8th century BC.
Kinesis may refer to: Kinesis (biology), a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus; Kinesis (band), an alternative rock band from Bolton, England; Kinesis, a genus of earwigs; Kinesis (keyboard), a line of ergonomic computer keyboards; Kinesis (magazine), a magazine published by Vancouver Status of Women
The so-called Roman salute, in which the arm is fully extended forwards or diagonally with palm down and fingers touching, was not used in ancient Rome.The gesture was first associated with ancient Rome in the 1784 painting The Oath of the Horatii by the French artist Jacques-Louis David, which inspired later salutes, most notably the Nazi salute.
Modern influence of ancient Greece refers to the influence of Ancient Greece on later periods of history, from the Middle Ages up to the current modern era. Greek culture and philosophy has a significant influence on modern society and its core culture, in comparison to other ancient societies of similar settings.
Note the use of san at the end of most names, and the difference between san and mu (with a shorter right stem, ) in the word "ΑΜΥΝΤΑϺ". Use of san in archaic Sicyonian writing: shard incised with the dedicatory inscription ͱεροοϻ heroos (Attic spelling ἥρωος, "of the hero"), using san together with heta (Ͱ), and a characteristic Sikyonian X-shaped form of epsilon.
Kinetic (Ancient Greek: κίνησις “kinesis”, movement or to move) may refer to: Kinetic theory, describing a gas as particles in random motion; Kinetic energy, the energy of an object that it possesses due to its motion