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  • ...and memories of early America. Contains perhaps the largest collection of ancient Greek texts that is to be found anywhere.
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  • ...s of ancient [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]. The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and [[literature]], such as [[science]], social struct
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  • [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Ancient-egypt-map.jpg|right|frame]] '''Ancient''' [[history]] is the [[study]] of the [[written]] [[past]] from the beginn
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  • ...use in English was restricted to discussions of the political [[history of Rome]], the beginning of [[phenomenology|phenomenological]] philosophy in the tw In [[Ancient Rome]], ''Auctoritas'' referred to the general level of prestige a person had in
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  • ...rising tiers of seats ranged about an open [[space]] and used in ancient [[Rome]] especially for contests and [[spectacle]]s ...wn as [[natural]] amphitheatres. Special [[events]] and games were held in ancient [[Roman]] amphitheatres, such as the gladiator [[games]].
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  • ...''A Dictionary of World Mythology'' presents the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, an
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  • A '''magistrate''' is a [[judicial]] officer; in ancient [[Rome]], the [[word]] magistratus denoted one of the highest government officers ...nd [[executive]] [[power]], together constituting one [[jurisdiction]]. In Rome itself, the highest magistrates were members of the so-called [https://en.w
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  • The derivation of the word ''augur'' is uncertain; [[ancient]] authors believed that it contained the words ''avi'' and ''gero''—Latin ...an official diviner of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome]
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  • ...red with mostly [[analytic]] languages such as English, which has lost the ancient noun-case system inherited from [[Proto-Indo-European]] except in pronouns,
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  • *1 : [[secret]] ceremonial [[rites]] held in [[honor]] of an ancient [[Greek]] or [[Roman]] [[deity]] and usually characterized by [[ecstatic]] In ancient [[Greek]] [[religion]], an orgy (όργιον) was a [[secret]] nighttime [
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  • ...a often capitalized : either of two [[successive]] national sanctuaries in ancient [[Jerusalem]] ...set of [[meanings]] [[associated]] with the [[religion]] of the ancient [[Rome]], has now become quite widely used to describe a house of [[worship]] for
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  • ...to live on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Hills_of_Rome hills of Rome], while [[poorer]] citizens lived at lower elevations – hence "below the
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  • ...uring the time known as [[classical antiquity]], roughly spanning from the Ancient Greek [[Bronze Age]] in 1000 [[BCE]] to the [[Dark Ages]] circa [[Common Er ...eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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  • ...ist from the [[time]] of ancient India, ancient Egypt and Sumer, through [[Rome]], [[Greek|Greece]] and China, up to the present day. Letters make up sever
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  • ...idus white; from the white toga worn by candidates for office in ancient [[Rome]]
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  • In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome ancient Roman religion], the auspices provided divine [[signs]] to be [[interpreted ...one which is connected with the founding of [[Rome]]. Once the founders of Rome, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus Romulus] and [https://en.wikipedia.
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  • ...n [[techniques]], but they sometimes incorporate elements reflecting these ancient [[beliefs]].
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  • ...that first developed in Ancient Israel, Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and later, Rome. # Walzer, Michael (1994). "The Legal Codes of Ancient Israel". In Ian Shapiro. the Rule of Law. NY: New York University Press. pp
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  • ...[[civilizations]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East ancient Near East]; later, they grew to the north and west to include Western Europ ...i/Islamic_Golden_Age Islamic Golden Age]. The Arab importation of both the Ancient and new technology from the Middle East and the [[Orient]] to Renaissance E
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  • ...iki/Ancient_Greece Greece] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Rome]. The use of dolls as toys was documented in Greece around 100 AD. They hav
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  • ...[[word]] originated in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome], for a [[slave]] at his master's [[personal]] [[service]] 'within hand rea
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  • Various ancient states, which could be called suzerains, exacted tribute from areas they ha ...e] and [[Rome]] exacted tribute from their provinces and subject kingdoms. Ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China] received tribute from various s
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  • ...style of Ancient [[Roman]] decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]. The "cave
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  • The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations: * [[Mesopotamia]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], [[China]], [[Greece]], and [[Rome]]
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  • ...of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece], Ancient Rome, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, among other religions, sacred persons
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  • ...''Dominate''' was the 'despotic' latter [[phase]] of [[government]] in the ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] from the conclusi ...ent more [[influenced]] by the veneration of the Eastern [[potentates]] of ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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  • The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations: * [[Mesopotamia]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], [[China]], [[Greece]], and [[Rome]]
