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- Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather th...
12: ...s. They refused to endorse completely all of the ritual directions and formulas of the ''[[Book of Common...
16: ...e absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter became the...
20: ... of the Church he saw Puritanism as a potentially dangerous movement; he authorized the [[King James B...
36: ... [[United Church of Christ]]) is the direct descendant of New England Puritan congregations, although ... - Performance (3170 bytes)
14: ...[[ballet]] and other types of [[Performance dance|dance]]
20: Performances might take place daily, or at some other regular [[interval (time)|in...
22: ...ult]] setting whereby the performance becomes a [[ritual]]. In a [[scientific]] setting, the carrying out ...
24: ...n very quiet, or encourage them to [[sing]] and [[dance]] along with the [[music]]. In a '''street con... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...er]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[...
4: ...-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; she had a brother one year younger) of the...
9: ... he would like the hand of the Empress's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the...
15: ...ria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...rteen. The Empress's parting words to her sobbing daughter was, "Farewell, my dearest child. Do so muc... - Maya Deren (3661 bytes)
8: ...5). In 1946 she was awarded a [[Guggenheim]] Foundation Fellowship for "Creative Work in the Field of...
10: ...ly did she film many hours of [[Vodoun|voodoo]] [[ritual]], but also participated in them. Her book on th...
14: ...t [[James Merrill]] (1926-1995) and his partner [[David Jackson]] (''?''-2001) during [[seance|s顮ces... - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: Many people today use a conception of "culture" that developed in ...
10: ...and [[value]]s; but rather that only a single standard of refinement suffices, against which one can m...
14: Today most social scientists reject the [[monadic]] co...
19: ...[[anthropology|anthropologists]] had adopted and adapted the term ''culture'' to a broader definition ...
21: ...s a supplement to it, as the main means of human adaptation to the world. - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
2: ...ar. Most famous among those are the [[lemur]]s. Madagascar and [[Mauritania]] are the only countries n...
6: ... = Republique de Madagascar <br> Repoblikan'i Madagasikara |
7: common_name = Madagascar |
8: image_flag = Madagascar flag large.png |
9: image_coat = Madagascar_COA.png | - Mummy (16225 bytes)
8: ...preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period in [[Peru]].
16: ...h a set of [[Egyptian burial rituals and protocol|rituals and protocol]].
18: The earliest known 'mummified' individual dates back to approximately [[34th century BC|3300 B...
25: ...wledge of human anatomy, they also had to perform rituals at several stages during the process.
27: A typical mummification took 70 days in which craftsmen raced to finish the tomb. - Isis (20790 bytes)
7: ...nt throughout her worship. First mentions of Isis date back to the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th dynast...
54: ...ad]] of [[Heliopolis (ancient)|Heliopolis]], as a daughter of [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] and [[Geb]], and s...
63: ...ide'' contains the most extensive account known today, a myth so significant that everything else pale...
65: ...th of [[Osiris]]' posthumous son, [[Horus]]. Many dangers faced Horus after birth, and Isis fled with ...
68: ...lored to use the true name of Re while performing rituals. By the late Egyptian history, Isis becomes the ... - Tawaret (3580 bytes)
1: ...ue of Tawaret]] '''Tawaret''' ("The Great One") – was a popular deity in ancient [[Egyptian myth...
3: ... knife, which would be used to threaten evil [[spiritual being|spirits]]. She would sometimes be depicted ...
7: ... [[ivory]], which would be used as [[wand]]s in [[ritual]]s to drive evil spirits away from mothers and ch...
9: ...s represented as a [[constellation]], the present-day [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]]. She was describ... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
4: There are no fixed or universally agreed dates for the beginning or the end of the Ancient Gr...
6: ...e term back to about [[1000 BC]]. The traditional date for the end of the Ancient Greek period is the ...
8: These dates are historians' conventions and some writers t...
10: ...ce is considered by most historians to be the foundational culture of [[Western world|Western Civiliza...
