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• Gad
  ...f Isaiah]], was still worshipped by certain Hebrews during the 6th century BC [3].
  12 KB (2,042 words) - 01:04, 13 December 2020
• Nazareth
  ...etymology of ''Nazareth'' from as early as [[Eusebius]] up until the 20th century has been said to derive from ''netser'', a "shoot" or "sprout", while the [ ..., pp. 272-310.) attesting to unambiguous human presence there from the 2nd century AD onward.
  29 KB (4,373 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• God
  The earliest written form of the Germanic word "god" comes from the 6th century [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Codex Argenteus]]. The English word itself des ...[[pharaoh]] [[Akhenaten]] (Amenophis IV), who ruled between 1358 and 1340 BC. The Aten cult is often cited as the earliest known example of monotheism,
  33 KB (4,925 words) - 23:57, 12 December 2020
• Magic
  ...hers for their "impious rites." Greek ''magikos'' is attested from the 1st century [[Plutarch]], typically appearing in the feminine, in μαγική τέχν ...influences [[destiny|fate]]." ''Sorceress'' appears also in the late 14th century, while ''sorcerer'' is attested only from 1526.
  47 KB (7,281 words) - 01:20, 13 December 2020
• 2012
  ...nning of the current one, which corresponds to either 11 or 13 August 3114 BC in the Gregorian calendar, depending on the formula used.[5] The Tortuguero site dates from the 7th century AD and consists of a series of inscriptions in honor of the contemporary ru
  31 KB (4,597 words) - 23:31, 12 December 2020
• Evolution
  ...round rate, and up to 30 percent of species may be extinct by the mid 21st century. Human activities are now the primary cause of the ongoing extinction even ...to adapt to their surroundings. As biological knowledge grew in the 18th century, a variety of such ideas developed, beginning with [[Pierre Louis Maupertui
  55 KB (8,108 words) - 00:25, 13 December 2020

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