Neolithic 258 Image Frieze group 3 example1.jpg thumb right 250px Pottery jar from Late UbaidPeriod Image Map Ubaid culture en.svg thumb 450px right Cultural influences on Ubaid culture Samarran Farmers ... complex The Ubaidperiod ca. 6500 to 3800 BC ref Carter, Robert A. and Philip, Graham Beyond the Ubaid Transformation and Integration in the Late Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East Studies ... data suggest that the whole Southern Mesopotamian Ubaidperiod, including Ubaid 0 and 5, is of immense ... period of Mesopotamia . The tell mound coord 30 58 N 46 05 E display title of al Ubaid lang ... 4500 4000 BC saw a period of intense and rapid urbanisation with the Ubaid culture spread into northern ... shows that Arabian Bifacial Ubaidperiod came to an abrupt end in eastern Arabia and the Oman ..., stone and sometimes metal were used. During the UbaidPeriod 5000 B.C. 4000 B.C. , the movement ... that Never Was. New York Cambridge University Press. 1999. ref Society The Ubaidperiod as a whole ... 2 meters above ground level. The majority of the remains are from the UbaidPeriod, with an Early ... in Kuwait indicating that sailing was known by the Ubaid 3 period. ref Carter, Robert Boat remains ... Museum Ancient Mesopotamia DEFAULTSORT UbaidPeriod Category Mesopotamia Category Archaeological ... plain of southern Mesopotamia. The Ubaid culture had a long duration beginning before 5300 BC and lasting until the beginning of the Uruk period , c. 4000 BC. The adoption of the wheel and the beginning of the Chalcolithic period fall into the Ubaidperiod. Timeline The Ubaidperiod is divided into three principal phases Ubaid 1 sometimes called Eridu ref name KurtAmelie Kurt, Am lie Ancient ... of aridity, thanks to the high water table s of Southern Iraq. Citation needed date April 2007 Ubaid ... effort and centralised coordination of labour. Citation needed date April 2007 Ubaid 3 4, sometimes called Ubaid I and Ubaid II ref Issar, A Mattanyah Zohar Climate change environment and civilization ... more details
Ubaid , Ubayd , Ubaidi , or Al Ubaid may refer to Al Ubayyid , a city in Sudan Al Ubaid tribe , an Arab tribe The Fatimids , named for Ubayd Allah al Mahdi Billah Ubaidperiod , a portion of Mesopotamian history disambig it Ubaid disambigua Template Longcomment added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. ... more details
The Ubaid house is a dwelling used by the Ubaid culture of the Neolithic Neolithic era . The Ubaid house is the predecessor of the Ubaid temple as well as Sumer ian domestic and temple architecture. References cite book last Pollock first Susan authorlink coauthors title Ancient Mesopotamia The Eden that Never was publisher Cambridge University Press year 1999 location pages 259 url http books.google.com books?id 2TlcUJUiE6sC doi id 4 isbn 0521575680 Category Neolithic Category Sumer Category House types Category Archaeology of Iraq architecture stub ... more details
wiktionarypar period periodic TOCright Period may mean a full stop a punctuation in American English. Period from Greek or periodic may also refer to Science Orbital period , a concept in astronomy Period gene , a gene in Drosophila involved in regulating circadian rhythm Period geology , a subdivision of geologic time Periodic function and periodical, a function that repeats its values in regular intervals Periodic group in group theory Periodic table , a chart which lists all currently known chemical elements Period periodic table , a horizontal row of the periodic table Periodic acid , an oxoacid of iodine Period physics , the time taken for one full oscillation, it is the reciprocal of frequency Orbit dynamics Period of orbit Periodization Period of time Menstrual cycle also known as a period Language and literature Period punctuation , a punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence or phrase, specifically, a dot. Periodic sentence , a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its end The final book in Dennis Cooper George Miles cycle Dennis Cooper s George Miles cycle of novels History Period piece describes creative works set in a particular era Medical Menstruation , a phase of the menstrual cycle in which the uterine lining is shed Mathematics The period of a periodic function Periods ring the Ring mathematics ring of numbers which can be expressed as integrals of algebraic differential forms over algebraically defined domains Pisano period Academics Period school , a class period in schools Music Instruments Period music , a concept in musical composition Sports Ice hockey Periods and overtime Periods in ice hockey , intervals into which a match ... fa fr P riode gl Per odo ko io Periodo id Periode it Periodo lb Period lt Periodas nl Periode ja no Periode nn Periode nds Periood pl Okres pt Per odo ru simple Period sk Peri da fi Jakso sv Period uk ... more details
