define antiquity
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  antiquity(Noun) Ancient times; former ages; times long since past. 2  antiquity(Noun) The ancients; the people of ancient times. 3  antiquity(Noun) An old gentleman.  antiquity(Noun) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
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- The Earliest (Ancient) Civilizations. The basic meaning of civilization is the presence of cities, and the basic meaning of history is the presence of written records.
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Antique It is collected or desirable because of its age, beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era or time period in human society. It is common practice to define antique as applying to objects at least 100 years old. Antiques are usually objects that show some degree of craftsmanship—or a certain attention to design, such as a desk or an early automobile.
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- Full Definition of HERITAGE. 1. : property that descends to an heir. 2. a: something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor: legacy, inheritance b: tradition. 3. See heritage defined for English-language learners. See heritage defined for kids.
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Archaeology Department of Anthropology. Archaeology. Archaeology is the scientific study of past human behavior and societies from material remains of the earliest human ancestors to recent times. Students concentrating in archaeology should take at least one topical course and one regional course in archaeology.
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Classical antiquity It ends with the dissolution of classical culture at the close of Late Antiquity (300–600), blending into the Early Middle Ages (600–1000). Such a wide sampling of history and territory covers many disparate cultures and periods. Classical antiquity may refer also to an idealised vision among later people of what was, in Edgar Allan Poe 's words, the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome..
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Ancient Greece Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Roughly three centuries after the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece, Greek urban poleis began to form in the 8th century BC, ushering in the period of Archaic Greece and colonization of the Mediterranean Basin. This was followed by ...
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- excavation. 1  a hole or cavity made by excavating. 2  the act of excavating. 3  an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site.
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What is Archaeology? Introduction. Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains. It is a subfield of anthropology, the study of all human culture.
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- Category:Classical antiquity. The main article for this category is Classical antiquity. Classical antiquity generally covers the period in Mediterranean history from around 700 BC through the 5th or 6th centuries AD, culminating in Late antiquity (7th century AD).
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classical Definition of classical. 1  1 : standard, classic. 2  2a : of or relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world and especially to its literature, art, architecture, or ideals classical civilizationb : versed in the classics a classical scholar.
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- The word »protein« comes from the Greek »proteos«, meaning the »first one« or the »most important one«. Protein is truly the body’s most important building block. Our life takes place in proteins, and we store vital information in proteins. When we learn something, it happens by changes in protein structures. When we propagate our genes and pass them along to the next generation, it also takes place through proteins.
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The History Book Club discussion This thread is about the following: Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world.
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Hellenistic Age Hellenistic Age. Also found in: Wikipedia. Hellenistic Age. a stage in the history of the eastern Mediterranean that lasted from the campaigns of Alexander the Great (334–323 B.C.) to the Roman conquest of the region, which was completed in 30 B.C. with the fall of Egypt.
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- An artifact or artefact (from Latin phrase arte factum ~ ars skill + facere to make) is something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest.n archaeology, however, the word has become a term of particular nuance and is defined as: an object recovered by archaeological endeavor, which may have a cultural interest.
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silver age Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
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- Historians first use it (from about 1840) for the period from the 14th to the 16th century, implying a rediscovery of rational civilization (exemplified by Greece and Rome) after the medieval centuries - seen as superstitious and artistically primitive.
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- It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period.The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages.Depopulation, deurbanisation, invasion, and movement of peoples, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.he Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. Depopulation, deurbanisation, invasion, and movement of peoples, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.
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- The BNP is a biologically active molecule and causes natriuresis, vasodilation, and diuresis, all of which leads to improved myocardial relaxation. These peptides also counteract the actions of the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system. Compared to BNP, NT-proBNP is biologically inactive.
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archaeology the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains, especially those that have been excavated.
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Definitions &Translations classical - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; classical mythology; classical Graeco-Roman, Greco-Roman, Hellenic, classic classical, classic - of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture; classic Cinese pottery
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- 1 marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated:an archaic manner; an archaic notion.  Linguistics(of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples:thou; wast;
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Definitions &Translations Late Antiquity. Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world.
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- Thus, in order to enunciate here only summarily, a law which it would require volumes to develop: in the high Orient, the cradle of primitive times, after Hindoo architecture came Phoenician architecture, that opulent mother of Arabian architecture; in antiquity, after Egyptian architecture, of which Etruscan style and cyclopean monuments are but one variety, came Greek architecture (of which the Roman style is only a continuation), surcharged with the Carthaginian dome; in modern times ...
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tradition Definition of tradition. 1  1a : an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (such as a religious practice or a social custom)b : a belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical though not verifiable.
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Anatolia The Hellenistic Age is a period in history defined as the time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination. During this time, Greek culture was dominant throughout the Mediterranean, thus the name Hellenistic, which is derived from the Greek Hellas which means Greece. After Alexander's death, his empire was split up into smaller kingdoms, created by people known as the Diadochoi - the Successors of Alexander. The major kingdoms were the Ptolemies in Egypt, the Seleucids in Syria, and the Antigonids in Macedonia.