公元前

The earliest reliable historical records of the Jews date from around 1200 BC in unfortified villages in hill country far from Canaanite coastal cities.

早期有关犹太人的可靠历史记载，要回溯到大约公元前1200年，位于丘陵地带的未设防的村庄里，远离迦南的海岸城市。

Qin, the first unifier of China, who died in 210 B.C., is buried, surrounded by the famous terracotta warriors, at the centre of a complex designed to mirror the urban plan of the capital, Xianyan.

秦始皇，这个第一个统一中国的皇帝，殁于公元前210年，葬于陵墓的中心。在他陵墓的周围环绕着那些著名的陶俑。结构复杂的秦始皇陵是仿照其生前的都城-咸阳的格局而设计建造的。

Qin(d. 210BC), the first unifier of China, is buried, surrounded by the famous terracotta warriors, at the centre of a complex designed to mirror the urban plan of the capital, Xianyan.

死于公元前210年的中国第一个统一者秦始皇的陵墓就葬于此地。四周由陶俑武士拱卫，中央是仿效当时京城咸阳的宏大建筑。

By the mid-twentieth century, a consensus had emerged among scholars that the historicity of Laozi was doubtful or unprovable and that the Daodejing was a compilation of Taoist sayings by many hands originating in the 4th century BC.

到二十世纪中叶，已经出现一致意见，学者之间的历史性老子是怀疑或unprovable而且Daodejing是汇编道教说法，许多双手原产于公元前4世纪。

The doctrine of a world-soul in a highly abstract form is met with as early as the eighth century before Christ, when we find it described as the unseen seer, the unheard hearer, the unthought thinker, the unknown knower, the Eternal in which space is woven and which is woven in it.

"理论的一个世界的灵魂在一个高度抽象的形式会见了早在公元前8世纪，当我们找到它称为"看不见的先知，是闻所未闻听话，该unthought思想家，未知能知，永恒的空间是编织和机织的是它。

In the epic of the eighth century BC, Home sung the praises of the valiance of noble warriors, believing it was their strength, skills and courage that decided the outcome of the battle.

在公元前8世纪的史诗中，荷马赞颂着贵族武士的勇敢，认为是他们的力量、技巧以及勇气决定了战斗的结果。

A rock inscription found at Boghaz Koi dated about 1400 BC, commemorating a treaty between the Mitanni and Hittites, invokes the Aryan gods Indra, Varuna, Mitra, and the twins Nasatya.

岩石刻发现Boghaz锦鲤年代大约公元前1400年，纪念间的条约米坦尼和赫梯，调用雅利安神因陀罗，伐楼拿，米特拉和双胞胎Nasatya。

In India the first references to astronomy are to be found in the Rig Veda which is dated around

在印度，首先提到天文学的要数是公元前二千年左右出现的《梨俱吠陀》了。

The current hypothesis is that the Vedic form of Sanskrit survived until the middle of the first millennium BC.

当前的假说就是梵语形式的吠陀经保存了下来，直到公元前一千年中叶为止。

The Samara Sutradhara is a scientific treatise dealing with every possible angle of air travel in a Vimana. There are 230 stanzas dealing with the construction, take-off, cruising for thousand of miles, normal and forced landings, and even possible collisions with birds. In 1875, the Vaimanika Sastra, a fourth century B.C. text written by Bharadvajy the Wise, using even older texts as his source, was rediscovered in a temple in India.

Samara Sutradhara是一篇涉及用维曼拿空中旅行的每一种可能，有230节是有关构造，起飞，巡航一千里，普通和紧急降落，甚至可能碰到鸟类。1875年，一本由智者巴拉瓦杰在公元前四世纪写的《维曼尼卡萨塔》，甚至在他的内容里面引用更古老的资料，在印度一座庙宇里重新被发现。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。