Harris dates studies of both to Classical Greece and Classical Rome, specifically, to Herodotus, often called the " father of history " and the Roman historian, Tacitus, who wrote many of our only surviving contemporary accounts of several ancient Celtic and Germanic peoples.

The earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity.

There are no fixed or universally agreed upon dates for the beginning or the end of Classical Antiquity.

The Attic Greek of the philosopher Aristotle ( 384-322 BC ), whose mentor was Plato, dates from the period of transition from Classical Attic to koine.

The term " modern " ( Latin modernus from modo, " just now ") dates from the 5th century, originally distinguishing the Christian era from the Pagan era, yet the word entered general usage only in the 17th-century quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns — debating: " Is Modern culture superior to Classical ( Græco – Roman ) culture?

The story dates from Classical times but, since it was recorded only in Greek and not translated into Latin until the 15th century, it only began to gain currency after it appeared in Heinrich Steinhowel's collection of the fables and so spread through the rest of Europe.

There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient / Classical Greek period.

Literature in Sanskrit begins with the Vedas, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India ; the golden age of Classical Sanskrit literature dates to late Antiquity ( roughly the 3rd to 8th centuries AD ).

The work is written in Classical Sanskrit and its development dates to a period broadly contemporary with the classical age of ancient Greece and Rome, c. 400 BC – 400 AD.

Relative to other composers of the Classical music era Johann Baptist Georg Neruda ( Czech: ) is little known, and his dates of birth and death ( given as c1707 and c1780 by the Grove Dictionary ) are only approximations.

A detailed review in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review comments on the discrepancies in Collina-Girard's dates and use of coincidences, concluding that he " has certainly succeeded in throwing some light upon some momentous developments in human prehistory in the area west of Gibraltar.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

Whether or not Danchin is correct in suggesting that Thompson's resumption of the opium habit also dates from this period is, of course, a matter of conjecture.

The oldest amber recovered dates to the Upper Carboniferous period ().

Assyrian art preserved to the present day predominantly dates to the Neo-Assyrian period.

Determining the composition of the Memorial depends on the dates of Nehemiah's mission: It is commonly accepted that " Artaxerxes " was Artaxerxes I ( there were two later kings of the same name ), and that Nehemiah's first period in Jerusalem was therefore 445-433 BC ; allowing for his return to Susa and second journey to Jerusalem, the end of the 5th century BC is therefore the earliest possible date for the Memorial.

This dates from a somewhat earlier period, that of Jehoiakim ( because certainly before 597 ), and thus forms a transition to the first passages of the narrative sections.

Often his research was simple: he would review period newspapers of the dates of reported incidents and find reports on possibly relevant events like unusual weather, that were never mentioned in the disappearance stories.

It is in size, and originally dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history.

The oldest extant Chinese star chart dates to the Tang period and was preserved as part of the Dunhuang Manuscripts.

Although much of Chinese philosophy begins in the Warring States period, elements of Chinese philosophy have existed for several thousand years ; some can be found in the Yi Jing ( the Book of Changes ), an ancient compendium of divination, which dates back to at least 672 BCE.

The Christmas ceremony dates to a period prior to the American Revolutionary War, but lapsed before being revived by University President Nicholas Murray Butler in the early 20th century.

The earliest recorded use of the terms Christianity ( Greek ) and Catholic ( Greek ), dates to this period, the 2nd century, attributed to Ignatius of Antioch c. 107.

Textile dyeing dates back to the Neolithic period.

The vast majority of Dublin's most notable architecture dates from this period, such as the Four Courts and the Custom House.

The oldest evidence of human settlement dates from the prehistoric era ; archeological finds from the north of Erfurt revealed human traces from the paleolithic period, ca.

His published poetry dates from this period and, along with Edward Dyer he was one of the first courtiers to introduce vernacular verse to the court.

No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 549 to 511 B. C., near the end of the Jōmon period.

Originally this name referred to the polders surrounding Bruges and dates from a period before the counts of Flanders expanded their territory.

This usage dates back to the Medieval period, where the phrase ' not worth a fart ' would be applied to an item held to be worthless.

Continuous human habitation dates to around 12, 000 years ago, at the end of the last glacial period.

