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The 1st millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy: JD 1 356 182.5 – 1 721 425.5 [1]).
3000 BC: Receipt in Ancient Mesopotamia [165] 3000 BC – 2800 BC: Prosthesis first documented in the Ancient Near East, in ancient Egypt and Iran, specifically for an eye prosthetics, the eye found in Iran was likely made of bitumen paste that was covered with a thin layer of gold. [166] 3000 BC – 2500 BC: Rhinoplasty in Egypt. [167] [168]
A Clovis point from Utah, dated to 11500–9000 BC. 9500 BCE: Cordilleran and Laurentide Ice Sheets retreat enough to open a habitable ice-free corridor through the northern half of the continent along the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains. 9500 BCE: People craft early Clovis spear points, knives, and skin scrapers from rock in New Mexico.
Helladic chronology is a relative dating system used in archaeology and art history.It complements the Minoan chronology scheme devised by Sir Arthur Evans for the categorisation of Bronze Age artefacts from the Minoan civilization within a historical framework.
c. 1000 – 500 BCE Norton: 500 BCE – 800 CE Ipiutak Stage: 1 CE – 800 CE Dorset culture: 500 BCE – 1500 CE Thule people: 200 BCE – 1600 CE on Great Plains Plains Woodland: c. 500 BCE – 1000 CE Plains Village: c. 1000 – 1780 CE in Southwest and by Pecos Classification: Early Basketmaker II Era: 1500 BCE – 50 CE Late Basketmaker II ...
Cycladic culture (also known as Cycladic civilisation) was a Bronze Age culture (c. 3100–c. 1000 BC) found throughout the islands of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea.In chronological terms, it is a relative dating system for artifacts which is roughly contemporary to Helladic chronology (mainland Greece) and Minoan chronology (Crete) during the same period of time.
While in 10,000 BC, the world population stood at 2 million, it rose to 45 million by 3000 BC. By the Iron Age in 1000 BC, the population had risen to 72 million. By the end of the ancient period in AD 500, the world population is thought to have stood at 209 million. In 10,500 years, the world population increased by 100 times. [2]
The emperor took with him a force of 500 civilian scientists, specialists in fields such as biology, chemistry and languages, in order to carry out a full study of the ancient civilisation. The work of Jean-François Champollion in deciphering the Rosetta Stone to discover the hidden meaning of hieroglyphics proved the key to the study of ...