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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TIMELINE 2nd MILLENIUM B.C. page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE (7141 words)
[Hammond Almanac, p.789] 520-465 BC Xerxes I, King of Persia was the son of Darius I and grandson of Cyrus, founder of the Persian Empire.
paraphrased from the visually strong HyperHistory c.518-c.438 BC Pindar, Greek Poet, was born in Boetia, central Greece, and is considered the greatest of the Greek choral lyricists.
c.250 BC "Archimedes studied the equilibrium of planes and the centre of gravity of planes and deduced the laws of the levers.
8th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1252 words)
Rudamun, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (757 BC - 754 BC).
Iuput, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (754 BC - 715 BC).
Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 715 BC - 687 BC).
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