101. Comments On And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time - A Poem By William Blake - Poetr Comments on And Did Those Feet In ancient time by William Blake. http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/William_Blake/5801/comments

Poem of the Day Top 30 Poets Shopping ... Comments Today, on September 18th, 2005, the site contains 150 poets , 8361 poems and 2405 comments Comments on And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time by William Blake Comment 2 of 2, added on September 9th, 2005 at 11:10 AM. good site Very nice site! Daniel from United Kingdom Comment 1 of 2, added on March 5th, 2005 at 3:48 PM. chuangzu from United Kingdom Information about And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time Poet: William Blake Poem: And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time Added: Feb 21 2003 Viewed: 4079 times Poem of the Day: May 12 2003 Add Comment Do you have any comments, criticism, paraphrasis or analysis of this poem that you feel would assist other visitors in understanding this poem better? If they are accepted, they will be added to this page of Poetry Connection. Together we can build a wealth of information, but it will take some discipline and determination. Do not post questions, pleas for homework help or anything of the sort, as these types of comments will be removed . The proper place for questions is the poetry forum Please note that after you post a comment, it can take up to an hour before it is visible on the website!

102. Military Art Gallery Home Page Offers a wide selection of aviation, maritime and military art prints, books and magazines. Military and aviation topics range from ancient times through space exploration. http://www.militaryartgallery.com

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103. Monnaie De Paris Portrays the history of money in France from ancient times to the present day. Includes virtual tour, database, and hours. Located in Paris, France. http://www.monnaiedeparis.com/musee/index.htm

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104. Ancient Times In Kentucky At that time, Kentucky was probably covered by silts and sands, which have since However, during latest Cretaceous times, sea level rise coupled with http://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/webfossl/pages/fosslbi2.htm

Click on the geologic period in the chart above. Precambrian Eon Cambrian Period Ordovician Period Silurian Period ... Quaternary Period For more information, contact Don Chesnut Precambrian Eon The Precambrian Eon , that vast expanse of earth's history prior to 550 million years ago, is not represented in the surface rocks in Kentucky. Rocks of Precambrian age occur in Kentucky, but are below the surface. We know very little about the Precambrian in Kentucky, largely because the rocks are so difficult to reach. Based on the few wells that have been drilled down to it and based on what we know about the Precambrian rocks elsewhere, we can make some inferences about the Precambrian in Kentucky. The later part of the Precambrian Eon saw the collision of crustal blocks in what is now Kentucky. This collision created a chain of mountains, which were later eroded during the later part of the Precambrian and Cambrian. We are not certain whether Precambrian sediments are still recognizable at depth, because separating Precambrian from Cambrian rocks when they occur below the surface is difficult. Life during most of the Precambrian was restricted to bacteria and algae. Blue-green bacterial structures called stromatolites are found in Precambrian sedimentary rocks throughout the world. During the latest stages of the Precambrian, a variety of fossils of multicelled animals (metazoans), called the Ediacaran fauna, are also found all over the world. This fauna includes animals that have been interpreted as sea pens and jellyfish (

105. Medieval Sourcebook: Introduction An extensive guide to the periodization of music from ancient times until theBaroque with an annotated guide to recordings illustrating each period. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

ORB Main Page Links to Other Medieval Sites Medieval Studies Course [Halsall] Halsall Home ... Byzantine Studies Page Other History Sourcebooks: African East Asian Indian Islamic ... Science Main Page Select Sources Full Texts Saints' Lives Law Texts ... Help! Part of ORB Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies Selected Sources Sections Studying History End of Rome Byzantium Islam ... Paul Halsall , ORB sources editor Last Modified: January 8, 2000 [linked pages may have been updated more recently] The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is located at the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies MIDI: Sumer is icumen in MIDI: Estampie MIDI: Cantigas II MIDI: Attaignant MIDI: Veni Emmanuel trad MIDI: Alleluya: Nativitas Music courtesy of The Internet Renaissance Band Play any of the above for appropriate music for browsing! Sourcebook Contents The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is organized as three main index pages, with a number of supplementary documents. Each individual section is still large - an organizational goal here is to avoid incessant "clicking" to get between pages and to information. Selected Sources This is an index of selected and excerpted texts for teaching purposes. Since it had grown too large for many users to manage, as of October 10 1998, it has been extensively reorganized. For teachers who wish to refer students to the

