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  Pompeii Plan c. 79 CE

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  Pompeii Plan c. 79 CE

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  Preserved with eerie delicacy in volcanic lava and ash, the remains of Pompeii provide an intimate and detailed insight into life in a Roman resort town in the 1st century CE. Over 1,100 bodies have been found in the areas so far excavated, suggesting on overall death toll within the... More
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  Pre-urban Rome 9th–8th century BCE

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  Pre-urban Rome 9th–8th century BCE

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  The Rome foundation legend of Romulus and Remus maintains the brothers were the abandoned grandsons of Numitor, a king of Alba Longa (the legendary kings of Latium). The site reputedly chosen by Romulus at the foot of the Palatine Hill was located at a place where the River Tiber could... More
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  Prehistoric Egypt c. 5000–3000 BCE

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  Prehistoric Egypt c. 5000–3000 BCE

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  From c. 5000 BCE, drought and the desertification of northeast Africa caused nomadic cattle herders to gravitate toward the Nile flood plains, creating separate kingdoms spanning the Nubian desert to the delta. The first settlements kept livestock, practised agriculture and used simple clay pottery. Excavations show that in the Early... More
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  Prehistoric Sites from 1.5 million years BP

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  Prehistoric Sites from 1.5 million years BP

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  The earliest evidence of humans in India dates to approximately 1.5 million years ago in fragments of fossil tools found in Attirampakkam and Krishna, in southeast and southern central India respectively. A partial human skull, probably Homo Erectus, dating back 500,000 years has been recovered from valley of the River... More
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  Protodynastic Egypt c. 3000–2900 BCE

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  Protodynastic Egypt c. 3000–2900 BCE

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  Prior to the establishment of the 1st Dynasty, there is evidence of increasing sophistication and interconnectedness between autonomous settlements dotted along the Nile. This is attested by more sophisticated artefacts, particularly pottery design and ornamentation, and a range of trade, with goods such as obsidian, gold, copper and lapis lazuli... More
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  Ptolemy’s Ireland c. 100 CE

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  Ptolemy’s Ireland c. 100 CE

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  Ireland was known to the Greeks, at least from the voyages to the British Isles of Pytheas in the 4th century BCE. Its latinized name, Hibernia, derives from Celtic Iweriu, or ‘fertile land’. Pomponius Mela, writing in 43 CE, said it was ‘so luxuriant in grass – abundant and sweet... More
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  Roman Britain 200 CE

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  Roman Britain 200 CE

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  The Roman conquest of Britain reached its high watermark with victory over the Picts at Mons Graupius (84), thought to be somewhere near Aberdeen. Thereafter the northern border would be marked first by Hadrian’s Wall (121–22) then the Antonine Wall (142–44). The Brigantes of northern England would rebel, and the... More
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  Roman Londinium c. 225 CE

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  Roman Londinium c. 225 CE

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  Roman Londinium was built in c. 50 CE where the City of London is now located. It grew around the northern end of a garrison timber bridge (Thames Bridge). The Thames allowed easy movement of goods between Britain and the continent. After Queen Boudicca burnt Londinium to the ground during... More
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  Romanization of Gaul 58–51 BCE

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  Romanization of Gaul 58–51 BCE

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  Tacitus describes how his father-in-law, the Roman general Agricola, ‘assisted communities to build temples, fora, and homes by praising those who were forward and rebuking those who were inactive. Thus, competition for honour took the place of compulsion… And this was called civilization among those who did not know better,... More
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  Settlement in the Lordship of Meath c. 1200

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  Settlement in the Lordship of Meath c. 1200

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  Hugh de Lacy was a substantial landholder in the Welsh Marches when he accompanied Henry II on his invasion of Ireland (1171). The following year, he was deputed to receive the submission of Rory O’ Connor, the High King of Ireland to Henry and, mission accomplished, was rewarded with the... More
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  Skara Brae from 3180 BCE

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  Skara Brae from 3180 BCE

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  The Orkneys’ site of Skara Brae comprises the remains of eight buildings interlinked by low covered passages. One of these appears to have been a form of workshop, while the rest of the dwellings conformed to a standard design: a stone bed to either side of the entrance, the larger... More
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  Southwest Culture 1000–1500 CE

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  Southwest Culture 1000–1500 CE

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  Spanish exploration of the Southwest in the 16th century was spurred by a vain search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. Their expeditions fed on native reports – no doubt filtered through a prism of avarice – which probably derived from folk memories of the Anasazi Great Houses. Centred... More