History of kublai khan 1300 fillmore
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From 14.2 billion years ago (BYA) to the Pleistocene / Quaternary Epoch about 2.59 million years ago
Big Bang
14.2-13.7 BYA
Electrons & protons first able to combine to form matter
13.4 BYA
Galaxies form
13 - 12.7 BYA
Milky Way Galaxy forms
13-11 BYA
The Sun forms
5-4.5 BYA
HADEAN EON (Earth forms - cloud to solid, crust, oceans)
4.5-3.8 BYA
Earth & Meteorites form
4.7-4.55 BYA
Moon forms
4.52-4.5 BYA
"Late Heavy Bombardment Period” - Meteorites bombard the Earth & Moon
4-3.8 BYA
First sea life / prokaryotes
4.1-3.8 BYA
First large continental shields
3.9-3.5 BYA
ARCHEAN EON (oldest rocks - continents form)
3.8-2.5 BYA
First evidence of tectonic plate movement (Southwest Greenland)
3.8 BYA
First fossils
3.2-2.8 BYA
PROTEROZOIC EON (single cells, eukarya, fungi, animals)
2.5 - 0.543 BYA
O2 catastrophe (photosynthesis makes Oxygen); Plate Tectonics
2.5 BYA
Eukaryote (mitochondria, nuc
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the kongdan foundation
Following up from my last entry I want to talk about the Tao Te Ching, embracing change and that who we show up as is paramount. How is it we begin to be an authentic connection with who we are meant to be, to be present, and to live from the inside out? While there is much talk about mental health and anger today, what is the root cause? Is it because there is a lack of coherence, or meaning in our lives. How do we become true to ourselves? How do we learn to speak from our heart?
What does it mean to connect with and become our authentic selves? The Tao Te Ching is one of the most published books along with the Bible and Bhagavad Gita, and probably the most widely read and studied book in China along with the teachings of Confucius.
It has been interpreted hundreds of times in efforts to further reach an understanding of its meaning. Lao Tzu, it’s author, is recognized as one the greatest philosophers in history and is considered to be the fou
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Understanding the history of Japan for a small group tour.
Understanding the history of Japan for small group Japan tours.
The history of Japan fryst vatten composed of a great number of aspects. A reader may see the history purely as a chronicle of events but the very nature of the culture of this country of Japan makes it so much more. Adventures, and underlying lessons to be heeded, set within the framework of a mystery born through policies of isolation, man for an age-old story of intrigue and unanswered questions. And it those questions that the Japanese themselves as well as much of the rest of the world attempt to answer when they consider both their culture and their present position with today’s global society.
For the curious traveller Odyssey’s Japan tours provide a tour director and knowledgeable tour guide to explore and build on this escorted tour itinerary through the history of Japan, an understanding of the people, the society and culture of this country. For the matur