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Calendar year
year 525 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 229 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 525 BC for this
525_BC
525 BC battle between Egypt and Achaemenid Empire
beginning of the Achaemenid Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt. It was fought in 525 BC near Pelusium, an important city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile
Battle_of_Pelusium
Millennium between 1000 BC and 1 BC
6th century. Ancient Egypt is in decline, and falls to the Achaemenids in 525 BC. In Greece, Classical Antiquity begins with the colonization of Magna Graecia
1st_millennium_BC
Period in ancient Egyptian history ( 664 BCE–332 BCE)
over Egypt after the conquest by Cambyses II in 525 BC. The Late Period existed from 664 BC until 332 BC, following a period of foreign rule by the Nubian
Late_Period_of_Egypt
Statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi
delivered to Lycurgus, the semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver (fl. 8th century BC). According to the report by Herodotus (Histories A.65, 2–4), Lycurgus visited
List of oracular statements from Delphi
List_of_oracular_statements_from_Delphi
525–404 BC Achaemenid province (satrapy)
Achaemenid Empire between 525 and 404 BC. It was founded by Cambyses II, the King of Persia, after the Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) and the Achaemenid conquest
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-seventh_Dynasty_of_Egypt
Native dynasty of ancient Egypt before the first Persian invasion
the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although other brief periods of rule by Egyptians followed). The dynasty's reign (664–525 BC) is also called the Saite
Twenty-sixth_Dynasty_of_Egypt
Decade
Twenty-seventh Dynasty. c. 525 BC—Coins start to have an image on two sides. 522 BC—Bardiya succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia. 522 BC—Babylon rebels against
520s_BC
Ruler of the Achaemenid Empire from 530 to 522 BC
which he took by defeating pharaoh Psamtik III (r. 526–525 BC) at the Battle of Pelusium in 525 BC. After his victory in Egypt, he expanded the empire's
Cambyses_II
In the sixth century BC, the Achaemenid Empire conquered Egypt. The entire Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt, from 525 BC to 402 BC, save for Petubastis
History_of_Egypt
Falcon-god Hemen; 690–664 BC; bronze, greywacke, gold and wood; length: 26 cm, height: 19.7 cm, width: 10.3 cm; Louvre In 525 BC, the political state of
Art_of_ancient_Egypt
Cradle of civilization in North Africa
witnessed a brief but spirited resurgence in the economy and culture, but in 525 BC, the Persian Empire, led by Cambyses II, began its conquest of Egypt, eventually
Ancient_Egypt
Ancient Egyptian city
the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt (c. 732–720 BC) and the Saite Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (664–525 BC) during the Late Period. On its ruins today stands
Sais,_Egypt
City-state in ancient Greece
prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity (pre-800 BC), the state was known as Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων, Lakedaímōn), while Sparta
Sparta
524 BC disappearance of a Persian army in Egypt
000 Persian soldiers that disappeared in the Western Desert of Egypt in 525 BC. They had supposedly been sent by Cambyses II to subjugate the Oracle of
Lost_Army_of_Cambyses
Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
Corinthian plaque, 550-525 BC. From Penteskouphia. Poseidon on an Attic kalyx krater (detail), first half of the 5th century BC. Poseidon and Amphitrite
Poseidon
Priestly title in ancient Egypt
Amun. 595–c. 560 BC. Nitocris II, Daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose (II). c. 560–525 BC. In the northern capital of Tanis, the pharaohs of the Twenty-first dynasty
High_Priest_of_Amun
Ancient Egyptian goddess
Neith remained important, especially during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 BC), when Sais became Egypt's capital. During the Greek and Roman periods she
Neith
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
BC, Cyrus died and was succeeded by his eldest son Cambyses II, while his younger son Bardiya received a large territory in Central Asia. By 525 BC,
Achaemenid_Empire
Style of painting on ancient Greek vases
style. The first important painter of this time was the Amasis Painter (560–525 BC), named after the famous potter Amasis, with whom he primarily worked. Many
Black-figure_pottery
Archaeological site in Egypt
accompanying pestles, probably of Anatolian origin. The conquest of Egypt in 525 BC by Cambyses II was accompanied by the renewed destruction of Tell el-Maschuta
Tell_el-Maschuta
Ancient Persian military campaign (525 BC)
The first Achaemenid conquest of Egypt took place in 525 BCE and saw to the foundation of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt, also known as the "First
