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Ramesses II was the third pharaoh ofВ the Nineteenth Dynasty ofВ Egypt that reigned around the 13В centuryВ BC.
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The Hitties were an Anatolian people that lived inВ the BronzeВ Age.
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AВ cubit is aВ unit ofВ measurement that equals 45В cm.
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Alexander III (Alexander the Great, 20/21 July 356 BC – 10 June 323 BC) of the Argead dynasty was a king and a military leader of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, who created one of the largest empires in history that collapsed after his death. During his life, he came to be known as one of the greatest military leaders of all time.
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AВ Royal cubit is aВ unit ofВ measurement that equals 52.5В cm.
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Memphis was an ancient Egyptian city. It existed from the early 3В century BC until the second half ofВ the 1В centuryВ AD.
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AВ satrapy is the territory inВ the Achaemenid Empire governed byВ aВ satrap.
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AВ talent was aВ unit ofВ weight and currency inВ the ancient times.
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Leonidas IВ was aВ king ofВ the Greek city-state ofВ Sparta from 491В BC until 480В BC.
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Cyrus II was the founder ofВ the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire.
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Alexander III (Alexander the Great, 20/21 July 356 BC – 10 June 323 BC) of the Argead dynasty was a king and a military leader of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, who created one of the largest empires in history that collapsed after his death.
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This is aВ very old task. The author found it necessary toВ mention inВ his book. He first came across it inВ aВ school math club aВ long time ago and then, inВ 2014, saw it inВ aВ History inВ Arithmetic inВ Science and Life.
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Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 BC – c. 495 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism.
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Darius III was the last Achaemenid King ofВ Kings ofВ Persia, reigning from 336В BC toВ his death inВ 330В BC.
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Let’s assume that the book was published in 2017.
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Herodotus was an ancient Greek writer, geographer, and historian.
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Pericles (c. 495 BC – 429 BC) was a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens. One of the founders of the ancient democracy.
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An acropolis was the settlement ofВ an upper part ofВ an ancient Greek city, especially aВ citadel, and frequently aВ hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes ofВ defense.
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Historians debate the truthfulness ofВ this event, as it was mentioned inВ the documents only five centuries later.
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Theseus was the mythical king and founder-hero ofВ Athens. He is sometimes described as the son ofВ Aegeus, King ofВ Athens, and sometimes as the son ofВ the god Poseidon.
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InВ Greek mythology, the Minotaur is aВ mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail ofВ aВ bull and the body ofВ aВ man. He dwelt at the center ofВ the Labyrinth and was eventually killed byВ the Athenian hero Theseus.
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A quinquereme is a boat with 5 rows of oars, up to 25 rowers in each row and 1 oar per rower. (Displacement – 200 tons, length – 70 m, width – 8 m). It could took up to 100 warriors.
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AВ trireme is aВ boat with 3В rows ofВ oars, up toВ 150В rowers, 12В sailors, and 80В warriors.
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The Roman legion was the standard military unit of the Roman army. Its number changed over time. Let’s assume there were 4200 infantry without cavalry. It was composed of 30 maniples and they were composed of 2 centurias (60—120 men).
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Sicily is the largest island inВ the MediterraneanВ Sea.
