#000|Archimedes 287-212 BC|a great mathematician and|inventor, lived here|
#001|a phoenician colony|fought Rome in the|Punic Wars|
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#007|Independent of Etruscans|by 500BC. to full Empire|under Augustus 27BC|
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#010|colony of Carthage|||
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#015|Birth of "classical art"|460-440 BC|"democracy" for citizen men|
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#018|future capital of the|Eastern Roman Empire|"Constantinople"|
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#020|Site of Troy|destroyed by |Mycenaen Greeks|
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#027|Capital of many Empires|Hammurabi c.1700BC|Nebuchadnezzar c.600BC|
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#029|Na'r of the Upper Kingdom|conquers the delta c.3000BC|building this new capital|
#030|Capital of the|Upper Kingdom||
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#034|A land located south of the|horn of Africa described by|the Egyptians of c.1500BC|
#035|A Phoenician City State|and a great trading nation of|men and ships|
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#037|nomadic tribes |more sophisticated than|credited|
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#052|Battle of Gaugamela 331BC|Alexander crushes the |Persians under Darius|
#053|Cyrus the Great forms|the Persian Empire with the|conquest of Babylon 539BC|
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#063|Representing control of|mountain access||
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#065|Philip created the base of|power that Alexander used|to Hellenize the East|
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#069|representing rich farmlands|||
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#075|later heirs to the|Persian Empire||
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#079|a strategic port often coveted|by the Egyptians||
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#082|Mountainous region which|produced excellent light horse|for Alexander the Great|
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#084|Defeated Athens in the|Peloponnesian War|431-404 BC|
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#091|ships were dragged across the|isthmus on wooden rails||
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#097|The Medes were excellent|horsemen||
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#099|An ally of Athens during |the Peloponnesian War|431 to 404 BC|