First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
First_Achaemenid_conquest_of_Egypt
Highest-ranking priestess of the Amun cult
Upper Egypt during the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth dynasties (circa 740–525 BC). The office had political importance as well as religious, since the two
God's_Wife_of_Amun
February 589 BC. The earliest document of Ahmose II is dated to July 570 BC. Cambyses was declared pharaoh on or shortly before August 525 BC (outdated sources
List_of_pharaohs
cited a security source as denying it. "Ancient Nubia: A-Group 3800–3100 BC". The Oriental Institute. Retrieved 30 June 2023. Somaglino, Claire; Tallet
List_of_wars_involving_Egypt
Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa
account, the Achaemenid emperor Cambyses II, upon his conquest of Egypt in 525 BCE, sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian
Somalis
343–332 BC Achaemenid province (satrapy)
referred to as the "First Egyptian Satrapy" or the 27th Dynasty (525–404 BC). In around 351 BC, Artaxerxes embarked on a campaign to recover Egypt, which had
Thirty-first_Dynasty_of_Egypt
One hundred years, from 600 BC to 501 BC
The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and ended on the last day of 501 BC. In Western Asia, the first half of this century was dominated
6th_century_BC
Navy of the Persian Empire
principal naval force of the Achaemenid Empire which existed between 525 BC and 330 BC. In Old Persian, the written language of Achaemenid inscriptions,
Achaemenid_navy
Asiatic rulers of Dynasty XV of ancient Egypt
Egyptology, were the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC). Their seat of power was the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta, from where
Hyksos
"intermediate periods". The 31 dynastic divisions come from the 3rd century BC Egyptian priest Manetho, whose history Aegyptiaca was probably written for
Dynasties_of_ancient_Egypt
Continent
Achaemenid Empire in 525 BC. Egypt briefly regained independence from the Achaemenids under the 28th dynasty from 404 to 343 BC. The conquest of Achaemenid
Africa
Northernmost region of Egypt
Palermo stone, a royal annal written in the mid Fifth Dynasty (c. 2490 BC – c. 2350 BC) records a number of kings reigning over Lower Egypt before Narmer
Lower_Egypt
Ancient Greek goddess
*-ān-. In his dialogue Cratylus, the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (428–347 BC) gives some rather imaginative etymologies of Athena's name, based on the
Athena
Modern calendar era
years BC are counted backward from the epoch. There is no year zero; the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. The system was devised in 525, in
Anno_Domini
Decade
National Archaeological Museum, Athens. c. 530 BC—525 BC—Siphnian Treasury, Delphi, is built. c. 530 BC—525 BC—Battle between the Gods and the Giants, fragments
530s_BC
Psamtik II, Pharaoh (595–589 BC) Apries, Pharaoh (589–570 BC) Amasis II, Pharaoh (570–526 BC) Psamtik III, Pharaoh (526–525 BC) Kush Kingdom of Kush (complete
List of state leaders in the 6th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_6th_century_BC
Historical summary of ancient Athens
Athens 1556 BC–1068 BC City-state of Athens 1068 BC–322 BC Hellenic League 338 BC–323 BC Hellenistic Athens 322 BC–86 BC Roman Republic 86 BC–27 BC Roman Empire
History_of_Athens
Kushite rule in Egypt during the third intermediate period
ISBN 978-0-14-044908-2. Leahy, Anthony (1992). "Royal Iconography and Dynastic Change, 750-525 BC: The Blue and Cap Crowns". The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 78: 227
Twenty-fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt
Period of Egyptian history
occupation, 525–404 BC (when Egypt became a satrapy), followed by an interval of independence, and the second and final period of occupation, 343–332 BC. The
History_of_ancient_Egypt
Weapon used by Poseidon/Neptune
6th century BC depict a trident wielded by Poseidon in his right hand, similar to Zeus's thunderbolt. An Attic red figure kylix from c. 475 BC depicts Poseidon
Trident_of_Poseidon
5th-century BC Athenian Greek tragedian
/ˈiːskɪləs/, US: /ˈɛskɪləs/; Ancient Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aischýlos; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, often described as the father
Aeschylus
Egyptian pharaoh from 526 BC to 525 BC
from 526 BC to 525 BC. Most of what is known about his reign and life was documented by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC. Herodotus
Psamtik_III
One hundred years, from 700 BC to 601 BC
The 7th century BC began the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. The Neo-Assyrian Empire continued to dominate the Near East during
7th_century_BC
This is a list of known royal consorts of ancient Egypt from c. 3100 BC to 30 BC. Reign dates follow those included on the list of pharaohs page. Some