About the Arabic tribe the ancient Sumerian city Ubaid disambiguation Al Ubaid is one of the Arab Tribes in Iraq settled around Kirkuk . The tribe migrated from the Baghdad area to the area of Hawija and Khabour early in the 19th Century. ref Isam al Khafaji. 2004. Tormented Births Passages to Modernity in Europe and the Middle East . I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1 86064 976 9. P. 27. Found at http books.google.com books?id Niea88ifdk0C&pg PA27&lpg PA27&dq 22al ubaid 22 tribe&source web&ots 28ctKKvr0l&sig BfDqDaaHgrz jB5kJZEEtgI5n8k ref The tribe has been contract ed by the Iraqi state owned North Oil Company to protect the oil pipelines from the Kirkuk fields to the Turkey Turkish oil Pipeline transport Oil and natural gas pipelines terminal of Ceyhan . ref Samah Samad. 2005. Tribes Accused of Iraq Oil Protection Racket . Environment News Service . June 10, 2005. Found at http www.ens newswire.com ens jun2005 2005 06 10 03.asp . ref The al Ubaid Tribe are descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammed through his grandson Hussein , they have ruled as Emirs of Mominin in the Fatimid times, soon after its collapse they converted from the Shi ite sect of Islam to the Sunni Sect of the religion. References Reflist Category Arab groups Category Tribes of Iraq Iraq stub ... more details
Neolithic The Uruk period ca. 4000 to 3100 BC existed from the protohistory protohistoric Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the history of Mesopotamia , following the Ubaidperiod and succeeded by the Jemdet Nasr period . ref Harriet E. W. Crawford, Sumer and the Sumerians , p. 69 ref Named after the Sumerian city of Uruk , this period saw the emergence of urban life in Mesopotamia. It was followed by the Sumer Sumerian civilization . ref Harriet E. W. Crawford, Sumer and the Sumerians , p. 75 ref The late Uruk period 34th to 32nd centuries saw the gradual emergence of the cuneiform script and corresponds to the Early Bronze Age . File Cylinder seal king Louvre AO6620 n2.jpg thumb left Cylinder seal of the Uruk period, Louvre Museum These early city states had strong signs of government organization though social stratification was not strongly evident until very late in this period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period of Sumer Early Dynastic Period , beginning around 3100 BC , evident even in items such as cheap, mass produced beveled rim bowls which were made to be discarded. These bowls may have been handed out at community outings, such as large scale constructions. The cities grew to cover up to 250 acres 1 km and up to 10,000 20,000 people by the end of the period. Periodization is after archaeological layers at Uruk . Thus, Uruk XVIII XIV are not part of the Uruk period proper but are comprised by the Ubaidperiod . The Uruk period proper corresponds to the layers Uruk XIV IV, with the late phase Uruk IV lasting ca. 3300 3100 BC. Uruk III reaches up to 3000 BC and into the Early Dynastic period not to be confused with the Ur III period of the 21st century BC, where the numbering refers to royal dynasties, not archaeological layers . Footnotes ... Uruk Period Category Mesopotamia Category Archaeological cultures of the Near East Category ... Perioada Uruk sh Uru ki period fi Uruk kausi sv Uruk kultur uk zh ... more details
Period pains may refer to Dysmenorrhea , the pain associated with menstruation Period Pains band , a UK indie punk band of the 1990s disambig ... more details
About the accounting period in bookkeeping the charge period of the United Kingdom corporation tax Accounting period UK taxation accounting Accounting period in bookkeeping is the period with reference to which accounting books of any entity are prepared. It is the period for which books are balanced and the financial statements are prepared. Generally, the accounting period consists of 12 months. However the beginning of the accounting period differs according to the jurisdiction. For example one entity may follow the regular calendar year, i.e. January to December as the accounting year, while another entity may follow April to March as the accounting period. The International Financial Reporting Standards even allows a period of 52 weeks as an accounting period instead of a proper year. ref IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements ref In some of the ERP tools there are more than 12 accounting periods in a financial year. They put one accounting period as Year Open period where all the carried over balances from last financial year are cleared and one period as Year Close where all the transactions for closed for the same financial year.Accounting is an art of recording classifying and summarising the fincacial positions of the company.It is done by the accountant. References Reflist Category Accountancy Category Accounting terminology Accounting stub cs etn obdob de Rechnungsperiode lt Ataskaitinis laikotarpis pl Okres sprawozdawczy ru ... more details