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  • Candidate comes from the [[Latin]] word "candida" (white). In Ancient [[Rome]], people running for [[political]] office would often wear togas chalked a
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  • ...andria, Antioch and [[Jerusalem]], or of the ancient and Western Sees of [[Rome]] with authority over other bishops. It also refers to the head of any of v
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  • ...mater alma mater] ([[college]] or other [[school]]). Even in [[ancient]] [[Rome]], we know of the [''dies''] ''Aquilae natalis'' ("birthday of the eagle",
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  • ...'topography''' originated in ancient [[Greece]] and continued in ancient [[Rome]], as the detailed description of a place. The [[word]] comes from the Gree
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  • ...y in major [[urban]] areas (like Antioch, Alexandria, Carthage, Corinth, [[Rome]]) than in the countryside (in [[fact]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...stic]] religion (as in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome])
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  • ...ce Ancient Greece] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome], this fact has been addressed by empires adopting the concept of universal
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  • In ancient Greece and Rome, the bird, φοῖνιξ, was sometimes associated with the similar-soundin
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  • *2: one of two [[magistrates]] of early [[Rome]] acting as census takers, assessors, and inspectors of [[morals]] and [[co ...r''' was an officer in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome] who was responsible for [[maintaining]] the [[census]], supervising [[publ
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  • ...An example of this is Jing Ke's failed assassination of Qin Shi Huang. The ancient Indian military adviser Chanakya wrote about assassinations in detail in hi
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  • *1a : the [[marketplace]] or [[public]] place of an ancient [[Roman]] [[city]] forming the [[center]] of [[judicial]] and [[public]] [[ ...e]] itself, several smaller or more specialised forums appeared throughout Rome’s archaic [[history]]. By the time of the late Republic expansions and re
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  • ...e [[Greek]]-speaking world, though the word does occasionally show up in [[ancient]] [[literature]] in other, somewhat similar [[contexts]]. Orthodoxy is oppo ...as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion state religion] of [[Rome]] on February 27, 380 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius_I Theodo
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  • ...t arenas such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum Colosseum in Rome]. It is composed of a large open space [[surrounded]] on most or all sides
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  • ...of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu Amaterasu], the sun goddess. [[Rome]] promulgated the [[practice]] of emperor [[worship]]; in [https://en.wikip
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  • ...Caesar]'s invasion of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome] when, on January 10, 49 BC, he led his army across the [https://en.wikiped An ancient Chinese saying referring to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu Xiang Y
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  • ==Ancient cultural origins== ...lve underlying social and economic problems.[https://www.periclespress.com/Rome.html]
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  • ...] in the eyes of a [[diligent]] [[pupil]]. " And so they set forth for the ancient [[city]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur Ur]. [[Category:Paper 133 - The Return From Rome]]
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  • ...ebatable, since the [[empire]] of this time preserved the main features of ancient urban [[society]] and remained a Mediterranean state par excellence. The is This period is characterized by the crisis of ancient city life, aggravated by serious territorial losses and cultural decline. S
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  • ...rg/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greek] city-states. In classical Greece and Rome, the main component was [[rhetoric]] (that is, [[composition]] and delivery The art of public speaking was first developed by the ancient Greeks. Greek oration is known from the works of [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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  • ...in its [[origin]], in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Ancient Rome], infamia was the mark of disapproval of the [[censors]] on [[moral]] groun
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  • ...sanctuary of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestrina Praeneste] south of Rome, the oldest portion of the [[primitive]] [[sanctuary]] was situated on the ...sey Odyssey]''. The [[numinous]] [[quality]] of the grotto is still more [[ancient]], of course: in a grotto near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos Knoss
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  • ...y private companies in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome], each recognizable by characteristic colour, and arousing supporter hyster
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  • ...pilgrimages are common in many [[religions]], including the [[faiths]] in ancient Egypt, Persia in the Mithraic period, India, China, and Japan. The [[Greek] # Hanges, James Constantine (July 2000). "Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece by Matthew Dillon". The Journal of Religion 80 (3): 543–545. doi:1
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  • ...d [[inevitable]] [[danger]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Rome]. In the Senate, Cato famously ended every [[speech]] with by proclaiming h
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  • :d. dated (in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome]) a member of the class of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_order • (in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greece]) a [[citizen]] of the second class in Athens.
