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- Spleen (4479 bytes)
1: ...d [[red blood cell]]s and removal of other debris from the bloodstream, and also in holding a reservo...
3: It is an [[organ (anatomy)|organ]] derived from [[mesenchyme]] and lying in the [[mesentery]]. ...
12: The word '''spleen''' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''splēn''.
14: ...nd associated with melancholy. In contrast, the [[Talmud]] (tractate Berachoth 61b) refers to the spleen a... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are e...
26: The current location of Cairo was too far from the ancient course of the Nile to support a cit...
28: ...t]], which lay close to an ancient Egyptian canal from the Nile to the Red Sea.
30: ...Abbasid]]s, and contains the first [[mosque]] in Africa.
32: ... settlement grew into a small city. The [[North Africa]]n [[Shiite]] [[Fatimid]] Dynasty conquered Eg... - Shofar (6586 bytes)
5: ... the voice of a shofar, "exceeding loud," issuing from the thick cloud on [[Mount Sinai]] that made al...
7: ... praise (Ps. xcviii. 6; comp. ib. xlvii. 5). More frequently it was used as the signal-horn of war, li...
15: ...[halakha|Jewish law]] women and minors are exempt from the command to hear the shofar-blowing, but the...
17: ...ce resembling that of a European [[trumpet]] or [[French horn]], but smaller.
25: ...rose as to the correct sound of the teruah. The [[Talmud]] is uncertain whether it means an outcry or a mo... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Jordan]], and [[Egypt]] (listed clockwise from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines o...
38: established_dates = From the League of Nations mandate administered by t...
60: ...ncia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived from ''[[Philistine]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ...
62: ...spora]]. However, the [[Mishnah]] and [[Jerusalem Talmud]], two of Judaism's most important religious text...
68: ...], before becoming part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1517 until 1918. Throughout the centuries the s... - 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... - Nero (23127 bytes)
2: [[Image:nero.JPG|frame|Nero]]
32: ...n]] [[island]]s. Lucius was presumably separated from his mother at this point.
34: ...s first decisions was the recalling of his nieces from exile.
52: ...]], and the ''praefectus praetorianus'' [[Sextus Afranius Burrus]]. The first five years under Nero be...
54: ... state affairs. However problems would soon arise from Nero's personal life and the increasing competi... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ...in the [[first century]] AD. Christianity brought from Judaism its [[scriptures]] (the [[Old Testament...
10: ... on different interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
26: ...hurch]] is said to extend in an unbroken timeline from this period. This section will examine those f...
45: *[[Justin Martyr]], convert from Greek philosophy
67: ...hurch and Roman Emperor Constantine, we can infer from [[Athanasius]]' arguments against Arius some id... - Judaism (54799 bytes)
9: [[Image:Menorah7a.png|100px|right|framed|The seven-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient ...
11: ...s [[monotheism]]. This notion is derived directly from the [[Torah]] (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Na...
14: ...world. This is the foundation of Judaism. To turn from these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of...
24: ...[[Israelite]]s from slavery. After [[the Exodus]] from Egypt, God led them to [[Mount Sinai]] and gave...
32: ...uild the temple and the throne would never depart from his children. David himself was not allowed to ... - Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
2: ... to reach the [[heaven]]s. To prevent the project from succeeding, [[God]] confused their [[language]]...
4: == From the Hebrew scriptures ==
8: ...there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon th...
11: ...munity settled in the land of [[Shinar]], not far from the [[Euphrates]] River. Here they built a city...
13: The name "Babylon" is from Akkadian ''Bāb-ilu,'' which means, "Gate o... - Samaria (7953 bytes)
9: ...sraeli forces during the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]] from [[Jordan]]. Jordan withdrew all claims to the W...
19: ...mselves claim to be descendants of [[Israelites]] from the Northern Kingdom who escaped deportation an...
26: ...[[kingdom of Israel|Israel]], purchased this hill from Shemer its owner for two talents of [[silver]],...
31: Samaria, the city, was frequently besieged. In the days of [[Ahab]], [[Benh...
33: ...mished inhabitants of the city were soon relieved from the abundance of the spoil of the Syrian camp; ... - Vegetarianism (28920 bytes)
4: ...[lard]], [[tallow]], [[gelatin]], [[cochineal]]), from one's [[diet (nutrition)|diet]]. The most commo...
20: ... [[bean]]s, and is usually spiritually based like Fructarianism (see below).
22: ...t the food. Some spiritual raw-foodists are also Fructarians and some eat only [[organic food]]s (see...
28: ...to avoid [[malnutrition]] with a fructarian diet. Fructarianism is much rarer than vegetarianism or ve...
32: ...oods. These people will eat meat or meat products from animals raised under more humane conditions or ... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
9: ...|thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
16: ...mbnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
30: ...G|right|thumb|150px|Sack of Jerusalem. A fragment from the [[Arch of Titus]], Rome.]]
34: ...stricting some Jewish practices. Angry at this affront, the Judeans again revolted led by [[Bar Kokhb...
36: ...city, except under a brief period of Persian rule from 614-629.
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