Index of Things

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1. 16 Psyche

   main-belt asteroidWD Q10751716 Psyche Is Not Worth Ten Quintillion Dollars

A

1. Abbasid Caliphate

   third Islamic caliphate (750-1258)WD Q12536The Conquest Took Twenty Years; the Conversion Took Four Centuries, Arabic Numerals Are Indian, and the Arabs Say So

2. Adam

   first man according to the Abrahamic creation and religions such as Judaism, Christianity and IslamWD Q70899Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

3. Akhenaten

   Egyptian pharaoh in 18th DynastyWD Q81794Akhenaten Was Not the First Monotheist

4. Alexander

   2004 film by Oliver StoneWD Q162277How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

5. Alexander the Great

   king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)WD Q8409How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds', Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

6. Alfred Nobel

   Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)WD Q23810Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

7. algebra

   part of mathematics using letters for numbersWD Q3968Babylon Did Algebra for a Thousand Years Without Inventing Algebra

8. Alp Arslan

   second sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1063-1072)WD Q200193Anatolia Didn't Fill With Turks; It Became Turkish

9. Altan Khan

   leader of the Tümed MongolsWD Q434393The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

10. Amarna

    Egyptian archaeological siteWD Q5736Akhenaten Was Not the First Monotheist

11. Amun

    Egyptian and Berber deityWD Q58373Akhenaten Was Not the First Monotheist

12. Anatolia

    peninsula in Western AsiaWD Q51614Anatolia Didn't Fill With Turks; It Became Turkish, The Bronze Age Collapse Was So Complete They Forgot How to Write

13. Ancient Egypt

    Egyptian civilization from the 4th millennium BCWD Q11768Ma'at: Egypt's Real Constitution, The Book of the Dead Is a User Manual, The Library of Alexandria Didn't Burn Down. It Was Defunded.

14. Ancient Greece

    Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 ADWD Q11772Greek Myth Was Never a Religion, The Antikythera Mechanism Proves Technology Can Be Lost, The Bronze Age Collapse Was So Complete They Forgot How to Write, Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented, Coins Were Never About Gold. They Were About Trust., Pythagoras Didn't Discover His Theorem, What Actually Kills a Device

15. Ancient Greek religion

    religion in ancient GreeceWD Q855270Greek Myth Was Never a Religion, Delphi Was an Information Network, Every Answering Machine Since Delphi Has Had the Same Three Problems, The Middle East Became Christian Slowly, Then All at Once

16. Antikythera mechanism

    ancient analog computer for astronomical positionsWD Q182324The Antikythera Mechanism Proves Technology Can Be Lost, What Actually Kills a Device, The Romans Didn't Lose the Recipe. Half of It Was Never Written Down.

17. Antiochus IV Epiphanes

    king of the Seleucid Empire (175-164 BC)WD Q3356One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

18. Antipater

    Macedonian general and regentWD Q204760How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

19. Apollo

    god in Greek and later Roman mythologyWD Q37340Delphi Was an Information Network, Every Answering Machine Since Delphi Has Had the Same Three Problems

20. Aristobulus of Cassandreia

    Greek historian (c. 375 BC – 301 BC)WD Q544987How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

21. Arrian

    philosopher, historian, priestWD Q31845How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

22. Arthur Waldron

    American sinologistWD Q4800591The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

23. assembly line

    manufacturing technology where an unfinished product is moved from workstation to workstation where work steps are performed or parts are added in sequence until the product is completeWD Q455037Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

24. Aten

    ancient Egyptian godWD Q130227Akhenaten Was Not the First Monotheist

25. atenism

    monotheistic religionWD Q146107Akhenaten Was Not the First Monotheist

26. Athanasius of Alexandria

    Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)WD Q44024Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

B

1. Babylon

   capital city of Babylonia and an archaeological site in modern-day IraqWD Q5684Nebuchadnezzar II: The Builder We Remember as a Destroyer, The Code of Hammurabi Was Not a Law Code, How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

2. Babylonia

   historical countryWD Q47690The Code of Hammurabi Was Not a Law Code, The Babylonians Invented Prediction, Not the Greeks, Writing Was Invented by Accountants, Not Poets, Your Watch Is Babylonian, Babylon Did Algebra for a Thousand Years Without Inventing Algebra, Nobody Invented the Wheel, What Babylon Actually Invented, Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread, The Baghdad Battery Is Not a Battery, Pythagoras Didn't Discover His Theorem