List of ancient Egyptian royal consorts
List_of_ancient_Egyptian_royal_consorts
Dynasty of Egypt from c. 1550 to 1292 BCE
including Tutankhamun (c. 1341 BC – c. 1323 BC). Other famous pharaohs of the dynasty include Hatshepsut (c. 1479 BC–1458 BC), the longest-reigning woman
Eighteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt
(587 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Sardis (547 BC) Siege of Gaza (525 BC) Siege of Memphis (525 BC) Depiction
List_of_sieges
One hundred years, from 3100 BC to 3001 BC
BC was a century that lasted from the year 3100 BC to 3001 BC. c. 3100 BC: Polo (Meitei: Sagol Kangjei) was first played in Manipur state. c. 3100 BC
31st_century_BC
Committing murder and suicide
Ajax, son of Telamon, preparing suicide. Reproduction from a black-figure amphora depiction by Exekias (550–525 BC).
Murder–suicide
Remedies from ancient Egypt
beginnings of the civilization in the late fourth millennium BC until the Persian invasion of 525 BC, Egyptian medical practice went largely unchanged and included
Ancient_Egyptian_medicine
Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom)
third dynasty as spanning the years 2650–2575 BC, while Dodson and Hilton date the dynasty to 2584–2520 BC. It is not uncommon for these estimates to differ
Third_Dynasty_of_Egypt
Egyptian dynasty from 1295 to 1186 BC
dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC. The 19th Dynasty and the 20th Dynasty furthermore together constitute
Nineteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt
City in Cyrenaica, Libya
colony named Euesperides had existed in the area from around 525 BC. In the 3rd century BC, it was relocated and refounded as the Ptolemaic city of Berenice
Benghazi
Archaeological site in Taxila, Pakistan
oldest ruins of Ancient Taxila, dated to sometime around the period 800–525 BC as its earliest layers bear "grooved" Red Burnished Ware, the Bhir Mound
Bhir_Mound
Giants from Greek myth
treatment is found on the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury at Delphi (c. 525 BC), with more than thirty figures, named by inscription. From left to right
Giants_(Greek_mythology)
Athenian statesman (c. 630 – c. 560 BC)
until around 525 BC. Until then, the narrow warship doubled as a cargo vessel. Athens, like other Greek city states in the 7th century BC, was faced with
Solon
Ancient Egyptian princess and priestess
between 595 and 525 BC, during the reigns of Psamtik II, Apries, Amasis II and Psamtik III, until the Achaemenid conquest of Egypt. In 595 BC, Ankhnesneferibre
Ankhnesneferibre
Ancient Egyptian city
BC), who ascended to Thebes in 656 BC and brought about the adoption of his own daughter, Nitocris I, as heiress to God's Wife of Amun there. In 525 BC
Thebes,_Egypt
Egyptian pharaoh from 404 to 399 BC
Dynasty (664–525 BC). He ended the first Persian occupation of Egypt (i.e. the Twenty-seventh Dynasty: 525–404 BC) and reigned from 404 BC to 399 BC. Amyrtaeus'
Amyrtaeus
Ancient city in Iran
Antiochus III was born in 242 BC, the son of Seleucus II, near Susa, Iran. Álvarez-Mon, Javier (2020). The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-03485-1
Susa
history of ancient Egypt. The system of 30 dynasties recorded by third-century BC Greek-speaking Egyptian priest Manetho is still in use today; however, the
Periodization of ancient Egypt
Periodization_of_ancient_Egypt
Ancient Egyptian dynasty
of the Ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, lasting from 1077 BC to 943 BC. After the reign of Ramesses III, a long, slow decline of royal power
Twenty-first_Dynasty_of_Egypt
Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt (525–404 BC), established by the first Achaemenid conquest of Egypt. Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt (343–332 BC), established by the
History_of_Persian_Egypt
Ancient Egyptian deity
limestone; height: 1.58 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art Head of Ptah; 664–525 BC; faience with blue-green and black glaze; height: 3.5 cm, width: 2.1 cm
Ptah
28th BC – 27th BC – 26th BC – 25th BC – 24th BC – 23rd BC – 22nd BC – 21st BC – 20th BC – 19th BC – 18th BC – 17th BC – 16th BC – 15th BC – 14th BC – 13th
Timeline_of_ancient_history
deployed by the Persian king Cambyses II during the Battle of Pelusium (525 BC): Cambyses II ordered placing of cats and other animals venerated by Egyptians
Cats_in_ancient_Egypt
Period of ancient Egyptian history (1700–1550 BC)
The Second Intermediate Period dates from 1782 to 1550 BC. It marks a period when ancient Egypt was divided into smaller dynasties for a second time, between
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
Second_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt
373 BC battle to restore Egypt to Persian rule
and ended with the defeat of the Persians and their Greek mercenaries. In 525 BC, a Persian force led by Cambyses II invaded Egypt. This force was able to
