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- Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
13: ...t as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...e, where he was found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52). Probably also during this perio...
17: ...ster Mary, and [[Mary Magdalene]], [[Salome (disciple)|Salome]] and other women (John 19:26). Mary cr...
19: Of the roughly 100 people in the Upper Room after the Ascension on the day...
27: ...was conceived. They took her to live in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] when she was three years old, muc... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
5: After completing a few pictures in Sweden and appearing in th...
9: ...e Orient Express]]'' ([[1975]]). In [[1978]] she played in [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s ''[[Autumn Sonata]]''...
13: ...art kept to be interred in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in [[Stockholm]].
44: * [[American Creed]] (1946) (short subject) - Greek language (35285 bytes)
25: ... historical stages of the Greek language that are placed prior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet...
36: ...Italian]] is to [[Latin language|Latin]], for example. It is claimed that an "educated" speaker of the...
44: Greek is spoken by about 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in ...
52: ... reflects features of the older language. The examples below are intended to represent Attic Greek in ...
164: | [[plosive consonant|'''Plosive''']] - Sport (14061 bytes)
11: ..., and [[Australia]] of [[cave art]] (see, for example, [[Lascaux]]) from prehistory which provide evid...
13: ...tructures which suggest that [[China|Chinese]] people engaged in activities which meet our definition ...
17: ...re or competition on an increasing scale, for example hunting, fishing, horticulture. The Industrial R...
24: ...sport's aim than on the actual mechanics. The examples given are intended to be illustrative, rather t...
35: ...all being popular throughout the world. Other examples are: [[Rugby football|Rugby]], [[ice hockey]], ... - Caste (32815 bytes)
3: ...f which is specialised in a certain task. For example, [[social insect]]s like [[ant]]s, [[bee]]s and ...
7: ...he sense of "faith, religious doctrine, choice of creed or belief.") The language of the [[Gathas]] (the ...
20: ...g the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. To the...
34: ...aste System has been outlawed, the Brahmins still play a vital role in Hindu culture.
40: ===== Examples ===== - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...enerally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
14: ...l of Nicea in [[325]] C.E., known as the [[Nicene Creed]]. This describes the beliefs that [[God]] (as a ...
23: ...1), but was rejected as an [[apostate]] by the people generally considered to be the [[Jew]]ish author...
27: ...f Jesus as recorded in the [[New Testament]]. Examples include the book of [[Isaiah]] that alludes to ...
29: ...early traditions of the church name numerous disciples (as many as [[Seventy Apostles|70]], including ... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...defined it as the sum total of answers given to explain humankind's relationship with the universe. I...
2: ...anization" – that is, an organization of people that supports the exercise of some religion, oft...
19: ...rience with the Divine. This narrower definition places "religion" in contradistinction with [[ration...
21: ...us, who see metaphysical claims as necessary to explain natural phenomena at a fundamental level.
23: ...or, institutionalized religions. This definition places "religion" in contradistinction to "spiritual... - Pope Leo I (11553 bytes)
5: ...]] written at his request. But nothing shows more plainly the confidence felt in him than his being ch...
7: ...440]]), and Leo was unanimously elected by the people to succeed him. On [[September 29]] he entered u...
17: ...ome; since [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]], the disciple of [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and founder of the Alex...
19: ...sively in regard to a number of questions of discipline.
21: ...recepts and those of his predecessors; and he sharply rebuked the bishops of [[Sicily]] ([[447]]) for ... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...or and sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Ea...
9: ...ne thousand years after they were created, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earli...
19: ... ambitions seemed to threaten the republic - now placidly accepted one man rule.
42: ...ustan Age include [[Tacitus]], [[Dio Cassius]], [[Plutarch]] and [[Suetonius]]. [[Josephus]]'s ''[[Jew...
52: ...]; the Emperor's paranoia, which he had so ably exploited for his own gain, was turned against him. Se... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Tampico, Illinois]]
13: | place of death=[[Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California | ...
25: ...n was [[baptism|baptized]] in his mother's [[Disciples of Christ]] church in Dixon, and in [[1924]] he...
29: ...for the next seven years, reportedly saving 77 people from drowning. Reagan would later joke that none...
31: ...d. Reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both teams fouled off pitc... - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[West Branch, Iowa]]
13: | place of death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
34: ...the orphan from West Branch a surrogate family--a place to belong.
