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eHistory.com: World History Timelines

eHistory.com: World History Timelines

History Egypt, land of the pyramids, mighty monuments constructed in the early days of history. Monuments that endure to this day attracting visitors across the world. Many visitors come to Egypt to see one pyramid in particular, the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the most celebrated man-made constructions of all time. Of the seven, only the Great Pyramid of Cheops survives, but history and archaeology are able to tell us the stories of all seven, including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandria. And for the first time in some 3,000 years, viewers see the Seven Wonders restored to their original glory. Twit This!

History and WWW History: Sources on the Net Alpha: Internet History General histories On the address resides Michael Hauben & Ronda Hauben's Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet, a work-in-progress comprising over one hundred pages. In February 1997 the true inventors again made an invaluable contribution to the canon of Internet histories with their extremely interesting text A Brief History of the Internet, to be found at the URL Another unmissable figure in Internet history is Robert E. Leonard Kleinrock oversaw the installation of the first ARPANET node and tells about it at At you can find Henry Edward Hardy's Master's Thesis from 1993, a very useful Net history. In their "What is the Internet, Anyway" John S. "The Roads and Crossroads of Internet´s History" by Gregory R. Internet History Timelines

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