3. Babylonian astronomical diaries

   Babylonian cuneiform textsWD Q751861The Babylonians Invented Prediction, Not the Greeks, How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

4. Babylonian astronomy

   ancient astronomyWD Q787929The Babylonians Invented Prediction, Not the Greeks, The Antikythera Mechanism Proves Technology Can Be Lost, Your Watch Is Babylonian, What Babylon Actually Invented, 16 Psyche Is Not Worth Ten Quintillion Dollars, Every Answering Machine Since Delphi Has Had the Same Three Problems

5. Baghdad

   capital city of IraqWD Q1530Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

6. Baghdad Battery

   set of three artifacts found togetherWD Q643309The Baghdad Battery Is Not a Battery

7. Bakhdida

   place in Nineveh, IraqWD Q2995584Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

8. Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

   King of Jerusalem (1161-1185) (r. 1174-1185)WD Q296850Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

9. Battle of Hattin

   Victory of Egyptian forces under Saladin against Crusader joint forces, 1187WD Q233568Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

10. Battle of Manzikert

    1071 battle between the Byzantine Empire and SeljuksWD Q200032Anatolia Didn't Fill With Turks; It Became Turkish

11. Battle of Montgisard

    1177 battle of the CrusadesWD Q847287Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

12. Battle of Pydna

    battle of the Third Macedonian WarWD Q504739One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

13. Battle of Tours

    battle fought in 732 by Merovingian Franks against the UmayyadsWD Q173077Constantinople Stopped the Arabs; Tours Got the Credit

14. Batu Khan

    Khan of the Golden HordeWD Q175138The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

15. Book of Enoch

    ancient Jewish apocalyptic religious text, part of the canon of the Ethiopian-Orthodox ChurchWD Q220890Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

16. Book of Han

    official history of China's Western Han dynasty, finished under the Eastern Han in the year 111WD Q846905The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

17. Book of Jubilees

    ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chaptersWD Q843946Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

18. Book of the Dead

    ancient Egyptian funerary textWD Q174361The Book of the Dead Is a User Manual, Ma'at: Egypt's Real Constitution

19. Brahmagupta

    Indian mathematician and astronomerWD Q202943Arabic Numerals Are Indian, and the Arabs Say So

20. brick

    block or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry constructionWD Q40089Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

21. British Museum

    national museum in London, United KingdomWD Q6373Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread, How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

22. Byzantine Empire

    Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle AgesWD Q12544The Middle East Became Christian Slowly, Then All at Once, Constantinople Stopped the Arabs; Tours Got the Credit, The Conquest Took Twenty Years; the Conversion Took Four Centuries, Anatolia Didn't Fill With Turks; It Became Turkish, The Library of Alexandria Didn't Burn Down. It Was Defunded., The Romans Didn't Lose the Recipe. Half of It Was Never Written Down.

C

1. Cassander

   king of MacedoniaWD Q207183How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

2. cellular manufacturing

   flexible, scalable and mostly automated manufacturing process where a group of nearby machines complete different parts of the manufacturing processWD Q441898Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

3. Charles Martel

   Frankish military and political leader (c. 688-741)WD Q3301Constantinople Stopped the Arabs; Tours Got the Credit

4. Christopher Nolan

   English and American filmmaker (born 1970)WD Q25191Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

5. Circe

   enchantress-goddess in Greek mythologyWD Q187602Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

6. Code of Hammurabi

   Babylonian code of law or conductWD Q93304The Code of Hammurabi Was Not a Law Code, What Babylon Actually Invented

7. coin

   piece of hard material used as moneyWD Q41207Coins Were Never About Gold. They Were About Trust.

8. Constantine the Great

   Roman emperor from 306 to 337WD Q8413The Middle East Became Christian Slowly, Then All at Once

9. Coptic

   latest stage of the Egyptian languageWD Q36155The Middle East Became Christian Slowly, Then All at Once, The Conquest Took Twenty Years; the Conversion Took Four Centuries, Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

10. Croesus

    King of LydiaWD Q184462Coins Were Never About Gold. They Were About Trust.

