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Sentence Examples Thus what was containable in 357 B.C. had grown into something that by 338 was not. Dated 196 B.C., the stone is engraved with Greek and hieroglyphic texts that enabled scholars to decipher ancient Egyptian writing. Elephants, ostriches, leopards and lions were imported in the first century B.C., followed by hippopotamus, rhinoceros, camels and giraffes. The Hittites, who had a lunar calendar, believed the world would end about 100 B.C., when it reached an even number. Around 3000 B.C., the Egyptians developed a writing material using papyrus, the plant for which paper is named. In the 5th century B.C., Asian artists discovered that the mineral cinnabar produced a stable, vivid red. In the fourth century B.C., Aristotle, the great systematizer of knowledge, summarized several arguments in support of that view. In 1575 B.C., a Thebian dynasty drove out the Hyksos and reunited the kingdom. It's a Etruscan hypogeum grave, built in the II century B.C. for the family of Arunte Volumnio. The Pelasgians may have been the Sea People who around 1200 B.C. invaded the Egyptian Empire. During the Classical Greek period from about 480 to 300 B.C. most necklaces were three dimensional pendants. The pair filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, asking for a judicial review of the bishop's decision to fire them. There's the Parthenon, built in 446 B.C., with its colonnade of Doric columns extending around the periphery of the entire structure. The B.C. is a Canadian classic inside-out roll of barbecue salmon skin and cucumber. In 59 B.C., however, Julius Caesar led Roman forces in conquest of the area, which the Romans ruled for the next 500 years. In the 6th century B.C. Pythagoras observed that simple ratios of lengths of strings determine consonant musical intervals. For while Cicero claimed his consulship in 63 B.C., only 14 years later Julius Caesar would cross the Rubicon with his legions. The Six Nations councillor representing a B.C. First Nation raised his hands and remained in his chair. In 494 B.C., the plebeians threatened to leave Rome and set up their own independent state. The increasing use of cellphones in B.C. has exacerbated the problem, Daykin said, noting he has accidentally pocket-dialed people before. Show More Sentences Hundreds of people accidentally pocket dial for emergency help every year in B.C.'s Lower Mainland and Sea to Sky regions. The history of Maastricht goes back to approximately 50 B.C., when the Romans built a settlement by the main road near a ford in the river. That certainly isn't the case in B.C. or Ontario, Canada's other economic powerhouses. This week, Canada's provincial premiers will be meeting in Victoria, B.C., and later this month they will meet with the prime minister. Deposits at Salts Cave dating between 650 and 250 B.C. included sunflower, sumpweed, squash, goosefoot, and maygrass. In the third century B.C., Scythians were displaced by Sarmatians, who in turn were overrun by waves of Germanic Goths. The Punic and Macedonian Wars of the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. had kept Roman soldiers away from Rome for years at a time. Ecologists are concerned that the B.C. population has declined due to extensive logging of the coastal forests. Among the most notable artifacts is the last remaining slab of the Rosetta Stone, circa 196 B.C., used to decipher ancient Egyptian language. The earliest samples of enamel using glass can be traced to before 2,500 B.C. to the Sumerian and Egyptian civilisations. Remains of domesticated cattle dating to 6,500 B.C. have been found in Turkey and other sites in the Near East. The earliest examples of frame making date back to the 2nd century B.C., when borders drawn around Etruscan cave paintings were first used. On an Etruscan vase of the sixth century B.C., the lady is holding a member of the cat family and a deer. According to Roman legend, the Romans expelled the Etruscan king Tarquin the Proud from Rome around 509 B.C. and founded the Roman Republic. The Sibylline books were destroyed by fire in 83 B.C. but many later forgeries were made. Athens reached its zenith during the fifth century B.C., a period known as its Golden Age. Despite the skepticism in some quarters about B.C.'s potential, advocates see a huge upside for wind power nationally. Peter's dedication to the sport knows no bounds and his love of St. Anne's B.C. is legendary. For example, he tells of art experts who examine a purported 6th century B.C. Greek kouros statue and instinctively know it's a fake. Its history began around 2000 B.C., when Semitic Amorites settled around the Jordan River in the area called Canaan. Show More Sentences From 750 B.C. on, Assyrian kings repeatedly claimed sovereignty over the islands. In effect, the government of B.C. has used the referendum to draw a line in the sand. Hailing from Vancouver, B.C., he can most often be found at the local farmer's markets or independent coffee roasters. By 99 B.C., the army was reformed into cohorts, three maniples to a cohort. This should provide a date of c.70 B.C. as a terminus ante quem non for this occupation layer. In the early sixth century B.C., Anaximander made the Hesiodic idea of seasonable action the basis of his cosmology. Oil drilling would likely threaten and compromise B.C. industries, such as tourism, and commercial and recreational fishing. Last year the Saints had to sneak into the B.C.s via the back-door but would rather punch their ticket more easily this time out. The Celts, who came to this corner of the land about 300 B.C. were probably the first to give names to the topographical features of the area. Born around 524 or 525 B.C. in the city of Eleusis near Athens, the Greek dramatist Aeschylus is known as the first great tragedian. Archaeological evidence dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. indicates that the main island probably was settled by Sumerians. Between the years 133 and 70 B.C.E., the tribunate was used by a number of men for reforms. Tradition has it that the Tripitaka was first compiled in about 250 