The emergence of English as a language of Wales results from the incorporation of Wales into England and also dates from approximately this time period.

The recently discovered Gospel of Judas dates close to the period when Irenaeus lived ( late 2nd century ), and scholars typically regard this work as one of many Gnostic texts, showing one of many varieties of Gnostic beliefs of the period.

Old Japanese is the first attested written form of Japanese – the earliest text, the Kojiki, dates to the early 8th century AD ; the end of Old Japanese coincides with the end of the Nara period in 794.

This family includes extant manuscripts dating from the 5th century or later ; however, papyrus fragments may be used to show that this text-type dates as early as the Alexandrian or Western text-types.

Western casuistry dates from Aristotle ( 384 – 322 BC ), yet the zenith of casuistry was from 1550 to 1650, when the Society of Jesus used case-based reasoning, particularly in administering the Sacrament of Penance ( or " confession ").

Modern dates are understood in the Western world to be in the Gregorian calendar, but for older dates writers should specify the calendar used.

The sometimes subtle differences between Eastern and Western conceptions of authority and its exercise produced a gradually widening rift between the Churches which continued with some occasional relief throughout the following centuries until the final rupture of the Great Schism ( marked by two dates: 16 July 1054, and the Council of Florence in 1439 ).

None of these four dates bears much resemblance to the American / Western holiday New Year's Day.

The most common modern dates of celebration are listed below, ordered and grouped by their appearance relative to the conventional Western calendar.

# Its date varies from year to year ( by the Western system of calculation, it can fall on any of 35 different dates of the Gregorian calendar ).

The reform would have been implemented starting in 2001, since in that year the Eastern and Western dates of Easter would coincide.

The nature of this document as recorded by Ibn Ishaq and transmitted by Ibn Hisham is the subject of dispute among modern Western historians, many of whom maintain that this " treaty " is possibly a collage of different agreements, oral rather than written, of different dates, and that it is not clear exactly when they were made.

Most years, the Eastern Pascha falls after the Western Easter, and it may be as much as five weeks later ; occasionally, the two dates coincide.

The group then started an international The Occupied Europe Tour ' 83, with the group The Last Few Days, which included sixteen dates in eight Eastern and Western European countries.

Usage of the term " Miao " in Chinese documents dates back to the Shi Ji ( 1st century BC ) and the Zhan Guo Ce ( late Western Han Dynasty ).

Evidence of playoffs in professional football dates to at least 1919, when the " New York Pro Championship " was held in Western New York ( it's possible one was held in 1917, but that's not known for sure ).

Sabre-like curved backswords have been in use in Europe since the medieval period ( falchion ), or indeed since antiquity ( makhaira ), but the introduction of the sabre proper in Western Europe, along with the term sabre itself, dates to the 17th century, via influence of the Eastern European szabla type.

It dates from the early Western Han Dynasty.

However the dates assigned to most of the early crosses surviving in good condition, whether at Ruthwell and Bewcastle, the Western Ossery group in Ireland, Iona or the Kildalton Cross on Islay, have all shown a tendency to converge on the period around or slightly before 800, despite the differences between the Northumbrian and Celtic types.

The area now known as Tryon was originally part of the Cherokee nation of Western North Carolina, archaeological evidence dates their occupation of the late to the end of the last Ice Age more than 11, 000 years ago and semi-permanent villages appeared by 8, 000 B. C.

This practice was followed in the Jewish and Islamic calendars and in Medieval Western Europe in reckoning the dates of religious festivals.

Numerous further dates were announced for concerts throughout Western Europe thereafter.

Many individuals have attempted to put a specific date on the symbolic " end " of antiquity with the most prominent dates being the deposing of the last Western Roman Emperor in 476, the closing of the last Platonic Academy by Justinian I in 529, or the invasion of Italy in 535 by the forces of Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.

The Iowa Conference dates back to December 8, 1922, when representatives from 12 colleges got together and formed the “ Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Association .” Charter members were Buena Vista College, Central University of Iowa, Ellsworth College, Iowa Wesleyan College, Luther College, Morningside College, Parsons College, St. Ambrose College, Simpson College, Upper Iowa College, Western Union College and Penn College.

Few records survive from this early period and accounts from the Western Zhou period cover little beyond a list of kings with uncertain dates.