15: ...only scant archaeological evidence, survive. Secondary and tertiary texts such [[Herodotus]] "Historie... - Sport (14061 bytes)
11: ...m over 30,000 years ago, as established by carbon dating. Although there is scant direct evidence of s...
18: ...ed to have fun and take a break from a hectic workday or to relieve unwanted stress, as with any profe...
77: ...he event to strengthen its spread through propaganda.
79: ...ing Gaelic games, but the advent of the [[Good Friday Agreement]] in 1998 led to the eventual removal ...
81: ...ese trends are seen by some as contrary to the fundamental ethos of sport being carried on for its own... - American football (39287 bytes)
7: Outside of the United States and Canada, the sport is referred to as 'American football' ...
11: ...tries. ''Super Bowl Sunday'' has become an annual ritual in late January or early February. Additionally, ...
27: ...ague]] - men's professional league based in [[Canada]], played using a modified set of rules known as ...
30: * [[Arena football]] - an indoor adaptation of professional football, played at a fast...
40: ... League of American Football]] (WLAF, 1991-1993 — now [[NFL Europe]]), and, the [[American Footb... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions the castes and compares them to t...
7: ...t refers to the the lustrous colour of the sky at dawn.
20: ...as it is taught and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. To the Brahman belongs the right of te...
27: ...ociety, and must endure 12 years studying the [[Vedas]].
31: ... the [[Iran|Persia]]ns and the [[levites]] of [[Judaism]]. - Human (48024 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Hominidae]]}}
14: ...apiens | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
16: ''[[Homo sapiens idaltu]]'' (extinct)<br/>
21: ...hemselves in [[biological]], [[social]], and [[spiritual]] terms. Biologically, humans are classified as t... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ustry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, it was the dominant econom...
21: ...7 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated segregation was legal as long as it provided f...
30: ...rrivals on the Plains--previously they had been sedate farmers in the Great Lakes region. Once they l...
32: ...1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The Arm...
34: ...rn Sioux reservation at [[Wounded Knee]], [[South Dakota]], led to an uprising that saw the Sioux atta... - List of religions (13836 bytes)
8: ...cal [[monotheism]], who consider themselves descendants of the patriarch [[Abraham]].''
31: *'''[[Judaism]]''' (see also: [[Jew]]; [[Hebrews]])
33: ***[[Karaite Judaism]]
34: ***Rabbinic Judaism
35: ****[[Orthodox Judaism]] - Meditation (26064 bytes)
3: ..., meditation itself need not be a religious or spiritual activity. Most of the more popular systems of med...
5: ...esses. The goal in this case is the receipt of spiritual insights and new understanding.
7: ...y]], meditation can induce — or is itself — an [[altered state of consciousness]].
20: ...serve simply as a means of relaxation from a busy daily routine, or even as a means of gaining insight...
22: However, see [[spiritual materialism]]. - Spice (1517 bytes)
2: ...ny have been used in [[medicine]] and religious [[ritual]] as well. Spices are distinguished from other pl...
10: ...on that [[Portugal|Portuguese]] navigator [[Vasco Da Gama]] sailed to India, which eventually led to t... - Carthage (20744 bytes)
3: ... the [[Phoenician languages|Phoenician]] ''Qart-Hadasht'' "New City" (written without vowels as ''QRT ...
6: ...city was founded by [[Dido]], and a number of foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman l...
29: ... more likely to have been part of Roman [[propaganda]] against the Carthaginians to justify their conq...
33: ...of the city ritual celebrations included rhythmic dancing, derived from Phoenician traditions. The god...
40: ...ich this conflict played out. From their earliest days, both the Greeks and Phoenicians had been attra... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
6: * [[Jan Hus]], [[John Wycliffe]], [[William Tyndale]]
20: ...tural debate about religious reforms and later fundamental religious values. Historians would generall...
24: ...enturies,</b> the combination of both a newly abundant labor supply as well as improved productivity, ...
28: ...breakdown of the [[philosophy|philosophical]] foundations of [[scholasticism]], the new [[nominalism]]...
30: ... to reason. The European Renaissance laid the foundation for the Northern humanists in its reinforceme...
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