They are similar to tools known to have been used in the Netherlands and northern Germany 14, 000 years ago, or 12, 000 BC.

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Moenjodaro, located on the right bank of the Indus River, 510 km north-east of Karachi, in Pakistan's Sindh Province, flourished for about 1000 years during the third and second millennium BC.

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We have allowed English to degenerate so far that we must waste years on it, just like the Egyptians of 2000 BC.

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Although BC Hydro has identified over 2, 600 electricity thefts over the past five years, identifying and confirming theft is a time-consuming, inefficient and expensive manual process.

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The fact is, BC's crime rate is dropping dramatically and is at its lowest point in 30 years because of unprecedented investment in policing.

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Yangzhou, where Marco Polo once served as a municipal official, has a history of 2, 500 years, dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period in China (771 to 403 BC) when it was called Guangling.

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