Adjective

ancient (comparative ancienter or more ancient, superlative ancientest or most ancient)

Positive ancient

Comparative ancienter or more ancient

Superlative ancientest or most ancient

  1. very old

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Thu Jul 9 18:12:42 2009

The period following these events includes the Imperial era in China and the period of the Middle Kingdoms in India; The span of recorded history altogether is roughly 5,000 years, with Sumerian cuneiform emerging from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC being the oldest form of writing discovered so far. This is the beginning of history, as opposed to prehistory, according to the definition used by most historians.

The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to ancient history since the beginning of recorded Greek history in about 776 BC (First Olympiad). This coincides, roughly, with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, or the death of the emperor Justinian I, or the coming of Islam and the rise of Charlemagne as the end of ancient European history.

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Mon Jul 6 09:32:57 2009

What were the similarities between ancient and modern egyptian governments?
Q. Can anyone tell me what the similarities were between the Ancient egyptian government and the modern egyptian government? PS. I don't need the differences just similarities.
Asked by anna s - Fri Apr 25 14:07:17 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Governmental officials included the vizier or prime minister, the chief treasurer, the tax collector, the minister of public works, and the army commander & of course everyone had to pay taxes. (theres always taxes - even 4,000 years ago!)
Answered by piapoi - Sat Apr 26 17:41:47 2008

What are some great ancient and historical sites in Europe not connected to Rome/Greece?
Q. It's difficult to find nice historic and ancient sites that are not connected to ancient Rome or Greece. Also, not castles.
Asked by Gum Drop Boy - Thu Aug 28 19:02:49 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I don't think it's difficult, on the contrary it would take too long to list them all. When you think of all the countries and you only exclude the classic period, Greece&Rome, then everything else is what you're looking for. There are numerous sites from periods before the classics as well as after it. Some from the pre-historic period include:
Answered by Goca - Fri Aug 29 03:29:40 2008

What percentage of fundamentalist evangelicals have studied ancient religion?
Q. Religion has been around for a LONG time. Judaism was not the first, and Christianity is relatively new. How does the knowledge of ancient religions impact the fundamentalist belief? Doesn't it seem odd that many ideas have been borrowed and inserted into Christianity?
Asked by db606 - Wed Nov 12 13:57:53 2008 - - 16 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Christians, especially fundamentalists Christians, do not believe in education and any previous knowledge is considered "from the devil". Fundies through out history were always the first to destroy any knowledge left by their predecessors.
Answered by unknown - Wed Nov 12 14:20:50 2008

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