Antiquity
81Antiquities — Antiquity An*tiq ui*ty, n.; pl. {Antiquities}. [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit[ e]. See {Antique}.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. [1913… …
82BANKING AND BANKERS — Antiquity There is little likelihood that financial transactions played a prominent role in the pre Exilic epoch in Ereẓ Israel; according to the ethos of Jewish society, then founded on a pronounced agrarian structure, lending was part of the… …
83BOOK TRADE — Antiquity Information on the book trade in antiquity among Jews is very scanty. In biblical and talmudic times the scribe himself was the seller of his products (Tosef., Bik. 2:15; Pes. 50b; Git. 54b). The Tosefta (Av. Zar. 3:7–8) and the… …
84COMMUNITY — antiquity middle ages character and structures functions and duties individual centers the muslim caliphate in the east …
85ORGAN — Antiquity In its conventional form, an organ is basically a set of pipes activated by compressed air, under the control of a keyboard. It is thought to have been invented in Hellenistic Alexandria around the beginning of the second century C.E.,… …
86List of archery civilizations — Antiquity *Armenians *Cretans *Getae *Parthians *Sarmatians *Scythians *Indo AryansEarly Middle Ages *Huns *Avars *Bulgars *Magyars *Cumans *KoreaLate Middle Ages *Welsh *Manchu *Mongols *Turkic peoples …
87Nil sine prudenti fecit ratione vetustas — Antiquity did nothing without a wise or prudent reason …
88EUROPE — Antiquity The earliest contacts of the ancient Hebrews with Europe and Europeans were probably through the Greek traders who were familiar figures all over the eastern Mediterranean littoral as early as the eighth century B.C.E. It must however… …
89High Sheriff of Northumberland — This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Northumberland.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries… …
90Battle of Hyrba — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Hyrba partof=the Wars of Cyrus the Great date=January?, 552 BC place=Hyrba, Media result=Persian victory. territory=Allies of Northern Media defect to Persia. combatant1=Median Empire combatant2=Persis …