11. crossbow

    type of ranged weapon based on the bowWD Q181947Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

12. Crusades

    mass military expeditions and wars initiated by the Catholic Church in the High Middle AgesWD Q12546Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

13. Ctesiphon

    capital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras in present IraqWD Q192541Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

14. cuneiform

    ancient writing system used for many languagesWD Q401Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread, Writing Was Invented by Accountants, Not Poets, What Babylon Actually Invented, The Baghdad Battery Is Not a Battery, Your Watch Is Babylonian, Babylon Did Algebra for a Thousand Years Without Inventing Algebra, Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

15. Cuneiform law

    legal codes written in cuneiform script, that were developed and used throughout the ancient Middle East among the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Elamites, Hurrians, Kassites, and HittitesWD Q844410The Code of Hammurabi Was Not a Law Code

D

1. Dead Sea scrolls

   15,000 fragments of about 850 scrolls from ancient JudaismWD Q145780Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

2. Delphi

   ancient town in Fokida, GreeceWD Q75459Delphi Was an Information Network, Every Answering Machine Since Delphi Has Had the Same Three Problems

3. Diodorus Siculus

   1st-century BC Greek historianWD Q171241How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

E

1. Egyptian hieroglyphs

   formal writing system used by the ancient EgyptiansWD Q132659The Rosetta Stone Is a Tax Receipt, Writing Was Invented by Accountants, Not Poets

2. electrum

   natural alloy of gold and silverWD Q239481Coins Were Never About Gold. They Were About Trust.

3. Enuma anu enlil

   Babylonian astrology tabletsWD Q301593The Babylonians Invented Prediction, Not the Greeks

4. Epic of Gilgamesh

   epic poem from MesopotamiaWD Q8272Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread

5. Epistle of Jude

   epistle in the New Testament attributed to to Jude, brother of JamesWD Q131466Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

6. Etemenanki

   ruined zigguratWD Q285788Nebuchadnezzar II: The Builder We Remember as a Destroyer

7. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

   oriental Orthodox Church denomination of EthiopiaWD Q179829Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

F

1. First Council of Nicaea

   council of Christian bishops in Nicaea, 325WD Q133331The Middle East Became Christian Slowly, Then All at Once

2. Ford Motor Company

   American multinational automotive companyWD Q44294Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

G

1. Gaius Popillius Laenas

   envoy to prevent a war between the Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic EgyptWD Q464897One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

2. Ge'ez

   ancient Semitic language of EthiopiaWD Q35667Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

3. Genghis Khan

   founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)WD Q720The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

4. George Smith

   English Assyriologist (1840-1876)WD Q1009506Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread

5. George Westinghouse

   American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)WD Q262367Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

6. Gilgamesh

   Sumerian ruler and protagonist of the Epic of GilgameshWD Q159709Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

7. Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

   Roman Catholic archbishop and traveller (1182–1252)WD Q315149The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

8. Golden Horde

   medieval state in EurasiaWD Q79965The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

9. Great Wall of China

   series of fortifications built along the historical border of ChinaWD Q12501The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

10. Greek alphabet

    alphabet used to write the ancient or modern Greek languageWD Q8216Hesiod vs. Homer: Two Greeces, One Alphabet, The Bronze Age Collapse Was So Complete They Forgot How to Write

11. Greek mythology

    myths of ancient GreeceWD Q34726Greek Myth Was Never a Religion, Prometheus and the Price of Every Tool

12. Guillain–Barré syndrome

    autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack part of the peripheral nervous systemWD Q205214How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

H

1. Hammurabi

   sixth king of Babylon (r. 1792–1750 BCE)WD Q36359The Code of Hammurabi Was Not a Law Code

2. Han dynasty

   imperial dynasty in China from 202 BC to 220 ADWD Q7209The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

3. Hanging Gardens of Babylon

   one of the seven wonders of ancient worldWD Q41931Nebuchadnezzar II: The Builder We Remember as a Destroyer

4. Henry Ford

   American business magnate (1863–1947)WD Q8768Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

5. Hephaestion

   Macedonian nobleman and general, best friend of Alexander the Great (c. 356–324 BC)WD Q310739How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

6. Hesiod

   ancient Greek poet of the archaic periodWD Q44233Prometheus and the Price of Every Tool, Hesiod vs. Homer: Two Greeces, One Alphabet

7. Hindu-Arabic numeral system

   most common system for writing numbersWD Q3059346Arabic Numerals Are Indian, and the Arabs Say So

8. Hipparchus

   2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematicianWD Q159905The Babylonians Invented Prediction, Not the Greeks, The Antikythera Mechanism Proves Technology Can Be Lost

9. Hohhot

   prefecture-level city in ChinaWD Q535534The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

10. Homer

    reputed author of the Iliad and the OdysseyWD Q6691Hesiod vs. Homer: Two Greeces, One Alphabet, Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented, The Bronze Age Collapse Was So Complete They Forgot How to Write

