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Ancient history

The study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, starting with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.

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legend

History; Ancient history

A legend is Latin word and means "things to be read". A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess ...

want

History; Ancient history

Want is a verb. The idea of want can be examined from many perspectives. In secular societies want might be considered similar to the emotion desire, which can be studied scientifically through the ...

tbilisi metro

History; Ancient history

The Tbilisi Metro serves the city with rapid transit subway services. It was the Soviet Union's fourth metro system. Construction began in 1952, and was finished in 1966. The system operates two ...

Vakhtang Gorgasali

History; Ancient history

Vakhtang Gorgasali was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli (modern eastern Georgia) in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. Gorgasali is a sobriquet meaning in ...

fall down

History; Ancient history

Fall down is a phrasal verb. The term phrasal verb is commonly applied to two or three distinct but related constructions in English: a verb and a particle and/or a preposition co-occur forming a ...

fall down

History; Ancient history

Fall down is a phrasal verb. The term phrasal verb is commonly applied to two or three distinct but related constructions in English: a verb and a particle and/or a preposition co-occur forming a ...

capital city

History; Ancient history

A capital city or capital town (or simply capital) is the municipality[citation needed] enjoying primary status in a state, country, province, or other region as its seat of government. A capital is ...

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