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640s BC — Events and trends*Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh . *649 BC Indabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire. *649 BC Babylonian revolt under Shamash shuma … Wikipedia
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List of decades — For other uses of the term decade , see Decade (disambiguation). See also: list of years, List of centuries, List of millennia, and History This is a list of decades from the beginning of the 17th century BC to the end of the 22nd Century AD … Wikipedia
Theme (country subdivision) — The themes or themata ( el. θέματα; singular θέμα, thema ) were the main administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire. They were established in the seventh century in the aftermath of the Muslim conquests of Byzantine territory and… … Wikipedia
600 (number) — For the year 600, see 600 BC or 600 AD. ← 599 601 → 600 List of numbers Integers ← … Wikipedia
Kufa — [ right|300px|thumb|Kufa, in present day Iraq] Kufa (Arabic, ar. الكوفة ArTranslit|al Kūfah) is a city in modern Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated… … Wikipedia
china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material … Universalium
China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast … Universalium
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
