- Look up
modern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Modern may
refer to:
Modern history Early Modern period Late
Modern period 18th
century 19th century...
- The
modern era or the
modern period is
considered the
current historical period of
human history. It was
originally applied to the
history of
Europe and...
- The
modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) are the world's
leading international sporting events. They
feature summer and
winter sports...
- of the city, Byzas, the son of the god
Poseidon and the
nymph Ceroëssa.
Modern excavations have
raised the
possibility that the name
Byzantium might reflect...
- imprint,
Modern Library, from
among 400
novels published by
Random House,
which owns
Modern Library. The
purpose of the list was to "bring the
Modern Library...
- philosophy. However, they are
considered separate academic disciplines in the
modern sense of the term.
Influential traditions in the
history of
philosophy include...
-
diplomas to
license doctors. Ibn al-Haytham is
regarded as the
father of the
modern scientific method and
often referred to as the "world's
first true scientist"...
-
spelled the name as
Giapan in a
translation of a 1565
Portuguese letter.
Modern humans arrived in ****an
around 38,000
years ago (~36,000 BC),
marking the...
-
standard dialect moved from the
Kansai region to the Edo
region (
modern Tokyo) in the
Early Modern ****anese
period (early 17th century–mid 19th century). Following...
- Frankenstein; or, The
Modern Prometheus is an 1818
Gothic novel written by
English author Mary S****ey.
Frankenstein tells the
story of
Victor Frankenstein...
