Ta-Yuan
... advanced civilizations of Central Asia around 130 BCE, together with Parthia and Greco-Bactria, according ... of Chinese explorer Zhang Qian in 130 BCE and the numerous embassies that followed him ... Alexander the Great in Ferghana in 329 BCE, and prospered within the Hellenistic realm of ... migrations of the Yueh-Chih around 160 BCE. It has also been suggested that the ... and cultural exchange from the 1st century BCE to the 15th century. Hellenistic rule ( ...
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Zhang Qian
... to Central Asia from 138 to 126 BCE, Mogao Caves mural, 618-712 CE. Zhang Qian (Chinese:張騫; died 113 BCE) was a Chinese explorer and imperial envoy in the 2nd century BCE, during the time of the Han Dynasty ... by Sima Qian in the 1st century BCE . First embassy to the West Ideograms for ... Changan, today's Xi'an, between 140 BCE and 134 BCE as a Gentleman (&# ...
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List of cultural references in The Divine Comedy
... identify lines. This means that Inf. X, 123 refers to line 123 in Canto X (or 10) of the ... the Great: King of Macedon (336 BCE–323 BCE) and the most successful military commander of ... St Thomas Aquinas Anaxagoras (c. 500 BCE–428 BCE): Greek philosopher. Encountered by Dante in Limbo ... XXIII, 121–122. Antiochus IV Epiphanes (c. 215–163 BCE): Last powerful Seleucid king, he is ...
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User:Seth Ilys/Test3
... Seth Ilys/Test3 < User:Seth Ilys 490s BCE 499 BCE 498 BCE 497 BCE 496 BCE 495 BCE 494 BCE 493 BCE ...
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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
... of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom circa 220 BCE. Languages GreekBactrian Religions Greek godsPossiblyZoroastrianism Capitals BalkAi ... Bactria, Sogdiana, Eastern Parthia Existed 250 BCE–125 BCE(Succeeded in India by the Indo-Greek ... the Hellenistic world, from 250 to 125 BCE. The expansion of the Greco-Bactrians into northern India from 180 BCE established the Indo-Greek Kingdom, which was ... CE. Independence from the Seleucid Empire (250 BCE) The founder of the Greco-Bactrian ...
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Yuezhi
... Central Asia, from around 176 to 30 BCE. Yuezhi (Chinese:月氏, also 月支, Wade ... to the Yuezhi was made in 645 BCE by the Chinese author Guan Zhong. He ... As early as the mid-first millennium BCE the Yuezhi engaged in the jade trade ... the Tarim Basin (7th to 2nd century BCE) to the time it ruled the Kushan ... historical accounts, in particular the 1st century BCE "Records of the Great Historian", or ...
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Parthia
... Empire, beginning in the late 3rd century BCE, and intermittently controlled Mesopotamia between ca 150 BCE and 224 CE. It was the second ... power under king Mithradates the Great (171–138 BCE). The Parthian empire occupied all of Iran ... Parthian Empire at its greatest extent, c60 BCE. Origins See also: Seven Parthian clans The ... style (Ashgabat Museum, Turkmenistan). Initially, ca. 250 BCE, a king named Arsaces established his ...
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Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan
... begun as early as 3000 to 2000 BCE (see also Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex). Archaelogical ... From the Aryans to the Medes. 1500 BCE - 551 BCE Median Empire Between 2000-1200 BCE, a branch of Indo-European-speaking tribes ... early stage, possibly between 1500 and 1000 BCE in what is today Afghanistan or ...
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Talk:Macedonia (region)/archive
... I , in the 80th Olympics, in 460 BCE. He run the “Stadion” and was placed ... competed in the 93rd Olympics, in 408 BCE and won at Delphi the race of ... times. In the 106th Olympics, in 356 BCE, he won the race, riding his horse. In the 107th Olympics, in 352 BCE, he won the four-horse chariot race. In the 108th Olympics, in 348 BCE, he was the winner of the ...
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Talk:Sophocles
... the Suda gives 488. Re He wrote 123 plays and had 24 victories 2 in ... usage of AD and BC predates this BCE garbage. I am sick of it. Whoever ... TALK) 01:45, 9 December 2005 (UTC) BCE is just as plausible as BC/AD ... Any new article you make with you BCE will stay that way. BCE although being thrown around by people ...
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