106. Mesopotamian Web2 It examines the use of plumbing during this ancient time. The page is a magazinearticle from Plumbing and Mechanical Magazine in 1989. http://www.providence.edu/dwc/mesopot3.htm

Ancient Mesopotamian History Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions Location: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/ARI/ARIIntro.html This site, created by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, is a presentation of the royal scripts form the time of Cyrus the Great to the invasion of Alexander the Great. Along with the texts are "translations, glossaries, grammatical indexes, basic bibliographic apparatus, basic text critical apparatus, and some graphic apparatus" as the introduction explains. Although thorough, the texts are therefore rather lengthy, which may make them too cumbersome for the student trying to extract useful information. Ryan Ainscough Ancient Economies Location: http://members.tripod.com/%7Esondmor/index.html Matt Gorski Ancient Economies II Location: http://www.angelfire.com/ms/ancecon/index.html Ancient Economies II is created through the ideas of Morris Silver, an economist teaching in New York City. This page is a continuation of his first page, Ancient Economies which dealt with a general overview of the economies of the cultures from the Mesopotamians to the Mycenaean Greeks. This page is much more in depth than the first and takes a very philosophical and scholarly look at economies in myths of these ancient times. The page has numerous references to the Bible and other writing of the time and he analyzes the use of money or the structure of an economy in that piece. The site contains no pictures or links and is well organized text throughout. Silver also gives an extensive bibliography at the end of the page to back up his many listed sources. Ancient Economies is definitely a better place to begin research, but this page will do well for anyone looking to extend that research even further.

107. Ancient Times In The Hawaiian Islands - History Of Hawaii The history of Hawaii from formation of the islands, and subsequent Polynesiansettlement through western contact. http://www.hawaiischoolreports.com/history/ancient.htm

More Hawaii Volcanoes Captain Cook Hawaiian Language Hawaii Kids Books Before the Horror: The Population of Hawaii on the Eve of Western Contact Videos Hawaii School Reports is sponsored by: Quick Facts People History Language ... Nature Ancient Times in the Islands The Hawaiian language (Ka 'Ôlelo Hawai'i) was not written until the protestant missionaries arrived from New England in the early 1800s and created the written alphabet. Much of what we know of the times before contact with westerners is what has been preserved from the chants and legends that were carefully memorized from generation to generation. Science provides some information, also, though this is clearly imperfect in forming a picture of ancient times. Quite simply, we weren't there! As you explore the Ancient History of the Islands you will find contradictory information. Try to step back and remember that stories are often used to teach and explain complex ideas and values. Also keep in mind that if several people see the same event, they will describe it quite differently and they are each telling the truth as they see it or remember it. As for science, consider that an archaeologist in the year 3001 might find nothing on earth except your bedroom, or maybe just what's under your bed or in your closet. Would that be a complete picture of life on this planet in 2001? Probably not.

108. History Of The United States Of America Provides a history of the United States of America from ancient times to the modern era. http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/usa.html