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  • In [[ancient Rome]], imperium could be used as a term indicating a characteristic of people, ...te an imperial magistrate's power to enact capital punishment outside of [[Rome]] (the axes were removed within the pomerium). The number of lictors in [[a
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  • ...o deeds done, in honest cases, in the name of the senate and the people of Rome. Obviously, there was nothing remotely “divine” about any of the empero ...ce. As you well know, there was no honesty in most of those that served in Rome, starting with the senators and even all the way down to a common citizen.
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  • ...goddess mother goddess] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Anatolia ancient Anatolian] times. The crude [[idol]] exhibited in the enormous [[temple]] [ [[Category:Paper 133 - The Return From Rome]]
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  • ...rd ''hegeisthai'' (meaning "to lead"). An early example of hegemony during ancient Greek [[history]] occurred when Sparta became the hegemon of the [[Peloponn The concept of "Hegemony" was also present in ancient China, during the Spring and Autumn Perio] (ca. 770 BC - 480 BC), when the
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  • ...res universitatis meant things that were owned by the municipalities of [[Rome]]. When looking at the public domain from a [[historical]] [[perspective]],
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  • ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque Baroque] [[palaces]] of [[Rome]] to the ancient [[ruins]] whose pavements and columns have provided the material for the mo
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  • ...trivia was also used to describe a place where three roads met in Ancient Rome.
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  • ...mes was unusual in ancient [[culture]]s, but was nonetheless also found in ancient [[Greece]]. ...ry during the reign of Henry II. [1] Juries, usually 6 or 12 men, were an "ancient institution" in some parts of England. ("Henry II" 286) Members consisted o
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  • ...also called '''''Paul the Apostle''''', the Apostle Paul, or Saint Paul, (Ancient Greek: Σαούλ (Saul), Σαῦλος (Saulos), and Παῦλος (Paulos ...of the New Testament. They are referenced as early as c. 96 by Clement of Rome.[35]
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  • ...sense, one may say that Roman law is not only the legal system of ancient Rome but the law that was applied throughout most of Europe until the end of the ...the XII Tablets has not been preserved. They were probably destroyed when Rome was conquered and set on fire by the [[Celts]] in 387 BC.<ref name=tellegen
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  • ...to distinguish it from post-Renaissance appropriations of it. Separately, ancient Babylon provided the basis for Western [[astrology]].
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  • ...and [[social sciences]]. Conventionally the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [ ...ademic tradition, refer to cultures of [[classical antiquity]], namely the Ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Classical study was formerly considered one of t
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  • ...have added many other cases, including historic empires such as Ancient [[Rome]], the Ottoman Empire and China, along with a wide range of minor kingdoms
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  • ...[originally]] [[representing]] one of the three original tribes of ancient Rome
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  • ...o the desire of humans to create lasting records. Stones could be the most ancient form of writing, but wood would be the first medium to take the guise of a ...uced media of variable quality, the best being used for sacred writing. In Ancient Egypt, papyrus was used for writing maybe as early as from First Dynasty, b
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  • ===Ancient=== The Ancient Greeks created some remarkably advanced automatons and mechanical special e
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  • ...t. The Greek spelling transliterates as "Delphoi" (with "o" added). and [[Ancient Greek dialects|dialectal]] forms '''Belphoi''' - [[Aeolic Greek|Aeolian]] f ...[[Mount Parnassus]], and includes the Sanctuary of Apollo, the site of the ancient [[Oracle]]. This semicircular spur is known as [[Phaedriades]], and overloo
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  • ...ed]] and you have moved on. This is a lesson for the world, to let go of [[ancient]] [[grievances]] and hatreds that are passed from generation to [[generatio ...which is higher and perhaps newer? Will [[Judaism]] cling forever to the [[ancient]] [[texts]] which have shackled the lives of so many believers? Will [[Chri
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  • ===The ancient world=== ...atural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]'' concerning the development of [[Ancient Greek art|Greek sculpture and painting]]. From them it is possible to trace
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  • ...that worship spread to other regions of Egypt and, some suspect, to other ancient cultures that arose during the beginning of recorded human history. [[Herod
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  • ...f outgrown [[systems]] of [[worship]]. The well-meant [[desire]] to foster ancient [[thought]] systems effectually prevents the sponsoring of new and adequate ...m|style]] of [[worship]]. Many spiritually [[indolent]] [[souls]] crave an ancient and [[authoritative]] religion of [[ritual]] and [[sacred]] [[traditions]].
