2nd millennium

It was represented by nine colonies throughout October 7th and October 25th. They created a petition to King George III, and several petitions to the Parliament and declaration of their rights describing how they were all being ignored. Finally on March 4th, 1766, the Stamp Act was repealed by the British Parliament, but issued a Declaratory Act at the same time to reaffirm its authority to pass any colonial legislation it saw fit. From this point on, the issues of taxation and representation…

societies he was speaking of, then we must acknowledge that the same must be true for the people living in the Middle East and Mediterranean in the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE. Gift-giving has helped create and perpetuate social and economic relationship between people throughout the ages and the same is true for those who lived during the 2nd and 1st Millennium BCE.…

When you consider the thousands of years between the first lutes and modern lutes, it’s actually quite remarkable how similar the lutes of the past are to more recent lutes (like the guitar and orchestral strings). We can learn a lot about Greco-Roman lutes by looking at their predecessors and descendants. The lute spread much like languages do. Just as regional dialects develop, so, it appears, did lute preferences. The lute did not develop linearly from Mesopotamia, through Greece, and…

Mars. Romans [...] glorified war, and considered him a mighty warrior [...] some Romans worshipped him, even leaving sacrifices at his altar” (“All about Mars”). The first observers of the planet Mars date back to the ancient Egyptians in the 2nd Millennium, the Chinese in 1045 BC, and the Babylonians in 400 BC. The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who developed the Heliocentric Theory, theorized that Mars was a planet sometime in 1500 AD. Moreover, NASA’s official Mars exploration web…

Taheny against Marque Millennium Capital Management, LLC. The matter involves a note/loan provided by Mr. Taheny to Marque. On October 11, 2013, a default judgment was issued by the Honorable Elizabeth Emerson of The Supreme Court of Suffolk County in the amount of $135,258.71 plus interest through the day of collection. The notice of default had been served on Mr. Meckel, the President Chairman and -- to the best of my knowledge -- sole shareholder of Marque Millennium. Subsequently, a…

The first historical contact of a European with Canada was when Norse Vikings landed in L'Anse aux Meadows, New Newfoundland at the turn of the 2nd millennium. It was not till Italian John Cabot 1497, sailing under the banner of King Henry VII of England, did another European come into contact with Canada. However, it was Jacques Cartier of France who was the first explorer to explore the Canadian wilderness in depth, and declared the area around the St.Lawrence River in the name of King Francis…

This is a Jade GUI Tablet (gui圭) in Late Neolithic to early Shang dynasty (2nd millennium BCE). The GUI is one of the important objects for a ceremony and also a symbol of a person's status. Jade as a stone age heritage, occupies an important position in Chinese culture. The cultural connotation of ancient jade in China not only includes the design of art, grinding technology, written records, but also includes etiquette, religion, economic value and decorative features. The ancient jade's…

The Epic of Gilgamesh highlights the strong, centralized political system of Ancient Mesopotamia in the 2nd millennium BCE. The story is portrayed in the absolute power wielded by King Gilgamesh and a hierarchical system that promotes an unequal balance of political power between the King, his administration, and his subjects. King Gilgamesh perfectly resembles the formidable power held by a ruler in ancient Mesopotamian society. The ways in which he rules over his kingdom reflects through…

also called the Romance langauges. Two branches were created from the Italic language group: Faliscan and Sabellic. Faliscan is represented by Latin but Sabellic represents all the other subgroup languages to Romance language. As well, in the 1st millennium B.C. the ancient Roman people were speaking Latin. The Romance languages were dialects of Vulgar Latin over several centuries and around 1200 A.D. Vulgar Latin dialects were different in some parts of Europe. Castilian borrowed many words…

land. These engineering feats permitted aqueducts to be constructed in a more straight line between outlet and source. (http://www.rome.info/ancient/aqueducts/) The earliest examples of these date from Minoan civilization and Crete in the early 2nd millennium BCE. The aqueducts also were an important…