History of the United States of America Site Links Home Search this Site History Posters Africa ... Privacy Policy When the London Company sent out its first expedition to begin colonizing Virginia on December 20, 1606, it was by no means the first European attempt to exploit North America. In 1564, for example, French Protestants (Huguenots) built a colony near what is now Jacksonville, Florida. This intrusion did not go unnoticed by the Spanish, who had previously claimed the region. The next year, the Spanish established a military post at St. Augustine; Spanish troops soon wiped out the French interlopers residing but 40 miles away. Meanwhile, Basque, English, and French fishing fleets became regular visitors to the coasts from Newfoundland to Cape Cod. Some of these fishing fleets even set up semi-permanent camps on the coasts to dry their catches and to trade with local Indians, exchanging furs for manufactured goods. For the next two decades, Europeans' presence in North America was limited to these semi-permanent incursions. Then in the 1580s, the English tried to plant a permanent colony on Roanoke Island (on the outer banks of present-day North Carolina), but their effort was short-lived. In the early 1600s, in rapid succession, the English began a colony (Jamestown) in Chesapeake Bay in 1607, the French built Quebec in 1608, and the Dutch began their interest in the region that became present-day New York. Within another generation, the Plymouth Company (1620), the Massachusetts Bay Company (1629), the Company of New France (1627), and the Dutch West India Company (1621) began to send thousands of colonists, including families, to North America. Successful colonization was not inevitable. Rather, interest in North America was a halting, yet global, contest among European powers to exploit these lands.

109. ANCIENT POISONS Poisoning in ancient times. Poison has often been referred to as the coward’sweapon the administration being calculated in cold blood, http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session2/group12/ancient.htm

Poisoning in Ancient Times Poison has often been referred to as the "coward’s weapon" the administration being calculated in cold blood, with the recognition of prolonged suffering. There is, and always has been a discrepancy over the correct classification of what constitutes a poison. Some argue that it is a substance, which destroys the health or life of a living organism. However, the typical example is common salt; in small quantities salt is essential, but administered in large quantities, it will kill. Poisons are also often used beneficially in medical treatment, albeit in small quantities, such as belladonna. A nineteenth century toxicologist, Alfred Swaine Taylor, perhaps was arguably justified in commenting, "a poison in a small dose is a medicine, and a medicine in a large dose is a poison." We know from archaeological evidence that primitive men sought to find weapons, which would be more and more efficient towards animals or indeed their enemy. Even though a flint type object would inflict injury, it is doubtless that they strived to find more destructive means. In their search, apart from curative substances, more potent ones were found and possibly incorporated into their existing weapons. Archaeological evidence has found groves in such hunting implements, their purpose being to hold these noxious substances, for example tubocurarine. These findings seemed to be kept secret, a mystery held only by the most observant and intuitive member of the tribe. This would have given power and authority to this member, which may have brought rise to the idea of a witch doctor or medicine man. These people were always the wise ones to whom people looked up.

110. History Of Finland Provides a history of Finland from ancient times to the present. http://www.historyofnations.net/europe/finland.html

History of Finland Site Links Home Search this Site History Posters Africa ... Privacy Policy The origins of the Finnish people are still a matter of conjecture, although many scholars argue that their original home was in what is now west-central Siberia. The Finns arrived in their present territory thousands of years ago, pushing the indigenous Lapps into the more remote northern regions. Finnish and Lappishthe language of Finland's small Lapp minorityboth are Finno-Ugric languages and are in the Uralic rather than the Indo-European family. Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden began in 1154 with the introduction of Christianity by Sweden's King Eric. During the ensuing centuries, Finland played an important role in the political life of the Swedish-Finnish realm, and Finnish soldiers often predominated in Swedish armies. Finns also formed a significant proportion of the first "Swedish" settlers in 17th-century America. Following Finland's incorporation into Sweden in the 12th century, Swedish became the dominant language, although Finnish recovered its predominance after a 19th-century resurgence of Finnish nationalism. Publication in 1835 of the Finnish national epic, The Kalevalaa collection of traditional myths and legendsfirst stirred the nationalism that later led to Finland's independence from Russia. In 1809, Finland was conquered by the armies of Czar Alexander I and thereafter remained an autonomous grand duchy connected with the Russian Empire until the end of 1917. On December 6, 1917, shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Finland declared its independence. In 1918, the country experienced a brief but bitter civil war that colored domestic politics for many years. During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union twicein the Winter War of 1939-40 and again in the Continuation War of 1941-44. This was followed by the Lapland War of 1944-45, when Finland fought against the Germans as they withdrew their forces from northern Finland.