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  • ...age:socrates_1.jpg|frame|right|[[Socrates|Sǒcratēs]]; circa 470 BC–399 BC) ancient Greek philosopher credited with the foundation for Western philosophy.]]The All cultures — be they [[prehistoric]], [[ancient]], [[mediæval]], or [[Modernism|modern]]; [[Eastern hemisphere|Eastern]],
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  • ...nd [[social sciences]]. Conventionally the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [ The great traditions in [[art]] have a foundation in the art of one of the ancient civilizations:
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  • ...or promote a man, and in the man, a faction. It was the same in the West. Rome wanted to rule; “As its legions fell, it sent dogmas to the provinces.”
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  • ...e [[process]] of rediscovering the ancient culture developed in Greece and Rome in the [[classical period]], and partly by the need to address theological ...iod from the seventh to the twelfth century, consisting of translating the ancient philosophers, commenting upon, clarifying, interpreting and developing thei
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  • ...r mystical journey. Because compression is the force that mortar utilizes, ancient buildings still stand. Similarly, the mortar of your life compresses togeth You have come full circle, reconnecting to the engineers of Rome, Greece, Egypt, and China to reclaim the process of holding the building bl
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  • ...h artificial channels, i.e. not [[vocalization]] or gestures, goes back to ancient [[cave paintings]], drawn maps, and [[writing]]. ...pire|empire]] from [[Rome]]. This allowed for [[personal letter]]s and for Rome to gather knowledge about events in its many widespread provinces.
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  • In the 6th century, the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Emperor Justinian]] oversaw the consolidation of Roman [[Civil la ...ltural relations. The first evidence of such long distance trade is in the ancient world. During the Uruk phase Guillermo Algaze has argued that trade relatio
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  • ...rs Poetica]]''), and the [[aesthetic]] theories of [[philosopher]]s from [[ancient philosophy]] through the [[18th century|18th]] and [[19th century|19th cent
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  • ...ook]] on [[Jesus]]'s life when [[Paper 132 - The Sojourn at Rome|he was in Rome]]. And he talks to the little boy and their talking and he says. He passes ...ived many of your [[earth]] years. As you know I would be [[considered]] [[ancient]] in your time. In all of my time I have not [[experienced]] such [[joy]] a
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  • ...similarly in Tudor England the crown forced the church to break away from Rome so the royal (and, especially later, parliamentary) power could assume full ...ient Greece and Rome denying the gods of the state was a crime. In ancient Rome, the emperors were often deified.[citation needed]
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  • ...nian]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]], [[Turkish people|Turkish]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] cultures. The [[history of the Mediterranean]] is crucial to unders ...neus'', 'inland' (''medius'', 'middle' + ''terra'', 'land, earth'). To the ancient Romans, the Mediterranean was the center of the Earth as they knew it.
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  • ...t the venerated sites in Nazareth, unearthed quantities of later [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] and [[Byzantine]] artefacts, (B. Bagatti, ''Excavations in Nazareth ...bylonian]], [[Persian Empire|Persian]], [[Hellenist]]ic or Early [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times (see above), at least in the major excavations between 1955 a
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  • ...h as sports, statesmanship, [[science]], or [[The Arts|art]]. In Ancient [[Rome]], the genius was the guiding or "tutelary" [[spirit]] of a person, or even
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  • ...ontanists']] heavy reliance on it. see N. B. Stonehouse, Apocalypse in the Ancient Church, (c. 1929), pp. 139-142, esp. p. 138 In the [[9th century]], it was ...are generally therefore considered to be apostolic code for pre-Christian Rome and the [[Nero|Emperor Nero]] respectively.
