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• Democracy
  [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Goddess-of-democracy,-tiane_2.jpg|right|frame]] ...s''), "people" and ''κράτος'' (''kratos''), "rule, strength" in the middle of the 5th-4th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in som
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• Book of Ecclesiastes
  ...word is always used as masculine, except vii, 27]. Solomon, as the herald of wisdom, proclaims the most serious truths. His teaching may be divided as f [1] The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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• Second Book of Kings
  ...the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08652a.htm THIRD AND FOURTH KINGS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/2ki000.htm] [1] After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
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• Quetzalcoatl
  ...hought to have been the principal Aztec god. However, Quetzalcoatl was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon along with the gods [https://e ...Quetzalcoatl in the Nahuatl language was among the most important deities of [[Mesoamerica]]. Additonally, Quetzalcoatl was sometimes conflated with [ht
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• Extraterrestrial
  ...'', [[novel]]), the fictional creatures from "out there" have tended to be of the usurping, death-ray variety - not surprisingly, since this makes for a <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of matters '''''Extraterrestrial''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/
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• Book of Esdras, 1
  ...be" than as "priest": he was "a ready scribe [a scribe skilled] in the law of Moses", and therefore especially qualified for the task to which he was des ...o his Lord in Jerusalem; he killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month,
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• Garden of Eden
  ...rden forms part of the [[creation myth | creation story]] and [[theodicy]] of the [[Abrahamic religion]]s. ...speculation. There are hypotheses that locate Eden at the [[headwaters]] of the Tigris and Euphrates, in [[Mesopotamia]], Africa, and the [[Persian Gul
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• Information
  ...ipulating and organizing [[data]] in a way that enhances the [[knowledge]] of the receiver. ...nerally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, instruction, knowledge, mea
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• Second Book of Chronicles
  ...ecause in all probability they have been abridged from those ancient words of the days, by Esdras or some other sacred writer. (For more information, see [1] Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him
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• Constitution
  [[Image:Magna_carta_thumb.jpg|right|"Magna Carta to which King John of England agreed in 1215"]] ...ething up, or establishing something; the [[composition]] or [[structure]] of such a thing; its [[makeup]].
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• Gad
  ...h this is fixed (as in L. hasta); hence the meaning ‘rod’. The development of the word in Eng. has also been influenced by its similarity, both in form a ...namely Gad [2], the semitic deity of fortune, who, according to the [[Book of Isaiah]], was still worshipped by certain Hebrews during the 6th century BC
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• Philosophy
  ...s in philosophy be accounted for historically? What drives the development of thought in its historical context? To what degree can philosophical texts ...es arrived at through observation), and even through [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural|supernaturalist]]
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• Paper 72 - Government on a Neighboring Planet
  ...[[narrate]] something of the [[social]], [[moral]], and [[political]] life of the most advanced [[human]] [[race]] living on a not far-distant [[planet]] ...eign|rulers]] to consent to the [[narration]] on one planet of the affairs of another.
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• First Book of Kings
  ...the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08652a.htm THIRD AND FOURTH KINGS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/1ki000.htm] [3] So they sought for a beautiful maiden throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite, and brought her to the king.
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• Book of Maccabees, 1
  ...mation, see the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09495a.htm BOOKS OF MACHABEES] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/1 ...ns and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had previously become king of Greece.)
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• Buddha
  ...ars who presented definite opinions gave dates within 20 years either side of 400 BCE for the Buddha's death, with others supporting earlier or later dat <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Buddhism''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
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• Theocracy
  ...who are regarded as divinely guided.[2] For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine [[power]] governs an earthly [[human]] [[state]] ...y theological or moral [[concepts]], and monarchies held "By the [[Grace]] of [[God]]".
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• Genesis
  [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Tizian - The fall of man.jpg|right|frame||250px|<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.ph ...ve been written by [[Moses]], it is sometimes also called ''The First Book of Moses''.
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• Atlantis
  ...|right|frame|<center>[https://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/index.html Image of Atlantis</center>]]] ...]], Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος}, "island of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]") is the name of a legendary island first mentioned in [[Plato]]'s dialogues ''[[Timaeus (di
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• Monotheism
  ...[[Judaism]], [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], and the Platonic [[concept]] of [[God]] as put forward by [[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]]. The concept of monotheism has largely been defined in contrast with [[polytheistic]] and [
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