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The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to ... there was a global change in climate 5,200 years ago, ... the calculated date of the world's creation, is ...
The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...
This timeline tries to show dates of important historical events that happened in or that led to the rise of the Middle East/ South West Asia .The Middle East is the territory that comprises today's Egypt, the Persian Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...
A stunning 4,000-year-old rock may indicate a previously ... the world’s tallest uninterrupted ... Live Science reports that similar art in Brazil was dated to about 4,000 years ago, ...
The Southern Levant has a long history and is one of the world's most intensively investigated areas by archaeologists. It is considered likely to be the first place that both early hominins and modern humans colonized outside of Africa. Consequently, it has a rich Stone Age archaeology, stretching back as early as 1.5 million years ago.
This tiny 4,000-year-old cuneiform tells a big story about past civilizations. ... The area—which contains ruins that date to as far back as 4,000 years ago—was first excavated by British ...
Scholars deciphered inscriptions on 4,000-year-old tablets more than 100 years after they were originally discovered. ... attempt to understand the world ... and culture may have looked like 2,000 ...