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  • '''Atlantis''' (in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]], Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος}, "island of [[Atlas (mythol ...stic Atlantis in ''Critias'' &mdash; would have made the strategy of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek civilization]] during their conflict with the [[Achaemenid Emp
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  • ...les. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_history#Classical_Antiquity ancient times] the [[Jews]] were famed as much for [[military]] [[valor]] as for [[ ==98:3. THE MELCHIZEDEK TEACHINGS IN ROME==
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  • ...e marked by the time of the shortest shadow on a sundial. This was used in Rome to judge when a court of law was open; lawyers had to be at the court by th The most accurate timekeeping devices of the ancient world were the [[waterclock]] or ''clepsydra'', first found in Egypt. A wat
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  • ...as you get a broader overview of what it was like to live, say, in ancient Rome, the true historian realizes how little he or she can enter their day to da
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  • ...from the highest head of a Local Universe, to the Grand Universe where the Ancient of Days are the heads of a Super Universe of a hundred thousand Local Unive ...the free and the slaves, the enormous gap of everyone from the emperor of Rome down to the lowliest person--my appreciation of God’s creativity in the p
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  • ..." or, ''ve-nomar'' (ונאמר) = "and let us say." Contemporary usage reflects ancient practice: As early as the 4th century BCE, Jews assembled in the Temple res ...J, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, trans. and revised by T. Muraoka, vol. I, Rome: Editrice Pontificio Instituto Biblico, 2000.
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  • ==PAPER 133: THE RETURN FROM ROME== ...ular and informal meetings right up to the time of the [[appearance]] in [[Rome]] of the first preachers of the [[Christian]] [[religion]].
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  • ...demy|akademeia]]'' just outside ancient [[Athens]], where the [[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)|gymnasium]] was made famous by [[Plato]] as a center of learning. T ...are at least two models of academia: a [[Europe]]an model developed since ancient times, as well as an [[United States|American]] model developed by [[Benjam
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  • ...is people who rule the government directly.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekdemocracy_01.shtml] ...tures have significantly contributed to the evolution of democracy such as Ancient India. [https://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/histdem/ind
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  • ...and his [[disciples]], though themselves branded as heretics by [[Vatican|Rome]], did not further develop this aspect of their critical revision of church ...f Christianity in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece shows that in these ancient Christian centers the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism Gnosticism]
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  • ...''Analecta hymnica graeca, vol. 11 e codicibus eruta Italiae inferioris''. Rome: Istituto di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici. Università di Roma, 1978) The ...l development out of notions of [[henotheism]] and [[monolatrism]]. In the Ancient Near East, each city had a local patron deity, such as Shamash at Larsa or
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  • ...opean languages. Dominant influences include [[ancient Greece]], [[ancient Rome]], and [[Christianity]], although religion has declined in Europe. ..., and the United States. It is influenced by [[ancient Greece]], [[ancient Rome]] and the [[Christian church]].
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  • ...lot]. And presently this [[change]] [[favored]] [[Christianity]] in that [[Rome]] brought into the whole [[Western world]] a new [[tolerance]] for [[strang 195:2.2 Much of the early [[persecution]] of [[Christians]] in [[Rome]] was due solely to their unfortunate use of the term " kingdom " in their
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  • ...opean languages. Dominant influences include [[ancient Greece]], [[ancient Rome]], and [[Christianity]], although religion has declined in Europe. ..., and the United States. It is influenced by [[ancient Greece]], [[ancient Rome]] and the [[Christian church]].
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  • ...a private tutor which provided Fénelon with a thorough grounding in the [[Ancient Greek|Greek language]] and [[classics]]. In 1667, at age 12, he was sent t ...liques'', a community for Protestant converts about to enter the Church of Rome.
