FACTOID # 152: Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.
 
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Encyclopedia > 498 BCE

Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC


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WriteDesign - Historical and Cultural Context - Ancient Art (783 words)
9,000 BCE - The development of agriculture began with the growing of crops and the domestication of animals in the Middle East (HM, p.
Then two developments made the process quicker and easier: People began to write in horizontal rows, and a new type of pen was used which was pushed into the clay, producing "wedge-shaped" signs that are known as cuneiform writing.
The goddess Hathor and King Seti I - from the tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, circa 1301-1290 BCE -
5th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1018 words)
498 BC - Leontini subjugated by Hippocrates of Gela.
498 BC - Alexander I succeeds his father Amyntas I as king of Macedonia.
498 BC - Amyntas I, king of Macedonia, died.
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