11. Huhanye

    Chanyu of the Xiongnu Empire from 59 to 31 BCWD Q2986904The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

12. Hulegu Khan

    Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265)WD Q177320The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

I

1. Iliad

   epic poem attributed to HomerWD Q8275Hesiod vs. Homer: Two Greeces, One Alphabet

2. Ishtar Gate

   eighth gate to the inner city of BabylonWD Q26082Nebuchadnezzar II: The Builder We Remember as a Destroyer

3. Islamic State

   Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist groupWD Q2429253Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

J

1. James Bruce

   Scottish explorer and botanist (1730–1794)WD Q348489Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

2. Jean-François Champollion

   French classical scholar (1790-1832)WD Q260The Rosetta Stone Is a Tax Receipt

3. Jesus Christ

   central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)WD Q302Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

4. Johann Freinsheim

   German scholarWD Q85927How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

5. Justin

   Roman historian, 2nd centuryWD Q210853How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

K

1. Khosrow I

   Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 531 to 579WD Q207381Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

2. Kingdom of Jerusalem

   medieval Christian kingdom in the Middle EastWD Q55502Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

3. Knights Templar

   medieval Christian military order, 1118–1312WD Q41300Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

4. kumis

   fermented dairy product traditionally made of mare's milkWD Q61081The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

5. Kushim

   person named in Kushim TabletWD Q28220082Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

L

1. lactase persistence

   continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, enabling digestion of dairy productsWD Q6468973The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

2. Late Bronze Age collapse

   collapse of several civilizations c. 1200 BCEWD Q1059758The Bronze Age Collapse Was So Complete They Forgot How to Write, Nobody Invented the Wheel

3. Leo III the Syrian

   emperor of Byzantine EmpireWD Q31755Constantinople Stopped the Arabs; Tours Got the Credit

4. Library of Alexandria

   one of the largest libraries in the ancient worldWD Q435The Library of Alexandria Didn't Burn Down. It Was Defunded., What Actually Kills a Device, The Romans Didn't Lose the Recipe. Half of It Was Never Written Down.

5. Library of Ashurbanipal

   libraryWD Q856544Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread

6. Linear B

   ancient syllabary for Mycenaean GreekWD Q190102The Bronze Age Collapse Was So Complete They Forgot How to Write

7. Lydia

   Iron Age kingdom in Asia MinorWD Q620765Coins Were Never About Gold. They Were About Trust.

8. Lü Buwei

   Chinese merchant and politician of the Qin state (291–235 BC)WD Q366120Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

M

1. Maat

   Egyptian deityWD Q170471Ma'at: Egypt's Real Constitution, The Book of the Dead Is a User Manual

2. Marco Polo

   Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)WD Q6101The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

3. Marduk

   national god of the BabyloniansWD Q190123Nebuchadnezzar II: The Builder We Remember as a Destroyer

4. Michaeel Najeeb

   Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishopWD Q60040303Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

5. Ming dynasty

   imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644WD Q9903The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

6. Mongol Empire

   13th- and 14th-century empire originating in MongoliaWD Q12557The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

7. Mongolia

   country in East AsiaWD Q711The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

8. Mosul

   city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh ProvinceWD Q83317Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

9. Muhammad

   Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)WD Q9458Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

10. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

    9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomerWD Q9038Arabic Numerals Are Indian, and the Arabs Say So, Babylon Did Algebra for a Thousand Years Without Inventing Algebra

11. Möngke Khan

    Fourth Great Khan of the Mongol EmpireWD Q7521The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

N

1. Nag Hammadi library

   collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945WD Q222999Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

2. Napoleon

   French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)WD Q517Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

3. National Museum of Iraq

   historical museum in BaghdadWD Q521251Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread, The Baghdad Battery Is Not a Battery

4. Nebuchadnezzar II

   King of BabylonWD Q12591Nebuchadnezzar II: The Builder We Remember as a Destroyer

5. Nefertiti

   Egyptian queen and Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of Akhenaten, an Egyptian PharaohWD Q40930Akhenaten Was Not the First Monotheist

6. Neo-Babylonian Empire

   former empireWD Q624887Nebuchadnezzar II: The Builder We Remember as a Destroyer

7. Nicola Di Cosmo

   American historianWD Q19519606The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

8. Nikola Tesla

   Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856-1943)WD Q9036Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

O

1. Odysseus

   legendary Greek king of IthacaWD Q47231Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

2. Odyssey

   epic poem attributed to HomerWD Q35160Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

3. Oliver Stone

   American film director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1946)WD Q179497How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

4. Olympias

   mother of Alexander the GreatWD Q223134How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

5. Orkhon inscriptions

   Gokturk inscriptions dating to the 8th centuryWD Q334704Anatolia Didn't Fill With Turks; It Became Turkish

6. Owen Lattimore

   American scholar of Central Asia (1900-1989)WD Q1344502The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

P

1. Pantheon

   ancient Roman temple in Rome, ItalyWD Q99309The Romans Didn't Lose the Recipe. Half of It Was Never Written Down.

