His Gregorian calendar took effect in the late 16th century. It remains in use today and, clearly, isn’t perfect or there would be no need for leap year. But it was a big improvement, reducing drift to mere seconds. Why did he step in? Well, Easter. It was coming later in the ...
EVERYTHING IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS: A NEW EXAMINATION OF A PURPORTED NAOS FRAGMENT FROM THE 4TH CENTURY BCE IN VERONAEngsheden, keJournal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections
Qu Yuan was a patriotic author during the 5th century B.C., who was serving the State of Chu. Dragon Boat Festival in ChinaWhen some corrupt ministers slandered him, the Emperor Qingxiang exiled the poet to the regions south of the Yangtze River. In 278 BCE, he was greatly concerned ...
Construction of the Ishtar Gate took place around the sixth century BCE, on the orders of Nebuchadnezzar II, a famous ruler of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar ordered a number of building projects which were designed to honor the Babylonian gods while beautifying the city, and the massive walls and gates...
the Greeks in the 2nd millennium BCE it had become an important port island. The island was fought over by various Mediterranean civilizations for the next few thousand years. It was an important trading post in the Roman Empire, and later passed to the Byzantine Empire in the 4th century. ...
Another Mid Autumn Festival tradition is the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance. Unique to Hong Kong, it began in the 19th century when Tai Hang villagers held the event to drive away bad luck. It has since made its way onto the national list of intangible cultural heritage. This year’s Tai Ha...
2. Portrait Monument and Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument: A Century of Suffrage Commemoration As previously noted, the issue of women’s right to vote, considered radical in the 19th century, is now consensual, and the approach of the centennial of the 19th Amendment marked an increased polit...
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"There's one true God, and it started here," she said, before falling to her knees and bowing where the First Temple, or the Temple of Solomon, was built in 957 BCE. The Second Temple, or Temple of Herod, was a reconstructed version of the first, built in the 6th century ...
“consumer economics” since the early 20th century. The field was initially disregarded by male economists because “home economics” appeared to be the purview of housewives. Economists have repeatedly stressed widespread education in matters of personal finance as integral to the macro performance of...