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  2. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Early modern period – The chronological limits of this period are open to debate. It emerges from the Late Middle Ages (c. 1500), demarcated by historians as beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in forms such as the Italian Renaissance in the West, the Ming dynasty in the East, and the rise of the Aztecs in the New World.

  3. Period (periodic table) - Wikipedia

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    Period 4 includes the biologically essential elements potassium and calcium, and is the first period in the d-block with the lighter transition metals. These include iron , the heaviest element forged in main-sequence stars and a principal component of the Earth, as well as other important metals such as cobalt , nickel , and copper .

  4. Chronology of the universe - Wikipedia

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    The first picosecond (10 −12 seconds) of cosmic time includes the Planck epoch, [2] during which currently established laws of physics may not have applied; the emergence in stages of the four known fundamental interactions or forces—first gravitation, and later the electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions; and the accelerated ...

  5. Second Intermediate Period of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the Second Intermediate period, the 18th Dynasty came to power in Egypt. The first king of the 18th Dynasty, Ahmose, completed the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt and consolidated his rule over the land, unifying Upper and Lower Egypt. With that, Ahmose ushered in a new period of prosperity, the New Kingdom. [43]

  6. Islanders pull away with 2nd-period burst, beat reeling ... - AOL

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    Bo Horvat opened New York's four-goal, second-period burst with his 25th goal and the Islanders routed the San Jose Sharks 7-2 on Thursday night for their fifth straight win. Kyle McLean, Matthew ...

  7. Second Temple period - Wikipedia

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    The Second Temple period or post-exilic period in Jewish history denotes the approximately 600 years (516 BCE – 70 CE) during which the Second Temple stood in the city of Jerusalem. It began with the return to Zion and subsequent reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem , and ended with the First Jewish–Roman War and the Roman siege of ...

  8. Ducks goaltender John Gibson suffers upper-body injury ... - AOL

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    Lukas Dostal took over netminding duties at the start of the second period. Gibson made nine saves in the first period as the Ducks had a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. It is the second time this ...

  9. Timeline of the early universe - Wikipedia

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    c. 370,000 years (z = 1,100): The "Dark Ages" is the period between decoupling, when the universe first becomes transparent, until the formation of the first stars. Recombination: electrons combine with nuclei to form atoms, mostly hydrogen and helium. At this time, hydrogen and helium transport remains constant as the electron-baryon plasma thins.