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- Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...d unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the late sixteenth century to the early eightee...
22: ...ork was set for the eventual heirs of Puritanism, from the "low-church" Protestant and [[evangelicalis...
26: ...Dissenters]]. [[English Dissenters]] were barred from any profession that required official religious...
28: ...nwealth period, the Church of England was removed from Royal control and reorganized to grant greater ...
32: ...nd formed individual colonies, their numbers rose from 17,800 in 1640 to 106,000 in 1700. [http://www.... - 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... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
9: ...d [[Taoism]]. Most Chinese have a conception of [[heaven]] and [[yin and yang]]. The Chinese have also bel...
11: ...d into [[corruption]] could lose the [[Mandate of Heaven]] and be overthrown by a [[rebellion]].
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam]] and [[Christianity]].
23: ...by emperors. Estimate of Buddhists in China range from 70 million to 150 million.
44: In [[1289]], [[Franciscan]] friars from Europe initiated mission work in China. This mi... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
2: ... "emperor," rather than ''basilissa'', "empress") from [[797]] to [[802]]. She was the wife of [[Leo I...
8: ...these, held in [[786]] at [[Constantinople]], was frustrated by the opposition of the soldiers. The se...
10: ... restive under her autocratic sway. An attempt to free himself by force was met and crushed by the emp...
12: ...buted by the common superstition to the horror of heaven.
14: ...eophanes]], who alone mentions it, the scheme was frustrated by Aëtius, one of her favourites. A ... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1186]] to 1190. She was the eldest daughter o...
9: ...aldwin of Ibelin]], rebuffed Philip's advances. Affronted, Philip left Jerusalem to campaign in [[Anti...
11: ...]], the emperor previously receiving confirmation from his niece, the [[dowager queen]] [[Maria Comnen...
17: ...pt by Raymond and Bohemund, her political rivals, from marrying her daughter into the rival court fact...
21: ... succeed. Sibylla herself though was not excluded from the succession. Guy had become very unpopular a... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
19: ...any Christians that she is again portrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelation 12.1).
25: ...her of God'', ''Queen of Angels'', and ''Queen of Heaven''; other Catholic names for Mary can be found in ... - Esther (5002 bytes)
9: ...the [[Book of Esther]] attempt to derive the name from [[Ishtar]], the pagan goddess associated with t...
16: ...th and peace in their captivity, is also manifest from the Scripture account.
21: ...n it was customary "to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven." In this view, the story is "historic fiction" w... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
4: ...Kanzeon'''; the spelling '''Kwannon''', resulting from an obsolete system of romanization, is sometime...
10: ...er Buddhism was first introduced into the country from the mid-7th century.
12: ...ful, white-robed woman, a depiction which derives from the earlier ''[[Pandaravasini]]'' form.
16: ...k together again. With eleven heads gazing to the front and sides, Avalokiteshvara possesses the uniqu...
68: ...ern Ocean' and 'Kuan Yin (of/on) the Island' stem from this tradition. - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
7: ...s and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 t...
11: ...stians. She even considered Christian unity to be from Satan and one of the big apostasies of the last...
17: ...ave her health problems she never fully recovered from. In her weakened state, she was unable to retur...
23: ...aken into vision. The visions would last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.
25: ...orical and future), show her places (on earth, in heaven, other planets), or tell her information. When t... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
11: ...]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]] and [[Italian...
34: * [[Rage in Heaven]] (1941)
67: * [[From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler]] (1973) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarilynMonroe.jpg|right|frame|Marilyn Monroe]]
12: ...e was declared a ward of the state. Gladys's best friend, Grace McKee, later Goddard, became her guard...
15: [[Image:Pb1253.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]...
23: ...yn and her unique connection with the [[camera]]. From this point on, audiences were spellbound and Mo...