The name Archaic Period is given by archaeologists to the earliest periods of a culture. In particular, it may refer to the Archaic period in the Americas 8000 BC&ndash 1000 BC the Archaic period in Greece 750 BC&ndash 480 BC the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt 3100 BC&ndash 2600 BC disambiguation es Per odo arcaico it Periodo arcaico sk Archaick obdobie sh Arhajski period ... more details
In finance , in particular with reference to Bond finance bonds and Swap finance swaps , a stub period is a period of time over which interest accrues which is not equal to the usual interval between Coupon bond bond coupon . These normally occur because the interval between coupons does not fit neatly into the period that the bond was issued for, thus sometimes a bond s final or first coupon period may be adjusted to make the bond start and mature on the desired dates. References Unreferenced date April 2009 finance stub Category Finance ... more details
Classical period can refer to the following Classical Greece , specifically of the 5th and 4th centuries BC Classical antiquity , in the Greco Roman world Classical period music , in music Classic stage , of American archaeology disambig nl Klassieke Periode ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Overton Period is the name given by archaeologist s to a division of prehistory in Prehistoric Britain Britain covering the period between 2000 BC and 1650 BC. It follows the Mount Pleasant Period and precedes the Bedd Branwen Period and is named after the typesite of the West Overton barrow cemetery in Wiltshire . During the Overton Period the first signs of Bronze Age burial practices appear in the archaeological record urned cremations and food vessel burials as well as the last stages of the use of Beaker People Beaker pottery. Rich Wessex culture burials emerged during the period such as that at Bush Barrow near Stonehenge . Characteristic metalworking types include the Amorico British dagger and the Falkland industries which demonstrate influences form the Continental Unetice culture . Category Periods of the British Bronze Age UK archaeology stub ... more details
disamb term refractory period Refractory period physiology , the amount of time it takes for an excitable membrane to be ready for a second stimulus once it returns to its resting state following excitation in the areas of biology, physiology, and cardiology. Refractory period sex Refractory period sexology , the recovery phase after orgasm during which it is physiologically impossible for an individual to have additional orgasms. Psychological refractory period , the delay in response to the second of two closely spaced psychological stimuli. The period of weeks or even months following a series of seizures during which seizures cannot be induced when referring to epilepsy , known as the Postictal state . disambig Category Neuroscience bg de Refrakt rphase Sexualit t es Periodo refractario lt Refrakcinis laikotarpis nl Refractaire periode ru ... more details
Run in period is a period before a clinical trial is commenced when no treatment is given. The clinical data from this stage of a trial are only occasionally of value but can serve a valuable role in screening medicine screening out ineligible or non compliant participants, in ensuring that participants are in a stable condition, and in providing baseline observations. A run in period is sometimes called a washout period if treatments that participants were using before entering the clinical trial are discontinued. See also Randomized controlled trial Regulatory requirement Safety monitoring Serious adverse event Standard Operating Procedures Standard treatment Study population Data Management References http www.websters online dictionary.org definitions run in period?cx partner pub 0939450753529744 3Av0qd01 tdlq&cof FORID 3A9&ie UTF 8&q run in period&sa Search 906 http www.websters online dictionary.org definitions run in period?cx partner pub 0939450753529744 3Av0qd01 tdlq&cof FORID 3A9&ie UTF 8&q run in period&sa Search 906 http www.medilexicon.com medicaldictionary.php?t 67147 http www.medilexicon.com medicaldictionary.php?t 67147 DEFAULTSORT Run In Period Category Clinical research ... more details
period. Some schools have an extended lunch period and that could be used as a free period as well. Lunch periods in high school could be up to 60 minutes long. A free period in a college is a time period that a student is not enrolled in a class. During the free period, students are literally ... . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Free Period Category School terminology Education stub de Springstunde ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The Sloop Period Sluppt in is a period in Faroe islands Faroese history, where the Faroese society transformed from a feudal society to a semi industrial society. The name of the period comes from the fact, that a lot of Faroese persons bought sloop s from neighbouring countries, and this gave an uprise in fishery on the islands. The period spans from late 19th century to the end of World War II . DEFAULTSORT Sloop Period Category History of the Faroe Islands Faroes stub Euro hist stub ... more details
