Cyclopedia of Chronology: The World's Progress, a Dictionary of Dates: with Tabular Views of General History, and a Historical ChartGeorge Palmer Putnam |
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... Christian Era 24691233 38 II . MODERN HISTORY . PERIOD 1-306 years ) .— From the Christian Era to the reign of Constantine PERIOD II . 170 years . ) — Constantine to Odoacer PERIOD III .- ( 146 years . ) - Odoacer to Mahomet 48 58 62 ...
... Christian Era 24691233 38 II . MODERN HISTORY . PERIOD 1-306 years ) .— From the Christian Era to the reign of Constantine PERIOD II . 170 years . ) — Constantine to Odoacer PERIOD III .- ( 146 years . ) - Odoacer to Mahomet 48 58 62 ...
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... Christ - 4004 years . II . MODERN CHRONOLOGY - from the Birth of Christ to the present time - 1850 years I. ANCIENT ... Christian era , the dates are reckoned s . 4.— BEFORE CHRIST . They are then changed to A. D. - the Year of our Lord ...
... Christ - 4004 years . II . MODERN CHRONOLOGY - from the Birth of Christ to the present time - 1850 years I. ANCIENT ... Christian era , the dates are reckoned s . 4.— BEFORE CHRIST . They are then changed to A. D. - the Year of our Lord ...
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... CHRISTIAN ERA. 146 years . ( Continued . ) B. C. AFRICA . East . West . 36 Cleopatra obtains from An- tony a grant of Phoenicia , Cyrene and Cyprus . 34 - receives all Asia from the Mediterranean to the Indus . 31 Cleopatra and Marc ...
... CHRISTIAN ERA. 146 years . ( Continued . ) B. C. AFRICA . East . West . 36 Cleopatra obtains from An- tony a grant of Phoenicia , Cyrene and Cyprus . 34 - receives all Asia from the Mediterranean to the Indus . 31 Cleopatra and Marc ...
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... CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE PRESENT TIME . 1. From the Christian Era IL 41 Extinction of the Western Empire , 66 Epochas or Periods . to the Reign of Constantine the Great , A. D. 306 Period of the Ten Persecutions of Christians . Northern ...
... CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE PRESENT TIME . 1. From the Christian Era IL 41 Extinction of the Western Empire , 66 Epochas or Periods . to the Reign of Constantine the Great , A. D. 306 Period of the Ten Persecutions of Christians . Northern ...
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... Christian Era to the. A.D. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY , ETC. SACRED . The BIRTH OF CHRIST :-( see p . 44. ) Herod Antipas being at this time tetrarch of Galilee . 9 Celsus , the physician ; Phædrus , the fabu list ; Velius Paterculus , Roman ...
... Christian Era to the. A.D. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY , ETC. SACRED . The BIRTH OF CHRIST :-( see p . 44. ) Herod Antipas being at this time tetrarch of Galilee . 9 Celsus , the physician ; Phædrus , the fabu list ; Velius Paterculus , Roman ...
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