36: [[Image:dmm.jpg|frame|right|Monroe and Joe DiMaggio on their wedding... - Reese Witherspoon (2585 bytes)
1: [[Image:reesewitherspoon.jpg|frame|right|''Reese Witherspoon'']]
9: ...nd dramatic roles and has won Best Actress awards from the National Society of Film Critics and the On...
17: *''[[Freeway (movie)|Freeway]]'' (1996)
33: *''[[Just Like Heaven]]'' (2005) (currently in post-production) - Iconography (7643 bytes)
4: ...m]]. The figures are blue-skinned (the color of [[heaven]]) with multiple arms holding various symbols dep...
6: ...ion]]. To distinguish the veneration of [[icon]]s from the worship of [[Idolatry in Christianity|idols...
8: ...dox|Orthodox]], [[icon]]s serve as windows into [[heaven]]. The interiors of [[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox C...
11: ...[Gold (color)|Gold]] represents the radiance of [[Heaven]], or the Uncreated [[light]] of [[God]]; [[red]]...
13: ... the heads of holy individuals while it is absent from those who are not [[Christian]]s. This nimbus i... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
9: ...rth. This is the common account as you have heard from astronomers. But Aristarchus has brought out a ...
11: ...apparently quite strong, as the following passage from [[Plutarch]] suggests (''On the Apparent Face i...
13: ...he universe [i.e. the earth], . . . supposing the heaven to remain at rest and the earth to revolve in an ...
21: ...iameters must be in proportion to their distances from Earth. He thus concluded that the Sun was 20 ti... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y, it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...time in a century, and there was development of infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and education, w...
19: ...r. Mao remained head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which...
23: ...ut) and a much wider range of personal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the succ...
27: ...ost Chinese dissidents living abroad, many people from Hong Kong or Taiwan, ethnic minorities like Tib... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...the Motherland are Worth More than the Kingdom of Heaven)''</small>
58: ...epali groups known to historians, having migrated from the east in the [[7th century BC|7th]] or [[8th...
85: ... five climatic zones based on altitude that range from subtropical in the south, to cool summers and s...
111: Suffering from "[[Nepal_Civil_War|People's War]]" between the ...
118: ... multi-ethnic society. The data below are derived from the 2002 <i>Nepal Population Report.</i> [http:... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...e cities of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] in [[north Africa]], and a number of uninhabited islands on the ...
58: ...in the sense that they are not known to have come from elsewhere), consisting of a number of separate ...
70: ...s present languages, religion, and laws originate from this Roman period.
73: ...frica. Much of Spain's distinctive art originates from this seven-hundred-year period, and many Arabic...
81: ...but the uncontrolled influx of goods and minerals from [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish ... - Flag of Massachusetts (1839 bytes)
5: ...This flag included on its reverse the blue shield from the coat of arms containing only a green [[pine...
7: ... of a green pine tree and the motto "An Appeal to Heaven", was changed to remove the religious motto. Mass... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
10: ... religion. Early forms of art in China were made from pottery, jade and by bronze casting in the Shan...
14: ... latter who introduced the stanza form. Painting from the Tang dynasty period mainly consisted of lan...
29: ...s a sense of grandeur; this applies to everything from palaces to farmhouses. One notable exception is...
38: ...sty]]. Artifact circulating in US museums on loan from Beijing]]
83: ...] - [[Shanghai cuisine]] - [[Soy sauce]] - [[Stir frying]] - [[Szechuan cuisine]] - [[Szechuan pepper]... - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
3: ...s known is based on what was recorded by priests, from the [[iconography]] on Incan pottery and archit...
8: ...|Tici Viracocha]]. In another, he was brought up from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] by the sun god ...
10: ...e sent up to the earth by the sun god and emerged from the cave of Puma Orco at [[Pacaritambo]] carryi...
12: ...erging from a cave in Cuzco, the siblings emerged from the waters of [[Lake Titicaca]]. Since this wa...
16: == Deities ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Ekkeko]] -->
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