worthless invention
121zero — {{11}}zero (n.) c.1600, from It. zero, from M.L. zephirum, from Arabic sifr cipher, translation of Skt. sunya m empty place, desert, naught (see CIPHER (Cf. cipher) (n.)). A brief history of the invention of zero can be found… …
122literature — Thanks to the survival of thousands of clay tablets from many times and places in ancient Mesopotamia, it is clear that the civilizations of that region produced a large, varied, and rich collection of literature, some of it of high quality.… …
123CHRONOLOGY — GENERAL The human notion of time involves the simultaneous and successive occurrence of events; the science of chronology ascertains their proper sequence. The human idea of time also involves measuring; chronology, therefore, attempts to… …
124JUDAH HALEVI — (before 1075–1141), Hebrew poet, philosopher, and physician. Halevi was one of the most distinguished and emblematic medieval intellectuals, perhaps the most mature and representative model of Jewish culture in al Andalus; he was deeply involved… …
