The art of writing is first attested for certain in Crete at the beginning of this Palatial Period.
It is first attested in the inscriptions of Darius I (ruled 522 486 bce), of which the longest, earliest, and most important is that of Bīsitūn.
The shift could be linked with the rise of Osiris, the god of the dead, who is first attested from the reign of Neuserre.
Indo-European is first attested in Anatolia in names occurring in Middle Bronze Age tablets from Kültepe, but the date, route, and even the reality of an Indo-European invasion or infiltration are all controversial.
Writing, which is first attested at the middle of the 4th millennium bce, was in its origins predominantly logographic (i.e., each word or morpheme was represented by a single graph or symbol) and long remained a highly imperfect means of rendering the spoken word.
This article traces a history of disgust from the moment the word is first attested in English.
Its presence in Edinburgh is first attested by a long and enthusiastic account published in the Edinburgh Review in February 1816, authored by the geologist Leonard Horner, future father-in-law of Charles Lyell.
Perhaps the most famous of the Pythagorean dietary restrictions is the prohibition on eating beans, which is first attested by Aristotle and assigned to Pythagoras himself (Diogenes Laertius VIII. 34).
The style is first attested at Mithridatkert/Nisa.
In English, it is first attested in 1941.