Battle_of_Pelusium_(373_BC)
State subordinate to another state
According to Herodotus, they aided Cambyses II in his invasion of Egypt (525 BC). As such, Arabia did not become a satrap and was exempt from paying annual
Vassal_state
Ancient Greek term for parts of Africa
his account, the Persian Emperor Cambyses II upon his conquest of Egypt (525 BC) sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for its king to entice
Aethiopia
Ancient Greek philosopher (c. 586 – c. 526 BC)
Ἀναξιμένης ὁ Μιλήσιος, romanized: Anaximenēs ho Milēsios; c. 586/585 – c. 526/525 BC) was an Ancient Greek, pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Anatolia
Anaximenes_of_Miletus
Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire (525-321 BC)
The first Achaemenid ruler of Hellespontine Phrygia was Mitrobates (ca. 525–522 BC), who was appointed by Cyrus the Great and continued under Cambyses. He
Hellespontine_Phrygia
settlement dating back at least into the Middle Formative period (ca. 1000 B.C.). Müller, Florencia (1973). "La extensión arqueológica de Cholula a través
List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities
Ancient history of the African region
Nubians left, a new Twenty-sixth Dynasty emerged from Sais. It lasted until 525 BC, when Egypt was invaded by the Persians. Unlike the Assyrians, the Persians
Ancient_Africa
Archaeological site in Egypt
pharaoh in 943 BC. Bubastis was its height during this dynasty and the 23rd. It declined after the conquest by Cambyses II in 525 BC, which heralded
Bubastis
Ancient Egyptian deity of households
525 BC; bronze; Late Period, Dynasty 27 or later; overall: 8 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Cosmetic container; 525–404
Bes
Pharaoh of Egypt from 1333 to 1324 BC
twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn; c. 1342 BC – c. 1323 BC), was the antepenultimate pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, who ruled c. 1332 – 1323 BC. Born Tutankhaten
Tutankhamun
Historical civilization in the southern Iberian Peninsula
southern Iberian Peninsula from about the late Bronze Age until the 5th century BC. It had a writing system, identified as Tartessian, that includes some 97
Tartessos
Eastern coastal region of Libya
poet Callimachus and the mathematicians Theodorus and Eratosthenes. In 525 BC, after conquering Egypt, the Achaemenid (Persian) army of Cambyses II seized
Cyrenaica
(c. 610 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Famous for the concept of Apeiron, or "the boundless". Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 – 525 BC). Of the Milesian
Timeline of Western philosophers
Timeline_of_Western_philosophers
Herodotus' account, the Persian Emperor Cambyses II upon his conquest of Egypt (525 BC) sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian king
History_of_Djibouti
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, it was Pericles (c. 495–429 BC) in the fifth century BC who coordinated the construction of the buildings
Acropolis_of_Athens
Ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife
Khenti-Amentiu, meaning "Foremost of the Westerners". In the Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC) the pharaoh was considered a son of the sun god Ra who, after his death,
Osiris
404–398 BC single-pharaoh ancient Egyptian dynasty
of the Ancient Egyptian Late Period. The 28th Dynasty lasted from 404 BC to 398 BC and it includes only one Pharaoh, Amyrtaeus (Amenirdis), also known as
Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-eighth_Dynasty_of_Egypt
Tsenhor (fl. circa 525 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian businesswoman living at the end of the 27th dynasty of Egypt. Tsenhor was a businesswoman based in the
Tsenhor
Mythological boar
(trans. Jebb) (Greek tragedy C5th BC) Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 67-111 (trans. Coleridge) (Greek epic poetry C3rd BC) Callimachus, Epigrams 36 (trans
Erymanthian_boar
Multi-headed dog in Greek mythology
Attic amphoras from Vulci, one (c. 530–515 BC) by the Bucci Painter (Munich 1493), the other (c. 525–510 BC) by the Andokides painter (Louvre F204), in
Cerberus
Goddess from Greek mythology, wife and sister of Zeus
first of the massive Ionic temples. Samos. The new Heraion was built in 525 BC and it is called the "Polycrates temple". The temple measured 54,58x111
Hera
Binary star in the constellation Scorpius
rare. The last occultation of Antares by Venus took place on September 17, 525 BC; the next one will be November 17, 2400. Other planets have been calculated
Antares
Reunified ancient Egypt (c. 2000-1700 BC)
Period. The Middle Kingdom lasted from approximately 2040 to 1782 or 1700 BC (depending on the definition), stretching from the reunification of Egypt
Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt
BC but was conquered by Egypt under Amasis II (570–526/525 BC). The island was conquered by the Persians c. 545 BC under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC)
