Din TimelinesOverview
Some of the dates are marked circa (c) while others are not. It is assumed that everything after 200 BCE is an approximate date. The only seemingly ironclad exceptions to this is the observations of astronomical events, such as eclipses, and exact dates given for events after 200 BCE. Another important thing to consider is the first time things are on the timeline. A thing may be invented by one culture or in an area which is noted in the line when it may have already existed in another area. There is an entry for 3500 BCE which states "The first sail invented in Egypt". Is this the first sail ever or simply the first in Egypt? I have not seen sails mentioned earlier than this but I can't say that this was the first sail known, ever.
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Site NavigationThis should be fairly easy, everything is linked on the left column.
Inline LinksThese are links in the actual text of the timelines. These are our Inline Links. Timelines uses several types of these links, each with it's own notation. Links going back to Resgestae or an outside website on the subject linked will be shown with a ?. Links to our onsite expansions will be marked with +. Online text and source reference materials hosted by Din Timelines, a priori or an outside site will be marked with a *. Advertising or retail links will be marked with a "¢." Basic links to dates in the timelines will be marked with ][ or ||. This is a new feature and will be devoloped more over the course of it's sitewide implementation. A topic word may have more than one link connected with it. The item linked will go to the symbol of what ever is closest to it. cats ?+ denotes a link through "cats" or "?" to a Registry internet directory about cats, clicking on "+" will take you to an artcle about cats.
Notations & AbbreviationsAll inline dates will this color unless they link directly to that date, they will then be this color. Other Abbreviations will be This color When an event or spans a period of time there will be a notation [u.0000] or [until 0000] and will represent how long an era or prolonged event, such as a war, lasts. Other notations include
Dates: Months will be shown as 3 letter abbreviations in lowercase as are the seasons. A general date followed by a two letter abbreviation will be LATE is "la", MIDDLE is "mi", EARLY is "ea", an unknown is "00" or no notation. jun ea would be early June. spr la would indicate late spring, aug 00 or aug means sometime in August. The Timelines uses Common Era and Before Common Era instead of AD and BC. There are two reasons. The first is they are more politically correct and more importantly I can never remember what A.D. stands for. It is a mental block on my part...If a date has no notation after it it will be of the same era as the timeline it is found. Before some entries there is a |LOCATION|. The location may either be an ancient area name or a modern one, which ever seems easiest to comprehend. Type some entries will have a |TYPE| such as |POLITICS| or |WAR| These types also loosely correspond to the subject headers on the Link Site to aid navigation beyond the Timelines site.
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