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  • ...133_-_The_Return_From_Rome#PAPER_133:_THE_RETURN_FROM_ROME THE RETURN FROM ROME]=== And so they set forth for the ancient city of Ur. It was at Ur that Ganid had a long talk with Jesus regarding th
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  • ...er. Let this be your guiding [[light]]. As it is said "all roads lead to [[Rome]]," all [[hearts]] lead to our heavenly Father. Let it be true and real tod DEBORAH: I loved the reference to [[Ancient of Days]]! I just loved that! You know, when I was a little kid I used to b
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  • ...al universe itself. And though the physical universe may seem unimaginably ancient to you, just as you may feel yourself to be from time to time, both you and ..., Mother. Student: Dear Nebadonia, I was reading about Jesus on His way to Rome - how He made contact with upwards of five hundred people, and yet we are t
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  • ...tion of peace and the very word itself originated among the [[Ancient Rome|ancient Romans]] who defined peace, ''pax'', as ''absentia belli'', the absence of
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  • ...Nennius' Ambrosius eventually reveals himself to be the son of a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[consul]], Geoffrey's Merlin is begotten on a king's daughter by a
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  • ...), tells of a highly respected rabbi who found the Messiah at the gates of Rome and asked him, "When will you finally come?" He was quite surprised when he ...like the Son of man came with the clouds of [[heaven]], and came to the [[Ancient of days]], and they brought him near before him. And there was given him do
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  • The Order of Melchizedek is ancient. It began many billions of years ago in galaxies and created universes far ...he war engines of Rome, of Babylon, of Damascus and other cities and other ancient civilizations on your world, they have all gone through this. And yet, som
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  • ...sses the ceremonial complexes that were the seed and integrating center of ancient urbanism. These ceremonial centers "were instruments for the creation of [[ In Wheatley's description, the ancient Chinese city functioned in just this way to anchor the human order in the d
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  • ...a strongly cemented and firmly consolidated [[empire]]. He believed that [[Rome]] was even then divided, as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria], [h ...wiki/John_the_Baptist John] heard of the [[vice]] and [[wickedness]] of [[Rome]] and the dissoluteness and [[moral]] barrenness of the [[empire]], from wh
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  • ...history. Ideologues often falsely accuse others of violence, such as the ancient blood libel against Jews, the medieval accusations of casting [[witchcraft] ...h in these spectacles. An even more well known and notorious example is in Rome where Gladiators would fight animals and other Gladiators until someone was
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  • ...ional form of authority, in the form of the principate that would exist in Rome for more than 400 years after his death. The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]] [[Plato]](428-328 BC), in his book [[The Rep
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  • In ancient [[Greek language|Greek]] the word ''αναλογια'' (''analogia'') origi The [[Middle Ages]] saw an increased use and theorization of analogy. [[Rome|Roman]] lawyers had already used analogical reasoning and the Greek word ''
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  • ...young man, a fully adult man traveling around the Mediterranean as far as Rome, and back to Palestine, he had to have his self-consciousness and his power ...igning and assuaging sin, the Urantia Book points out this harkens back to ancient times and the very beginning of the human races. At first everything was pe
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  • ...als (e.g. [[History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent|metallurgy in ancient India]]). The greed for gold led to the discovery of the process for its pu ...etallic salts, compounds and alloys. The tempering of steel was brought in ancient India to a perfection unknown in Europe till our own times; King Porus is s
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  • ...Ancient_India India], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa Africa], and [[Rome]]. ...] [[city]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis], the ancient [[Hebrew]] [[city]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethshean Beth-shean]
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  • === Race in ancient civilizations === ...fect the appearance and [[character]] of groups (Isaac 2004). But, in many ancient civilizations, individuals with widely varying physical appearances became
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  • ...always been the case. There have been periods, especially in pre-Classical Rome and in the 18th century, when many translators stepped beyond the bounds of ...d show remarkable continuities. The distinction that had been drawn by the ancient Greeks between "metaphrase" ("literal" translation) and "paraphrase" would
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  • ...6th-century writer Joseph Juste Scaliger, and they in turn referred to the ancient philosopher Empedocles. Their argument, as given by the first two, was that "Perfect numbers" have been distinguished ever since the ancient Greeks called them "teleioi." There was, however, no consensus among the Gr
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  • ...also augmented by the periodic arrival of [[teachers]] of [[truth]], in [[ancient]] times from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 s ...s]] sought to overthrow the teachings of Zoroaster, they resurrected the [[ancient]] [[worship]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra Mithra]. And [https:
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  • ...e sudden and extensive [[manner]] of their [[adoption]]. The collapse of [[Rome]] indicates what may be expected when a [[state]] undergoes too rapid exten 71:5.3 Throughout the [[Ancient|earlier]] ages of any world, [[competition]] is [[essential]] to [[progress
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  • 136:4.12 Throughout these [[eventful]] days [[Jesus]] lived in an ancient rock [[cavern]], a [[shelter]] in the side of the hills near a village some 136:8.4 [[Jesus]] had traveled much; he recalled [[Rome]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], and [https://en.w
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  • ...dea]], in [[favor]] of [[rebellion]] against the payment of [[taxes]] to [[Rome]]. There was coming into [[existence]] a strong [[nationalist]] party, pres ...e the [[Jewish]] religion was involved in all this [[agitation]] against [[Rome]].
