• Ancient Shores is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt, published in 1996. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in...
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    Voice in the Night" (2013) are also set in the Alex Benedict universe. Ancient Shores (1996) Thunderbird (2015) Doorway to the Stars (2024) Standard Candles...
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    Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th...
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    In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of...
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    Dictionary. Retrieved 1 October 2024. Hazzard, Shirley (2008). The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples. Horejs, Barbara (2003). Ports of Trade: Al...
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    Sexual attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome are indicated by art, literature, and inscriptions, and to a lesser extent by archaeological remains such...
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    rocky shores are found on the east and south shores of the lake, while dunes, spits and flats are on the west and north, at a lower elevation. On-shore and...
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    Ancient Carthage (/ˈkɑːrθɪdʒ/ KAR-thij; Punic: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, lit. 'New City') was an ancient Semitic civilisation based in North Africa. Initially...
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  • explorers sets out on an expedition to find a legendary haven of knowledge and ancient wisdom, and in the process learn more about the people they only remember...
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    Taprobana (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    the ancient Greeks. Tabrobane is suggested to be derived from Sanskrit "Tamraparni". This name could be a reference to the "copper colored" shores of Sri...
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  • blowthescene.com. June 20, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2016. "New Weekend Nachos, Ancient Shores & Full of Hell MP3s". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved March 3, 2015. Nief...
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    Sarasvati River (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Sarasvati River (IAST: Sárasvatī-nadī́) is a mythologized and deified ancient river first mentioned in the Rigveda and later in Vedic and post-Vedic...
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    The ancient history of Cyprus shows a precocious sophistication in the Neolithic era visible in settlements such as at Choirokoitia dating from the 9th...
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    which projects was left unclear. Evan Devine of Morgantown metal band Ancient Shores filled in on drums for Karma to Burn during their 2012 European tour...
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    Sea of Marmara (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    islands are readily accessible by ferry from both the European and Asian shores of İstanbul and the entire archipelago forms part of the conurbation. To...
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    Ancient Hawaiʻi is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally,...
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    Bithynia (redirect from Ancient bithynia)
    Ottoman Turks between 1325 and 1333. Several major cities sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis (which is now known as Sea of Marmara): Nicomedia, Chalcedon...
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    The ancient Near East was home to many cradles of civilization, spanning Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran (or Persia), Anatolia and the Armenian highlands, the...
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    1960s and considered an influence. Her last work of nonfiction, The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples (2008), is a collection of writings on Naples...
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    of the northern shores of the strait along the Gallipoli peninsula (Turkish: Gelibolu) are sparsely settled, while the southern shores along the Troad...
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    Chaldea (redirect from Ancient Chaldeans)
    Empire (911–605 BC) in southeastern Babylonia, extending to the western shores of the Persian Gulf. The expression mat Bit Yâkin is also used, apparently...
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  • Awards 2022. An expansion, Burning Shores, was released for the PlayStation 5 in April 2023. The game and the Burning Shores expansion were collected together...
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    Tolimán is a stratovolcano in Guatemala, on the southern shores of Lake Atitlán. Part of the Sierra Madre mountain range, the volcano has an elevation...
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    Koshibito (category Tribes of ancient Japan)
    identically) were a people of ancient Japan, believed to have lived on the southern portion of the shore of the Sea of Japan in the ancient province of Koshi during...
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    Sanskrit Granthas, a detailed description of the river is not found in other ancient literature and this has generated speculation about its source and route...
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    al. (2019) state that "[o]ur results disprove the proposed link between ancient settlements and large rivers from the Himalayas and indicate that the major...
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  • Ancient warfare is war that was conducted from the beginning of recorded history to the end of the ancient period. The difference between prehistoric and...
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    Although the Greeks had at one point called the Black Sea shore "inhospitable", according to ancient sources they eventually created 70 to 90 colonies. The...
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    first colony) and the shores of Anatolia. In addition, Greeks were settled in Ionia and Pontus. Miletus in Ionia was an ancient Greek city on the west...
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    Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different...
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