History_of_Cyprus
died 464 BC Greek philosopher Metrodorus of Lampsacus (the younger) 331/0 BC–278/7 BC Greek philosopher Miltiades the Elder c. 590 BC–525 BC Athenian
List of people known as the Elder or the Younger
List_of_people_known_as_the_Elder_or_the_Younger
Legendary people
Herodotus' account, the Persian Emperor Cambyses II upon his conquest of Egypt (525 BC) sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian king
Macrobians
History of Iran. Millennia: 1st BC · 1st–2nd · 3rd Centuries: 7th BC · 6th BC · 5th BC · 4th BC · 3rd BC · 2nd BC · 1st BC · See also · References · Bibliography ·
Timeline_of_Iranian_history
Ancient Greek city in Asia-Minor
geographer Cadmus (fl. c. 550 BC), writer Anaximenes (c. 585 BC – c. 525 BC), Pre-Socratic philosopher Aristagoras (fl. 6th-5th century BC), Tyrant of Miletus Phocylides
Miletus
6th century BC Greek tyrant of the Chersonese
Miltiades the Elder (ca. 590 – 525 BC) was an Athenian politician from the Philaid family. He is most famous for travelling to the Thracian Chersonese
Miltiades_the_Elder
Nomadic Iranic people of the Pontic Steppe
drastically increased after the Persian Achaemenid Empire's conquest of Egypt in 525 BC, which deprived the states of Greece proper of the Egyptian grain that they
Scythians
Period of ancient Greece from c. 800 to 480 BC
before 550 BC, and from there coinage spread to Athens, Corinth and the Cycladic Islands in the 540s BC, Southern Italy and Sicily before 525 BC, and Thrace
Archaic_Greece
Control of harmful species
long ago as 3000 BC in Egypt, cats were used to control pests of grain stores such as rodents. Ferrets were domesticated by 1500 BC in Europe for use
Pest_control
Group of rulers in ancient Egypt
The 11th Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty XI; c. 2150 BC – c. 1991 BC) is a well-attested group of rulers. Its earlier members before King Mentuhotep
Eleventh_Dynasty_of_Egypt
525 BC
525 BC
Surname or Lastname
Jewish
Jewish : from the Hebrew personal name Amos, of uncertain origin, in some traditions connected with the Hebrew verb amos ‘to carry’, and assigned the meaning ‘borne by God’. This was the name of a Biblical prophet of the 8th century bc, whose oracles are recorded in the Book of Amos. This was one of the Biblical names taken up by Puritans and Nonconformists in the 16th–17th centuries, too late to have had much influence on surname formation, except in Wales.English : variant of Amis, assimilated in spelling to the Biblical name. It occurs chiefly in southeastern England.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Pilgrimage site 25 km from city mecca
Surname or Lastname
English
English : origin uncertain. Possibly it is a variant of Welsh Bevans.William Walter Beavers, from whom many bearers of this American family name are descended, was born in Wales on July 25, 1755 and married Elizabeth Ragsdale in Lunenburg Co. VA. He died in about 1807 in Elbert Co., GA.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : there are two sources for this character for Wen, which also means ‘warm’. One is a territory named Wen, and the other an area named Wenyi. Descendants of rulers of these areas adopted Wen as their surname.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘literature’. Its origin, however, is from the given name of an ancient personage called Wen.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘hear’. During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), in the state of Lu there existed a man who has a supplementary name, Wenren. His descendants adopted the first character of his name, Wen, as their surname.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, possibly a variant of Litchfield. The surname is not found in current English records, but of the 52 bearers recorded in the 1881 British Census, 28 were born in Kent, suggesting that a different, unidentified source could be involved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an early variant of Doughty.Edward Doty (c.1600–55) was one of the passengers on the Mayflower, a servant of Stephen Hopkins. He became comparatively wealthy and moved to Duxbury MA, where he left nine children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Pink.Chinese : there are two sources of this name, which also means ‘peace’. One is the name of a senior minister of the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), who was posthumously named Yan Pingzhong. The other source is a city called Ping in the state of Han during the Warring States period (403–221 bc). It was granted to a marquis whose descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 bc (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.Korean : There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the KisÅng (also called the KÅje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yÅng. The founding ancestors of these clans were KoryÅ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.Spanish and southern French (Occitan) : metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).English and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).