43: ...orship and democracy, Hoover liked to say, was simple: dictators organize from the bottom down, democr...
48: ...t cornbread. In all, the CRB saved ten million people from starvation. - History of India (31279 bytes)
30: ...ada Valley has produced hominid remains of middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle pala...
36: ...brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars speculate it may hav...
38: ...known as Harappa civilization, is a story of a people intricately tied to their environment. The geogr...
40: ... presence of a state level society is evident, complete with hierarchical rule and large scale public ...
44: ...wn writings in [[Sanskrit]]. Whether the Vedic peoples originated in India or invaded India from the n... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political philosophy|political phil...
6: ...René „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
12: ...racted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommend...
16: ... Earl of Devonshire, died of the [[Bubonic plague|plague]] in June 1628. The widowed countess dismisse...
20: ...showing how physical phenomena were universally explicable in terms of motion, at least as motion or m... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ... to an early rift between Christianity and the temple priesthood, and later rabbinic Judaism.
12: ...music]] in hymns and prayer, and [[ascetic]] disciplines such as [[fasting]] and [[alms|almsgiving]]. ...
40: *[[Polycarp]], bishop of Smyrna and disciple of [[John the Evangelist]]
64: ...ced by [[Nestorius]], a [[patriarch of Constantinople]])
73: ...adherents. This was observed quite early, for example, the second century [[Celsus]] (whose words are ... - Islam (36809 bytes)
6: ...y]], it is derived from the same root as, for example, ''Salām'' meaning "peace" (also a common s...
12: ...ahamic]] roots, whilst the Qur'an calls them [[People of the Book]]. Islam has three primary branches ...
28: The Muslim creed in [[English language|English]]:
35: ...''). This monotheism is absolute, not relative or pluralistic in any sense of the word.
38: ... to polytheism. As it says in the Qur'an, ''"O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your reli... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...ian subcontinent]]. In the US alone, 3 million people follow some form of Hinduism.
27: ...[[Advaita]] philsophy, are monists, and view multiple manifestations of the one God or source of being...
30: ...ultimate aim for mankind, [[moksha]]. See for example, [http://www.dvaita.org/docs/srv_faq.html#hell t...
33: ... in Hinduism, regardless of denomination. For example, a well-known Rig Vedic hymn stemming from Hindu...
36: ....jpg|thumb|left|275px|10th-century ''mandir'' (temple) in [[Khajuraho]], Madhya Pradesh]] - Judaism (54799 bytes)
2: ...he [[religious]] [[culture]] of the [[Jew]]ish people. It is one of the first recorded [[monotheistic]...
9: ...aism. It was used in the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple in ancient Jerusalem]].]]
19: ...fice. The Children of Israel similarly had a [[Temple in Jerusalem]], [[Kohen|priests]], and made [[Ko...
21: ...vate everyday life to the level of the ancient Temples' worship by worshipping God through the spectru...
26: ...descendants were in charge of worship in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]]. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] |
10: place_of_death=Eisleben, Germany
12: ...gs inspired the [[Protestant Reformation]] and deeply influenced the [[doctrine]]s of [[Lutheran]], [[...
14: ...f the [[German language]] and added several principles to the art of [[translation]]. Luther's [[hymn]...
26: ... to monastic life, the effort to do good works to please [[God]] and to serve others through prayer fo... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
15: ...pture and toreutic handiwork of [[Crete]] have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impre...
21: ...ng linked one with the other in a labyrinthine complexity, and the greater oblongs are entered from a ...
23: ...with [[Egyptian]], [[Babylonian]] and [[Hittite]] plans, both these arrangements remain out of keeping...
25: ...the dome or "bee-hive," of which the grandest examples known are at Mycenae. The Cretan 'larnax' coffi...
33: ...places nearly 20 ft thick, which contains stone implements and shards of handmade and hand-polished ve... - Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
3: ... is an international [[multi-sport event]] taking place every fourth [[year]]. Originally held in [[an...
19: ...would get not only the prestige of being in first place but also a crown of olive leaves.
29: ...ed that the first modern Olympic Games would take place in [[1896]] in [[Athens]], in the country of t...
31: ...[1900 Summer Olympics|second Olympic Games]] took place in [[Paris]], [[France]].
36: ...C as Olympic Games, which has given rise to the explanation that they were intended to mark the 10th a...
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