111. Wiley::Ancient Science: 40 Time-Traveling, World-Exploring, History-Making Activ Dig into the science of ancient times and unearth amazing discoveries! So step back in time and take an amazing journey with Ancient Science! http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471215953.html

Location: United States change location Shopping Cart My Account Help ... Contact Us By Keyword By Title By Author By ISBN By ISSN Wiley Kids Children's Science Ancient Science: 40 Time-Traveling, World-Exploring, History-Making Activities for Kids Related Subjects Astronomy General Chemistry General Earth Science General Life Sciences ... General Kids Join a Kids Mailing List Related Titles More By This Author Cosmic Science: Over 40 Gravity-Defying, Earth-Orbiting, Space-Cruising Activities for Kids (Paperback) Detective Science: 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activities for Kids (Paperback) Head to Toe Science: Over 40 Eye-Popping, Spine-Tingling, Heart-Pounding Activities That Teach Kids about the Human Body (Paperback) Movie Science: 40 Mind-Expanding, Reality-Bending, Starstruck Activities for Kids (Paperback) ... Magic Science: 50 Jaw-Dropping, Mind-Boggling, Head-Scratching Activities for Kids (Paperback) Children's Science Sports Science: 40 Goal-Scoring, High-Flying, Medal-Winning Experiments for Kids (E-Book) by Jim Wiese Janice VanCleave's Help! My Science Project Is Due Tomorrow! Easy Experiments You Can Do Overnight (E-Book)

112. History Of North Korea Provides a history of North Korea from ancient times to the present. http://www.historyofnations.net/asia/northkorea.html

History of North Korea Site Links Home Search this Site History Posters Africa ... Privacy Policy The Korean Peninsula was first populated by peoples of a Tungusic branch of the Ural-Altaic language family, who migrated from the northwestern regions of Asia. Some of these peoples also populated parts of northeast China (Manchuria); Koreans and Manchurians still show physical similarities. Koreans are racially and linguistically homogeneous. Although there are no indigenous minorities in North Korea, there is a small Chinese community (about 50,000) and some 1,800 Japanese wives who accompanied the roughly 93,000 Koreans returning to the North from Japan between 1959 and 1962. Although dialects exist, the Korean spoken throughout the peninsula is mutually comprehensible. In North Korea, the Korean alphabet (hangul) is used exclusively. Korea's traditional religions are Buddhism and Shamanism. Christian missionaries arrived as early as the 16th century, but it was not until the 19th century that major missionary activity began. Pyongyang was a center of missionary activity, and there was a relatively large Christian population in the north before 1945. Although religious groups exist in North Korea today, the government severely restricts religious activity. By the first century AD, the Korean Peninsula was divided into the kingdoms of Shilla, Koguryo, and Paekche. In 668 AD, the Shilla kingdom unified the peninsula. The Koryo dynastyfrom which Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century derived the Western name "Korea"succeeded the Shilla kingdom in 935. The Choson dynasty, ruled by members of the Yi clan, supplanted Koryo in 1392 and lasted until Japan annexed Korea in 1910.

113. History Of Netherlands Antilles Provides a history of Netherlands Antilles from ancient times to the 21st Century. http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/netherlandsantilles.html

History of Netherlands Antilles Site Links Home Search this Site History Posters Africa ... Privacy Policy Bonaire Sint Eustatius The first settlement in Sint Eustatius was established in 1636 and changed hands between the Dutch, French, and Spanish 22 times in its history. In the 18th century the island became a duty free port for overburdened colonizers shipping back to the homeland, which propelled it into a major port with rapid population growth that lost momentum after the American-British peace treaty in 1783. Saba Columbus was the first to sight Saba, but it was the Dutch who colonized the island in 1640 with a party from Sint Eustacia. Because of its difficult terrain, the island's growth progressed slowly, and it remains the least populated island in the Dutch Kingdom. Sint Maarten The Dutch were the first to colonize Sint Maarten in 1631, but within 2 years the Spanish invaded and evacuated the settlers. The Dutch made a failing attempt to regain the island in 1644, but 4 years later the Spanish abandoned the island of their own accord. In 1648 the island was divided between the Dutch and the French; however, complete control of the island was seized numerous times in a series of conflicts. The British became involved as well, taking power for a 6-year and 10-year stint. Finally, in 1817, the current partition line between Dutch and French was established. The island flourished under a slave-based plantation economy and the exportation of salt until abolition of slavery in 1863.

