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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...entury BC]] and takes the form of inscriptions of divination records on the bones or shells of animals—s...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - List of religions (13836 bytes)
3: ...major religions" have historically been separated from the list of all religions can be found in the a...
59: ***[[Jacob Frank|Frankists]]
129: ***[[Society of Friends]] (Quakers)
145: *African religions
230: ...a|Orisha religions]] (beliefs of the former West African slaves in the New World) - Religion (72319 bytes)
10: The word religion is thought to derive from one of two combinations of Latin roots. The fi...
25: ...sion, see [[approaches to distinguishing religion from non-religion]].
38: *An ethical framework, including a definition of activities whic...
53: ... Commandments]] of the [[Old Testament]], flowing from the beliefs rather than being defined by the be...
54: ...xt|texts they hold as sacred]] uniquely different from other writings, and which records or is the bas... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
4: ...y, which used to be called "All Hallows," derived from All Hallowed Souls. In Ireland, the name was ''...
8: ...he Dead on Halloween. The spirits supposedly rose from the dead and, in order to attract them, food wa...
20: ... certain fictional figures like [[Dracula]] and [[Frankenstein]]'s monster. Homes are often decorated ...
29: ... the bell and yelling "trick or treat!" (or, less frequently, "Halloween apples!") The occupants of t...
35: ...tional horror, such as dressing up as a character from a [[TV show]] or [[film|movie]]. In [[2001]], a... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
8: ...cal Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [[ancient Near East]], such...
23: ... an altar to Zeus made not of stone, but of ash - from the accumulated remains of many centuries' wort...
25: ...could be found at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain modes of ...
33: ...aves were once used for [[incubation|incubatory]] divination by kings and priests. The dramatic setting of [[P...
48: ...dyssey]] was composed (circa [[750s BC|750 BC]]), divination was done there by barefoot priests called ''Sello... - Shinto (25829 bytes)
7: ...ese theories range from hypothesizes of migration from [[central Asia]] or [[Indonesia]] that are acce...
11: .... Much of the area of modern Japan was under only fragmentary control by the Imperial family, and riva...
15: ..., parts of the mythology were explicitly borrowed from Chinese doctrines. (For example, the co-creator...
35: ... Taoism, Buddhism, or Confucianism, but some come from ancient local traditions.
50: ...terlife are seen as complementing each other, and frequently the ritual practice of one will have an o... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
3: ...al, of the cunning of thieves, and the messenger from the gods to humans. A lucky find was a ''herma...
6: ...th the way in which the wind may transfer objects from one place to another, and with the transition t...
11: ...ke to refer to a syncretic god combining elements from Hermes and the [[Egypt]]ian god [[Thoth]].
13: ... Mercurius'' corresponds to English ''Wednesday'' from ''Wodnes d槧' 'Woden's day'.
26: ...n" herms, the standing stone or wooden pillar was frankly simply a phallus. The ''hermai'' were used ... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
6: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...entury BC]] and takes the form of inscriptions of divination records on the bones or shells of animals—s...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la...
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