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- Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
2: ...art of Genesis is read and how it is interpreted. Depending on which tradition is believed, she may or...
12: ...k print portraying Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with many of the "lower creatures."]]
15: ...f Eden to cultivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the tree of the knowle...
17: ...ow "the eyes of them both were opened" and they made aprons of [[fig]] leaves to cover themselves.
20: ...the flaming sword was removed from the Garden of Eden, making it possible for [[humanity]] to return t... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: ...fe of the historical Mary is a subject of ongoing debate.
4: ==Mary Magdalene in the New Testament==
6: ...her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to t...
8: This is the last entry in the canonical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Je...
12: ...he disciples ask questions of the risen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than ... - Iconography (7643 bytes)
1: ...00px|''[[Salvator Mundi]]'' is an [[iconography]] depicting [[Christ]] with his right hand raised in [...
2: ...[symbolism|symbolically]] mean more than a simple depiction of the person involved.
4: ...ms of change, the flower of new life, the fire of destruction, etc.). The many heads, eyes, feet, and ...
6: ...the immaterial [[God]] is overturned in the [[New Testament]] when [[God]] takes material flesh in the form o...
8: ...irement of the iconographer in order to correctly depict the spiritual realm. For the [[Eastern Orthod... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
9: '''Modern Greek'''
13: ...story of some 3,000 years. It is symbolically divided in four historical periods:
17: ...alect''', '''Post-Classic Greek''' or even '''New Testament Greek''' (after its most famous word of literatur...
21: ...poken by approximately 15 million speakers worldwide, most of whom live in [[Greece]].
32: ... since the [[2nd millennium BC]]. The earliest evidence of this is found in the [[Linear B]] tablets d... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
4: | order=4th President
7: | preceded=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]] - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...utenberg]] in the 1450s. This event has been awarded number 1 of the Top 100 Greatest Events of the M...
3: ==Development of the printing press==
4: ...ssing sheets of paper into individually carved wooden blocks ([[xylography]]). It is believed that blo...
6: ...in [[Song China]] and facilitated more creative modes of printing. Nevertheless, movable type was neve...
8: ... Gutenberg refined the technique with the first widespread use of movable type, where the characters a... - Hathor (11883 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
4: ...athor was an ancient goddess, worshipped as a cow-deity from at least [[2700 BC]], during the 2nd dyna...
6: ...the fate of the newborn, and [[midwife|midwives]] delivering them.
8: ...aid she arose from from Ra's tears, and thus was identified as the ''[[Eye of Ra]]''.
10: ...n [[hippopotamus]], which the Egyptians also considered quite motherly creatures, and sometimes as an ... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...ducation, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing such events...
8: ...of some of the earliest biographies in existence, detailing the lives of [[chief]]s, [[kings]], [[trib...
12: ..., [[Luke]], [[Mark]] and [[Matthew]] in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]] were biographies about [[Jesus...
16: ...]s used this historic period to write the first modern biographies. Their subjects were usually restr...
20: == Modern forms == - Ptolemy II of Egypt (4048 bytes)
1: ...lemyII.jpg|thumb|right|Head of '''Ptolemy II Philadelphus''' ([[309 BC|309]]-[[246 BC]]), with [[Arsi...
2: ...ient World'', 2nd ed. 1980) gives the date of his death as [[January 29]].
8: ...tolemaic sphere of power extended over the [[Cyclades]] to [[Samothrace]], and the harbours and coast ...
10: ...n]]. In a second war with the Seleucid kingdom, under [[Antiochus II Theos]] (after 260), Ptolemy sust...
14: ...d his sister-wife, after her death (270), as Philadelphus. This surname was used in later generations ... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
2: ... [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as described in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]].
6: ... of the term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translatio...
8: ... encompasses numerous religious traditions that widely vary by culture, as well as thousands of divers...
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of thought, including [[Angl... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...onship with the universe. In the course of the [[development of religion]], it has taken a huge numbe...
2: ...is used to designate what should be more properly described as a "religious organization" – that...
5: ...ht|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
10: ...e. The second interpretation, favoured by more modern scholars such as [[Tom Harpur]], is ''re + ligi...
12: ===Defining "religion"=== - Meditation (26064 bytes)
3: ...me calm and focused. Several major religions include ritual meditation; however, meditation itself nee...
5: ...se is the receipt of spiritual insights and new understanding.
10: ...t-clipart-9029.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
12: ...and some people use repetitive activities such as deep breathing, humming or chanting to help induce a...
16: Besides the physical factors related to meditation perha... - Spice (1517 bytes)
4: ...Spices at an outdoor market, Thailand. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
8: ...nd medieval world. In the story of [[Genesis (Old Testament)|Genesis]], [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)|Joseph]] was ...
10: ... happened upon the [[New World]], he was quick to describe to investors the many new spices available ...
14: *[[Spice trade]] - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...shop]], declaring that the office of bishop was a development of later [[Christianity]]. Furthermore,...
4: ...f Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in art as holding the keys to the gates of ...
7: ...tatue.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Saint Peter is usually depicted in art holding the keys to the gates of hea...
8: ...Jesus to be the promised [[messiah]] of the [[Old Testament]]. Jesus answered, "Flesh and blood has not reve...
11: ...are no other contemporary accounts of his life or death. Before becoming a disciple of Jesus, Simon ('... - Lorenzo Ghiberti (754 bytes)
1: '''Lorenzo Ghiberti''' ([[1378]] - [[December 1]], [[1455]]) was an important [[Renaissan...
3: ...r with ten panels depicting scenes from the [[Old Testament]]. These gates were so admired by [[Michelangelo... - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ... c. 1450. Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Artist: Andrea di Bar...
3: .... Petrarch and [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] are considered the fathers of the [[Renaissance]].
8: ...e antiquity to be given this honor. He traveled widely in Europe and served as an ambassador. He was ...
10: ...ience itself. Therefore, April 26th, 1336 is regarded as the "birthday of [[alpinism]]", and Petrarch ...
12: ...ano]] (who was later named executor of Petrarch's testament). In 1362, shortly after the birth of a daughter,... - Antelope (3906 bytes)
35: ...en startled they run with a peculiar bounding stride that makes them look as though they are bouncing ...
39: ...nera of which about 15 are endangered. These include:
68: * [[wildebeest]]
73: ...ristians possess: the [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]]s. Their ability to run swiftly has also led to...
82: .../animalbytes/t-antelope.html San Diego Zoo]. Includes pictures. - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
2: subject_name=Alexander Graham Bell |
3: image_name=Alexader_g_bell_1.jpg|
8: dead=dead |
9: date_of_death=[[August 2]] [[1922]] |
10: place_of_death=[[Baddeck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]] - Alfred Nobel (7332 bytes)
3: ...]], [[1896]], [[San Remo]], [[Italy]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] chemist, engineer and the [[inventor]]...
5: ...at their family-owned factory in [[Heleneborg, Sweden|Heleneborg]], and a disastrous one in [[1864]] k...
7: ...ingual Swedish-[[Esperanto]]) was published in Sweden in 2003. The play has not yet (May 2003) been tr...
16: ...xture of the other; but eventually the courts decided against Nobel.
21: ...loitation of the [[Baky|Baku]] oil-fields, in the development of which he and his brothers, Ludvig and...
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