114. Redford, D.B.: Egypt, Canaan, And Israel In Ancient Times. of the book Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in ancient times by Redford,DB, published by Princeton University Press....... http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/5036.html

SEARCH: Keywords Author Title More Options Power Search Search Hints E-MAIL NOTICES NEW IN PRINT E-BOOKS ... HOME PAGE Winner of the 1993 Best Scholarly Book in Archaeology Award of the Biblical Archaeological Society Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times Donald B. Redford Shopping Cart Reviews Table of Contents Covering the time span from the Paleolithic period to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., the eminent Egyptologist Donald Redford explores three thousand years of uninterrupted contact between Egypt and Western Asia across the Sinai land-bridge. In the vivid and lucid style that we expect from the author of the popular Akhenaten , Redford presents a sweeping narrative of the love-hate relationship between the peoples of ancient Israel/Palestine and Egypt. Reviews: "In the best Egyptological tradition. . . . This is a work written by a master in Near Eastern studies."Jean-Pierre V.M. Herubel, Digest of Middle East Studies "Attractively presents for the lay reader a wealth of research on the peoples and localities of ancient Palestine." Journal of Palestine Studies "In his ability to understand the fragmentary data of ancient history, and in constructive use of imagination, Redford has few equals in the field. . . . One of the finest histories of the ancient Near East."

115. History Of The Dominican Republic Provides a history of the Dominican Republic from ancient times to the modern day. http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/dominicanrepublic.html

History of Dominican Republic Site Links Home Search this Site History Posters Africa ... Privacy Policy The island of Hispaniola, of which the Dominican Republic forms the eastern two-thirds and Haiti the remainder, was originally occupied by Tainos, an Arawak-speaking people. The Tainos welcomed Columbus in his first voyage in 1492, but subsequent colonizers were brutal, reducing the Taino population from about 1 million to about 500 in 50 years. To ensure adequate labor for plantations, the Spanish brought African slaves to the island beginning in 1503. In the next century, French settlers occupied the western end of the island, which Spain ceded to France in 1697, and which, in 1804, became the Republic of Haiti. The Haitians conquered the whole island in 1822 and held it until 1844, when forces led by Juan Pablo Duarte, the hero of Dominican independence, drove them out and established the Dominican Republic as an independent state. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire; in 1865, independence was restored. Economic difficulties, the threat of European intervention, and ongoing internal disorders led to a U.S. occupation in 1916 and the establishment of a military government in the Dominican Republic. The occupation ended in 1924, with a democratically elected Dominican Government. In 1930, Rafael L. Trujillo, a prominent army commander, established absolute political control. Trujillo promoted economic developmentfrom which he and his supporters benefitedand severe repression of domestic human rights. Mismanagement and corruption resulted in major economic problems. In August 1960, the Organization of American States (OAS) imposed diplomatic sanctions against the Dominican Republic as a result of Trujillo's complicity in an attempt to assassinate President Romulo Betancourt of Venezuela. These sanctions remained in force after Trujillo's death by assassination in May 1961. In November 1961, the Trujillo family was forced into exile.