2. Penelope

   wife of Odysseus in Greek mythologyWD Q165769Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

3. Plimpton 322

   Babylonian clay tabletWD Q1470425Pythagoras Didn't Discover His Theorem, Half a Million Tablets, and Most Are Unread, Babylon Did Algebra for a Thousand Years Without Inventing Algebra

4. Plutarch

   Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)WD Q41523How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

5. Polybius

   ancient Greek historianWD Q131169One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

6. Polyphemus

   giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythologyWD Q193567Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

7. Prometheus

   Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure in Greek mythology who defied the gods; son of IapetusWD Q83160Prometheus and the Price of Every Tool

8. Prometheus Bound

   ancient Greek tragedy by AeschylusWD Q846870Prometheus and the Price of Every Tool

9. Protagoras

   Platonic dialogueWD Q520328Prometheus and the Price of Every Tool

10. Psyche

    NASA spacecraft en route to metallic asteroid 16 PsycheWD Q2107931316 Psyche Is Not Worth Ten Quintillion Dollars

11. Ptolemaic Kingdom

    period from 305 to 30 BC in ancient EgyptWD Q2320005The Rosetta Stone Is a Tax Receipt, The Library of Alexandria Didn't Burn Down. It Was Defunded., One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

12. Ptolemy

    2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographerWD Q34943The Babylonians Invented Prediction, Not the Greeks, The Antikythera Mechanism Proves Technology Can Be Lost, Your Watch Is Babylonian

13. Ptolemy I Soter

    Macedonian general, ruler of EgyptWD Q168261How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

14. Ptolemy V Epiphanes

    fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (209–179 B.C.)WD Q39957The Rosetta Stone Is a Tax Receipt

15. Ptolemy VI

    Egyptian pharaohWD Q39952One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

16. Pythagoras

    Greek philosopher and mathematicianWD Q10261Pythagoras Didn't Discover His Theorem

17. Pythagorean theorem

    relation in Euclidean geometryWD Q11518Pythagoras Didn't Discover His Theorem

18. Pythia

    priestess of the Temple of Apollo at DelphiWD Q220344Delphi Was an Information Network, Every Answering Machine Since Delphi Has Had the Same Three Problems

Q

1. Qin dynasty

   dynasty that ruled in China from 221 to 206 BCWD Q7183Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords, The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

2. Qin Shi Huang

   first emperor of Qin DynastyWD Q7192Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

3. Quintus Curtius Rufus

   Roman historianWD Q5959How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

R

1. religion of ancient Egypt

   system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals of ancient EgyptianWD Q447131Ma'at: Egypt's Real Constitution, The Book of the Dead Is a User Manual

2. Roman concrete

   building material used in ancient Roman constructionWD Q610076The Romans Didn't Lose the Recipe. Half of It Was Never Written Down.

3. Roman Senate

   political institution in ancient RomeWD Q130614One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

4. Rosetta Stone

   ancient Egyptian stele with inscriptions in three writing systemsWD Q48584The Rosetta Stone Is a Tax Receipt, Writing Was Invented by Accountants, Not Poets

5. Roxana

   Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the GreatWD Q190055How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

S

1. Saladin

   Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)WD Q8581Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

2. Sasanian Empire

   last pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224-651 AD)WD Q83891Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

3. Seleucid Empire

   Hellenistic-era Greek state in Western Asia (312-63 BC)WD Q93180One Man, a Stick, and No Army: The Day of Eleusis

4. Seljuk Empire

   Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim empire (1037-1194)WD Q3708094Anatolia Didn't Fill With Turks; It Became Turkish

5. sexagesimal

   numeral system with sixty as its baseWD Q114799Your Watch Is Babylonian, What Babylon Actually Invented, What Actually Kills a Device, Arabic Numerals Are Indian, and the Arabs Say So, Babylon Did Algebra for a Thousand Years Without Inventing Algebra