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  • In early [[Ancient Greek]], the adjective ''atheos'' (ἄθεος|ἄθεος, from the privat ...[deists]] (such as Thomas Paine) and even [[polytheists]]; conversely, the ancient Romans accused Christians of being atheists for not worshipping the pagan d
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  • ..., Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king; he had been a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdo ...hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus set forth from Rome, sailed with a few men to a city by the sea, and there began to reign.
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  • ...doth neglect, or may not punish. 1858-60 GARDNER Faiths World I. 479/1 The ancient discipline of the church, while it excluded offenders from spiritual privil ...nd up for the beauteous discipline Against the menstruous cloth and rag of Rome. 1642 CHAS. I, Roy. Protestations 4 New doctrines and disciplines. 1643 MIL
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  • ...ts, the Magi of Zoroastrianism, and their reputation together with that of Ancient Egypt shaped the [[hermeticism]] of [[Hellenistic religion]]. ...a conduit for messages from the spirits. The time of the Emperor Julian of Rome, marked by a reaction against the influence of Christianity, saw a revival
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  • ...|Cassiopeia]], now named [[SN 1572]]. Since it had been maintained since [[Ancient history|antiquity]] that the world beyond the orbit of the moon, i.e. that ...the Earth's motion. It gained a considerable following after [[1616]] when Rome decided officially that the heliocentric model was contrary to both philoso
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  • ...powell.net/sciencecenter/paleoclimate.htm] Paleoclimatology - The Study of Ancient Climates, Paleontology Science Center ...ion Yearbook 1994, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Rome, Italy ISBN 9250038445
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  • ...we are talking about courage expressed by the best of the ancient gods of Rome and Greece; the very best of their strengths, the very best of their powers
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  • ...rain falls upon your [[enemies]] as well as yourselves, to put it in those ancient terms. ...wax tablets to write messages with a stick? They did that in Greece and in Rome and Egypt, and some of these tablets have been preserved even today. The ta
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  • ...rly [[papyri]], describe methods of medical diagnosis. In [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] culture, the method of [[empiricism]] was described. The [[experime ...tute of Neurosciences, Laboratory of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, Rome, Italy:
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  • ...e states, such as [[Persian Empire|Persia]], [[China]], and [[Roman Empire|Rome]], developed through conquest into the first expansive [[empire]]s. Influen ...y more complex, constantly evolving and improving with time. Even the most ancient human tools and structures are far more advanced than any structure or tool
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  • know any better, and thus these souls are judged in the courts of the Ancient of Days with great “I see no way for you or Rome to become the last of the century’s decision to lend me your ears
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  • The ancient Greeks, who believed that the [[muse]]s were the source of all inspiration, In Rome, this Greek view was modified, and [[Horace]] wrote that not only poets but
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  • ...sive readings of Classical materials (literature and history of Greece and Rome), the work of the early European folklorists, and reports from missionaries ...activities), with the intent of understanding distribution and movement of ancient populations, development of human social organization, and relationships am
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  • ...y, Jefferson was a proponent of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] styles, which he believed to be most representative of American dem ...which was modeled after the Maison Carrée at Nîmes in southern France, an ancient [[Roman temple]]. Jefferson's buildings helped initiate the ensuing America
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  • *Contents: Ancient Hebrew and Homeric Greek life-force; Plato, Aristotle and Hellenistic thoug and was an insatiable collector of Greek doctrines, commentator on ancient texts,
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  • ...considered as a structural principle is just as much an intrinsic part of ancient and medieval music as it is of the tonal system of modern times. The two-no ...counterpoint, that were covered by the term ‘harmony’ (in keeping with the ancient and medieval meaning of the term). From the 18th century onwards both aspec
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  • ...ome-close. 1774 Garton Inclos. Act 3 All the home-steads, home-closes, and ancient inclosures. 1853 C. W. ADAMS Spring in Canterbury Settlement vii. 69 The ho 1579-80 NORTH Plutarch 190 The *home-tarriers and house-doves that kept Rome still.
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  • ...the Kyng was brought to the seid Commens. 1533 J. BELLENDEN tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 225/12 The faderis, movit to hie displeseris be thir persand wour ...privatt. 1606 W. WARNER Albions Eng. XV. xcvi. 383 Phocas for his Priuats Rome the Supreme Sea promoted. 1611 B. JONSON Catiline III. i. 481 Nor must I be
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