Boy/Male
Muslim
Pilgrimage site 25 km from city mecca
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
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English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
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English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Wren.Dutch (de Ren) : origin unexplained.Variant spelling of German Renn.Swedish : soldier’s name, from ren ‘reindeer’.Chinese : from the name of Rencheng ‘Ren City’, which was granted to Yu Yang, the 25th son of the Emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc). Some of his descendants later adopted the place name as their surname.
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Muslim
Pilgrimage site 25 km from city mecca
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English
English : from the personal name Horace, Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin, associated chiefly with the name of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 bc).
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English and French
English and French : from the medieval French form of the Latin personal name Sabinus or its feminine form Sabina, originally an ethnic name for a member of an ancient Italic people of central Italy, whose name is of uncertain origin. According to legend, in the 8th century bc the Romans slaughtered the Sabine menfolk and carried off the women. More influential as far as name-giving is concerned was the existence of several Christian saints bearing this name. The masculine name was borne by at least ten early saints (martyrs and bishops), but as a given name the feminine form was always more popular.Jewish : probably also an Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name.
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English : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
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Arabic
Servant of the all knowing.
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African, Australian, German, Swahili, Turkish
Gift
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French
Pet form of French Viviane, VIVIETTE means "alive, animated, lively."
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Celtic Welsh
Beneficent.
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Hindu
Pole star, Immovable, Eternal, Firm
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Arabic, Czechoslovakian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Irish
God is Among us; To Believe in God; Giving of Thanks
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Indian
A Flower
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Connoisseur
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Hindu, Indian
Goddess Lakshmi
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Hindu
The first Vedas, Lord Ganesh, Knower of the arthara Vedas
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The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
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The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
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An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
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A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.
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A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia.
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At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
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An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
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A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.
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A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.
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In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
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Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.
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A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.
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A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
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An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
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Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.
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An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.