6. Shapur I

   second Sassanid emperor (r. 241-272)WD Q191455Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

7. Shuihudi Qin bamboo texts

   early Chinese texts written on bamboo slipsWD Q689661Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

8. Siege of Constantinople

   717-718 combined land and sea offensive by the ArabsWD Q27900Constantinople Stopped the Arabs; Tours Got the Credit

9. spread of Islam

   history of distribution of Muslim religionWD Q3610620The Conquest Took Twenty Years; the Conversion Took Four Centuries

10. Stateira

    Daughter of Darius III, died 323 BCWD Q5429464How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

11. Syriac Christianity

    branch of Eastern ChristianityWD Q80292Enoch Survived Because Ethiopia Never Stopped Copying It

T

1. Taq-i Kisra

   Sassanid-era Persian monument in modern IraqWD Q1486703Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

2. techne

   categorically operative knowledge related to craft, skill, trade art, cunning, wile, meansWD Q2095894Prometheus and the Price of Every Tool

3. Telemachus

   in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and PenelopeWD Q192482Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

4. Terracotta Army

   collection of ancient Chinese military statuesWD Q47672Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

5. Thomas Edison

   American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)WD Q8743Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

6. Tigris

   river flowing from Turkey through Iraq and SyriaWD Q35591Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

7. Tiresias

   blind prophet of ApolloWD Q656881Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

8. tomb of Alexander the Great

   hypothetical place where Alexander III of Macedon was buriedWD Q3531150How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

9. Toyota Production System

   integrated socio-technical system developed by ToyotaWD Q1553383Qin Weapons Were Made Like Toyotas, Not Fords

10. Trojan War

    legendary war in Greek mythologyWD Q42937Nolan Is Faithful Where You Think He Invented

11. Turkic Khaganate

    khaganate established by the Ashina clanWD Q15146034Anatolia Didn't Fill With Turks; It Became Turkish

12. typhoid fever

    bacterial infectious disorder contracted by consumption of food or drink contaminated with Salmonella typhiWD Q83319How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

U

1. Umayyad Caliphate

   second Islamic caliphate (661-750 CE)WD Q8575586The Conquest Took Twenty Years; the Conversion Took Four Centuries, Constantinople Stopped the Arabs; Tours Got the Credit

2. Uruk

   ancient city of Sumer and BabyloniaWD Q168518Writing Was Invented by Accountants, Not Poets, Nobody Invented the Wheel, What Babylon Actually Invented, Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

V

1. vault

   architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roofWD Q189771Taq Kasra Isn't a Lost Secret. Nothing Was Lost.

2. Veratrum album

   species of plantWD Q157547How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

3. Vitruvius

   Roman architect and engineerWD Q47163The Romans Didn't Lose the Recipe. Half of It Was Never Written Down.

W

1. Wang Zhaojun

   one of the Four Beauties of ancient ChinaWD Q701037The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

2. Weighing of the Heart

   The name for the ceremony that a deceased person was thought to perform immediately after death in the Hall of the Two Truths.WD Q4690580The Book of the Dead Is a User Manual

3. West Nile virus

   species of virusWD Q158856How Did Alexander the Great Die? The Only Witness Wrote 'Clouds'

4. wheel

   circular item that rotates about an axleWD Q446Nobody Invented the Wheel, What Babylon Actually Invented

5. Widmanstätten pattern

   crystal patterns found in some meteoritesWD Q116443216 Psyche Is Not Worth Ten Quintillion Dollars

6. Wikipedia

   free multilingual online encyclopediaWD Q52Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

7. William of Rubruck

   Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorerWD Q316083The Mongols Couldn't Digest Milk. They Conquered on It Anyway.

8. William of Tyre

   medieval prelate and chronicler, archbishop of TyreWD Q311822Montgisard Was Not a Miracle. Saladin's Army Had Stopped Being an Army.

9. William Shakespeare

   English playwright and poet (1564–1616)WD Q692Fame Is a Copying Record, Not a Verdict

10. Works and Days

    didactic poem in 828 lines of dactylic hexameter by Hesiod in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in agricultureWD Q667285Hesiod vs. Homer: Two Greeces, One Alphabet

X

1. Xiongnu

   Ancient Chinese empire in Northern AsiaWD Q188836The Great Wall Faced In. Its Own Officials Said So.

Z

1. zero

   integer number zeroWD Q204Arabic Numerals Are Indian, and the Arabs Say So, What Babylon Actually Invented