unreferenced date November 2011 A sunrise period is a period of time after the launch of a new top level domain or second level domain during which owners of trademarks may register a domain name containing the owned mark. Numerous domains have launched or plan to launch with a sunrise period, including .info info , .mobi mobi , .pk pk , and .eu eu . The World Intellectual Property Organization provided assistance to info administrator Afilias during its sunrise period. Category Domain name system Compu domain stub de Sunrise Period no Sunrise periode vi Giai o n M t tr i m c ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced September 2011 lead rewrite February 2011 notability February 2011 A landrush period is the time during which domain name s are available for registration, usually to a closed group, to entities that do not own a trademark in the name they wish to register, for example generic terms like loan or car , and thus would not qualify for registration during the sunrise period . Orders may or may not be treated on a first come first served basis. This period follows the sunrise period just after the launch of a new top level domain or second level domain during which, for example, owners of trademark s may register a domain name containing the owned mark, but a landrush period precedes a period of general availability, when any qualifying entity can register any name on a first come first served basis. Category Domain name system Compu domain stub ... more details
Colonial Period may generally refer to any period in a country s history when it was subject to administration by a Colonialism colonial power. Spanish conquest of Guatemala Korea under Japanese rule Viceroyalty of Peru Colonial history of the United States See also Colonialism Category Colonialism disambig ... more details
The retention period of a document is an aspect of records management . It represents the period of time a document should be kept or retained both electronically and in paper format. At the termination of the retention period, the document is usually destroyed. The term is generally used by accountants and tax professionals whose occupation involves dealing with legal documents that only need to remain in existence for a certain amount of time. The retention period varies for different types of records. For example, business incorporation documents have a permanent retention period meaning that they should be retained and never be destroyed , but receipts for tax deductible purchases by an individual taxpayer usually have a three year retention period and can often be safely discarded after that point. The length of the retention period vary by industry and are based on the likelihood that the document will be needed at some point in the future for ligitation reasons. Records that will serve no further purpose as determined by the length of their retention period are destroyed for space issues, usually by paper shredder s. Organizations such as http www.arma.org ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators set standards for records retention periods. Retention requirements are also established for a variety of electronic records in industry specific legislation such as the Sarbanes Oxley Act and regulatory bodies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the United States . ref http www.csoonline.com read 070106 record retention.html The Seven Deadly Sins of Records Retention CSOonline.com Bot generated title ref References references tax stub Category Taxation Category Legal documents Category Data management de Aufbewahrungsfrist ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A waiting period is a period of time which one must wait disambiguation wait in order for a specific action to occur, after that action is request ed or wikt mandate mandate d. The term is commonly used in reference to gun control in the United States , where some U.S. states required a person to wait for a set number of days after buying or reserving a firearm at a dealer before actually taking Possession law possession of it. Waiting periods are also used for new insurance , particularly health insurance and flood insurance . Incidents which occur during this time are not claimable. The term may also refer to the time between the making of a claim and the payment of it, also called the elimination period . In business finance , a waiting period or quiet period is the time in which a company making an IPO must be silent about it, so as not to watered stock inflate the value of the stock artificially . It is also called the cooling off period . Other things potentially subject to waiting periods include divorce and merger proceedings. See also Waiting period Six Day War Queue disambiguation DEFAULTSORT Waiting Period Category Lawsuits Category Time Law term stub ... more details