116. Processed: Re: Processed: Re: Bug#204751: Dupload Should Check For Ancient Time Processing commands for control@bugs.debian.org reassign 204751 python2.3pyvtkBug 204751 dupload should check for ancient time stamps Bug reassigned http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2003/08/msg00024.html

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117. Nagpuronline:History Includes a set of articles on the region around Nagpur from ancient times to modern times. http://www.nagpuronline.com/history/

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118. History Of Mexico Provides a history of Mexico from ancient times to today. http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/mexico.html

History of Mexico Site Links Home Search this Site History Posters Africa ... Privacy Policy Highly developed cultures, including those of the Olmecs, Mayas, Toltecs, and Aztecs existed long before the Spanish conquest. The 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia wrote, "The chronology and historical documents of the Aztecs give us a more or less clear account of their history for eight centuries prior to the conquest, but these refer only to their own history and that of the tribes living in close proximity to them, little or nothing being said of the origin of the Otomies, Olenques, Cuitlatecos, and Michoacanos." "The last-named founded the city of Tenochtitlan, or Mexitli, in 1325, and gradually, overpowering the other tribes, extended their empire north as far as the Kingdom of Michoacan, and the domain of the savage Otomies, east to the Gulf, west to the Pacific, and south to Nicaragua. This was the extent of the Aztec empire at the time of the Spanish invasion in 1519." Hernando Cortes conquered Mexico during the period 1519-21 and founded a Spanish colony that lasted nearly 300 years. Independence from Spain was proclaimed by Father Miguel Hidalgo on September 16, 1810; this launched a war for independence. An 1821 treaty recognized Mexican independence from Spain and called for a constitutional monarchy. The planned monarchy failed; a republic was proclaimed in December 1822 and established in 1824.

119. Brief Description Of The Greek Dance Overview of Greek dances from ancient times to the present day, covering the characteristics of the various regions. http://enostos.net/dance/

Acknowledgement: Dora Stratou Dance Theatre, Greece. Portrait of the Greek Dance Research: Anne Leonidou Characteristics Regional Characteristics Epirus ... Asia Minor Introduction Greece is one of the few countries in the world where the folk dances are as alive today as they were in ancient times. Dance has always played an important role in the life of a Greek. It is an expression of human feelings and everyday life. The Greeks danced at religious festivals, ceremonies; they danced to ensure fertility; they danced to prepare for war and to celebrate victories; they danced at weddings; they danced to overcome depression and to cure physical illness. Almost every dance has a story to tell. Dance was regarded as one of the highest forms of art. Plato agreed with his mentor Socrates that every educated man should know how to dance gracefully by which he meant the manly exercises that kept the body strong and supple and ready to do its duty on the battlefield. The Pyrrhic, or weapon dance (a form of mock combat) taken from Crete and perfected in Sparta, was the ideal. The dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of the gods. Plato

120. ORB: The Online Reference Book For Medieval Studies--MEDIEVAL DANCE Overview covering world dance, and Western dance from ancient times until the fifteenth century. http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/music/kendall.htm

Encyclopedia Library Reference Teaching ... HOME MEDIEVAL DANCE Yvonne Kendall Last updated November 24, 2002 Brief Overview of World Dance Asia China India Japan Pan-Islamic Region Ancient Israel Africa Dance in Western Culture Ancient Dance Dance and Christianity - Early Middle Ages Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Fourteenth Century Fifteenth Century Introduction: Dance has also been a point of discussion for writers, philosophers and religious leaders who often used dance imagery as part of their lexicon of metaphors. Figures as diverse as Aristotle, St. Augustine and Boccaccio all referred to dance in their works. Religious and literary works, including the Bible, constitute major sources of dance references, some metaphorical, some functional. Any accurate understanding of dance is handicapped by the ephemeral nature of the art. Unlike the visual arts which are complete once created, the performing arts are ever re-created. For dance this is especially the case since, unlike music, no workable notation existed until the eighteenth century and no instructional treatises, at least in Western culture, existed before the early part of the fifteenth century. There are, however, several avenues that lead toward information on dance in the medieval period. Dance references in literature, religious tomes and philosophical treatises comprise just one set of sources providing direction. Other writings, such as personal letters and ambassadorial missives add their part. Iconographic references can also be found, not only in art for art's sake but in decorations for household implements.

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