B.C. by a Buddhist council convened by the Indian Emperor Asoka. In 483 B.C., the Athenian statesman Themistocles persuaded his fellow Athenians to build a navy of one hundred triremes. The literature dates from the 14th and 13th century B.C., so the Ugaritic material has great importance for biblical studies. About 11OO B.C. Nordics enter Italy as Umbrians and Oscans, and soon after cross the Rhine into Gaul. The first Nilometers and mention of their level records go back to the third millennium B.C. and even earlier. In 6 B.C. he proceeded against the Pharisees who had vaticinated that, with the birth of the Messiah, the reign of Herod would come to the end. The National team is currently embroiled in an exhibition tour in B.C. versus Japan. The Aussies were smoking high-quality B.C. bud and waxing their snowboards with hydrocarbon Swix and a clothes iron. Show More Sentences Our family lived in a small town in the interior of B.C. and we were the only family that had non-white children. Since 1800 B.C. mathematicians have worked on the problem of constructing a square equal in area to that of a given circle. Most of the artifacts date to around 1200 to 900 B.C., when the Olmecs were at the height of their influence. It was the school's first B.C. title since 1984, when the college's cagers finished fourth at the Canadians. Liz walked on inconspicuously until the headstocks of two B.C. Rich guitars closed in front of her. After his sudden death in 323 B.C., Hellenistic culture reigned here as Armenia was spilt into three kingdoms. Roman commander Julius Cesar defeated the Helvetians in 58 B.C. and made Helvetia a Roman territory with fortified borders. The B.C. Lions of the CFL will host this year's kickoff events at the Shrum Bowl. The invention of the north Arabian camel saddle between about 500 and 100 B.C.E. allowed tribally organized camel raisers to enhance their power and influence. The West Vancouver Thunder are the B.C. midget AA hockey champions. The B.C. Forest Service has begun granting private companies logging rights for areas of the Blue Mountain region along the east shore of Alouette Lake. He doubts many more B.C. ferries will be built in B.C. shipyards. Yet, as a whole, the events that transpired between 1900 and 2000 B.C.E. still manage to confound the contemporary imagination. It also wants the government to increase funding to reduce wait lists for surgery at B.C. hospitals and give doctors more say in rebuilding the health system, he said. The province, through the various health authorities, is trying to expand its stock of seniors' housing though an Independent Living B.C. program. The industry blames the job losses on the US government's imposition of countervailing duties on softwood lumber imports from B.C. and most other Canadian provinces. Intended by the Achaemenid emperor Darius I to be his grand capital, Persepolis was torched by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. before it was even completed. One group rallied behind Sulla and in 88 B.C. he invaded Rome. By the end of the fourth century B.C., the city had, right in the middle of the agora, a big public clock that divided every stretch of daylight into twelve hours. In this case, as in the many other peaks and valleys of economic history, B.C. was not sole determiner of its fate, nor is it likely to be in the future. Show More Sentences I try to purchase coffee from small B.C. blenders and roasters. Following Hammurabi's death in 1750 B.C., the old pattern emerged once again of Mesopotamian empires fragmenting after the passing of their founders. A small but interesting array of imported fine wares and amphoras dating from the mid-second through the first century B.C. is attested from Messenia. The group has an Indian member, B.C. Manjunath, who plays the mridangam. Romans first cultivated vines there in the 2nd century B.C., and viticulture flourished. The working forest initiative determined that B.C. needs to protect and identify the working Crown land base in British Columbia, which is about 45 million hectares, he said. Dating back to the third century B.C., the landscape there approximates the Arcadian ideal and the site is famous for its oracle, who was mentioned by Herodotus. The earliest-known kenaf production was in 4000 B.C., and the plant has traditionally been used in the making of rope, sacking, twine and matting. Analysts say three possible scenarios now exist for B.C. Reform. Long before its construction an Iron Age hill fort of the 6th century B.C. occupied the site, its double ditch can still be seen on the west of the castle. In 396 B.C., the Romans attacked and destroyed the Etruscan town of Veii. A master of the B.C. Supreme Court dismissed both these applications. The Hebrews were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaohs until 1250 B.C. when their leader, Moses, led them on an exodus out of Egypt to the Sinai peninsula. And indeed since her death in 30 B.C., nearly everything has conspired against Cleopatra VII, the last of the ptolemies. When the Olympics began in the eighth century, B.C., it was decided that they would be held every four years at the start of the second full moon after the summer solstice. These have been supplemented by jewelry from the Cairo Museum and with a 33 B.C. papyrus, on loan from the Neues Museum in Berlin. Competitors came from across Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba to compete in wild cow milking, team branding, team sorting, a ranch horse competition, horse race and bronc riding. But even if tough-minded businessmen and a reform-minded government make all the right moves, B.C. is going to be a far different province in the 21st century. It seems evident that by the beginning of the 10th century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron. The sprawling blue lake in B.C.'s North Okanagan region is the houseboating capital of Canada. Show More Sentences After the end of the grand construction phase of Stonehenge, around 2400 B.C., the monument was altered, but the era of megamonument building was over. Find more words! 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