For the first menstrual cycle , or first menstrual bleeding Menarche File Fairbanks house dedham.jpg thumb right Fairbanks House Dedham, Massachusetts Fairbanks House , built in 1636, is the oldest surviving timber frame house in America First Period is a designation in colonial United States American architecture and design. It refers to the time period of approximately 1626 through 1725 . Its successor is the American colonial architecture Colonial Georgian Period. Characteristics Among other characteristics, First Period houses have a steeply pitched roof a slightly asymmetrical plan and a central chimney. The first period house is distinguished from later houses by its exposed often decorated or chamfered frame in the interior. Some early windows in modest houses may have had no glazing, but the standard first period window, until at least 1700, was the diamond paned casement. No example of this type of window survives in situ all current examples date to at the very earliest the late 19th century. Multiple light, sliding sash windows started to appear around 1700, and by about 1750 had supplanted the earlier type. See also American colonial architecture List of the oldest buildings in America External links http www.salemweb.com guide arch first.shtml Salem Massachusetts First Period gives a description of this period as well as others Category American architectural styles Category Vernacular architecture arch style stub ... more details
In economics , a base period or reference period is a point in time used as a reference point for comparison with other periods. ref name uslabor cite web url http www.bls.gov bls glossary.htm title BLS Information date February 28, 2008 work Glossary publisher U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services accessdate 2009 05 05 ref ref name investopedia cite web url http www.investopedia.com terms b baseperiod.asp title Base Period publisher Investopedia accessdate 2009 05 05 ref It is generally used as a benchmark for measuring financial or economic data. ref name investw cite web url http www.investorwords.com 429 base period.html title base period publisher investorwords.com accessdate 2009 05 05 ref Base periods typically provide a point of reference for economic studies, consumer demand, and unemployment benefit claims. In public transport timetable public transport scheduling , the base period is the period of reduced service on weekdays that generally exists between the morning and afternoon rush hour s. See also Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic indicator Gross domestic product Consumer price index References Reflist External links http www.bls.gov bls glossary.htm Base period in glossary , U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services http www.investopedia.com terms b baseperiod.asp Base Period , Investopedia Category Economics terminology Category Labor terms econ stub ... more details
Period piece is a phrase that is used to describe creative works. Usage Setting In the performing arts , a period piece is a work set in a particular era. This informal term covers all countries, all periods and all genre s. It may be as long and general as the Middle Ages medieval era or as limited as one decade&mdash the Roaring Twenties , for example. Work from the past Period piece can also describe a work that was famous in a past era but less so today for example, one might describe a production of a drama by one of Shakespeare s contemporaries as an interesting period piece but would be less likely to describe a production of Hamlet as such. Or date July 2009 Period piece is contrasted with classic classic piece , or something with timeless or lasting broad readership. Recent work Period piece can also be used Subjectivity subjective ly, such as when applied to contemporary or recent works which have not been tested by time, since it is guessing how future generations will view the work. For example Harold Bloom in The Western Canon 1994 labels those works not included in his list of 20th century literature as being mostly period pieces see Appendix header for The Chaotic Age . Since these works are still being widely read Harry Potter for example , it is impossible to know if they will become regarded as classics in the future or simply fade away into mostly unread period ... Period Dramas.com &ndash a costume drama movie database based around a historical timeline. http www.justperiodmovies.com Period Movies listings of period piece films from various historical eras. http enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.com Enchanted Serenity of Period Films fansite that profiles period piece films including news of upcoming films http www.recycledmoviecostumes.com ... periodmoviesbox.blogspot.com Period Movies Box blog dedicated to period movies news and reviews DEFAULTSORT Period Piece Category Performing arts Category Historical fiction Category Period pieces ... more details
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