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  • The Second Council of Ephesus was a church synod in 449 C.E. It was ... had been deposed by Patriarch Flavian of Constantinople on account of ...
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  • Sarah (Hebrew שָׂרָה ; Arabic سارة, Saara ; "a woman ... She was born in the major Mesopotamian city of Ur and moved with her clan ...
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  • also refer to the biological phenomenon of outbreeding or inbreeding. or endogamous rules concerning the selection of marriage partners. In the case ...
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  • The Amalekites were a biblical people and enemy of the Israelites ... The Amalekites are unknown historically and archaeologically outside ...
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  • The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient ... The original Seven Wonders of the World consists of: The Great Pyramid ...
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  • leader) often seen as the instigator of the Monophysite heresy. He ... The head of an influential monastery near Constantinople, Eutyches ...
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  • The Queen of Sheba, (tenth century B.C.E.), also known as Makeda ... Yaqut al-Hamawi, the star-worshipers of Harran in Turkey, and those ...
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  • economist who occupied the first chair of political economy in England ... Compton, Berkshire, England, the eldest son of the Reverend John Raven Senior ...
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  • quot;), or Hierogamy, refers to the coupling of a god and goddess or their ... The concept of the hieros gamos derives from ancient mythologies relating ...
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  • The Aksumite Empire or Axumite Empire (sometimes called the Kingdom ... to climate change and to defeat at the hands of Judith, a legendary Jewish Queen. ...
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  • [[File:Philippoteaux The Numbering of the Israelites.jpg|thumb|250px ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member ...
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  • Dioscorus of Alexandria was the twenty-fifth bishop of Alexandria ... A disciple of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, whom he succeeded as patriarch ...
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  • May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was one of the founders of the State of Israel. Meir served as the Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and from March ...
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  • D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific ... Geographic Magazine has, through its use of photojournalism and quality ...
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  • "Warrior Lion"), was the brother of Moses and Miriam and founder ... for his leadership during the early stages of the Exodus, and especially ...
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  • people who first occupied the country west of the Euphrates from the second ... them as enemies and left several records of their defeat by Israelite heroes ...
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  • belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It is ... it is described as "among the best of fruits," and in Numbers ...
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  • Christian religious teacher in Alexandria, Egypt. He taught a dualistic theology ... Basilides was a pupil of a hearer of St. Peter, Glaucias by name, ...
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  • constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. In principle ... musical expression. In the ancient cultures of China, Africa, Greece, the ...
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  • A late 19th-century artist's conception of the Ark of the Covenant, employing ... The Ark of the Covenant (Hebrew: ארון הברית,aron habrit) ...
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