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1General Chronology — General Chronology † Catholic Encyclopedia ► General Chronology Chronology (Greek chronos time, logos, discourse), the science of time measurement, has two branches: ♦ Mathematical Chronology, which determines the units to be… …
2History of calendars — The history of calendars spans several thousand years. In many early civilizations, calendar systems were developed. For example, in Sumer, the birthplace of the modern sexagesimal system, there were 12 months of 29 or 30 days apiece, much like… …
3before — conj., prep., & adv. conj. 1 earlier than the time when (crawled before he walked). 2 rather than that (would starve before he stole). prep. 1 a in front of (before her in the queue). b ahead of (crossed the line before him). c under the impulse… …
4Dragon boat — This article is about Dragon boats and racing. For the festivals and holidays associated with dragon boats, see Duanwu Festival. Dragon boat Traditional Chinese 龍舟 Simplified Chinese 龙舟 …
5literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
6Chronology of Jesus — See also: Gospel harmony, Historical Jesus, and Historicity of Jesus Medieval Russian icon depicting the life of Jesus. The Chronology of Jesus aims to establish a historical order for some of the events of the life of Jesus in the four… …
7Southwest Indian — ▪ people Introduction member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the southwestern United States; some scholars also include the peoples of northwestern Mexico in this culture area. More than 20 percent of Native Americans in the… …
8pope — The Pope † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633). The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …
9The Pope — The Pope † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633). The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …
10millennium — /məˈlɛniəm / (say muh leneeuhm) noun (plural millennia /məˈlɛniə/ (say muh leneeuh) or millenniums) 1. a period of a thousand years. 2. one of the successive periods of 1000 years reckoned forwards or backwards from a recognised chronological… …
