Jewish principles of faith - to art and philosophy, the Romans for their pioneering services in law and government, the British for bringing parlimentary rule into the world, and the Americans for piloting democracy in a pluralistic society. The Jews were chosen by God to be 'peculiar unto Me' as the pioneers of religion and morality; that was and is their national purpose." More on this topic is available in the entry on Jewish views of religious pluralism. The messianic age There will be a moshiach (messiah), or perhaps a messianic era. Note that the Jewish belief regarding the messiah has little to do with the Christian definition of this term. Jewish views of the messiah, the messianic era, and the afterlife are discusssed in the entry on Jewish eschatology. The soul is pure at birth.
Pliny's Natural History - of the books separately. The contents of the remaining books are as follows: II, mathematical and physical description of the world; III - VI, geography and ethnography; VII, anthropology and human physiology; VIII - XI, zoology; XII - XXVII, botany, including agriculture, horticulture and pharmacology; XXVIII - XXXII, medical zoology; XXXIII - XXXVII, mineralogy, especially in its application to life and art, including chasing in silver (xxxiii.154-751), statuary in bronze (xxxiv), painting (xxxv.15-941), modelling (151-851), and sculpture in marble (xxxvi). He apparently published the first ten books himself in AD 77, and was engaged on revising and enlarging the rest during the two remaining years of his life. The work was probably published with little, if any, revision by the author's nephew, who, when telling the story of a tame dolphin,.
Minolta - autofocus. All Maxxum cameras use A-type bayonet mount lenses, and Minolta MC and MD lenses are incompatible. Mayer quotes the price of a Maxxum 7000 with an AF 50mm f/1.7 lens at US$508 in 1985. In 2004, camera dealers consider these cameras worthless, but private owners can attest that the cameras are still fully functional even without regular maintenance. The problem with them is finding certain accesories for them, such as flash (because Minolta changed the design of the flash hot shoe with the Maxxum i line in 1988). But the newer lenses Minolta makes are still A-type bayonet mount and can be used with the older cameras, even if a few features thus become unavailable (such as power zoom). After the Maxxum i line came the Maxxum xi line, and.
List of Japan-related topics - of Japan, Emperor Shijo of Japan, Emperor Shirakawa of Japan, Emperor Shoko of Japan, Emperor Shomu of Japan, Emperor Suinin of Japan, Emperor Suizei of Japan, Emperor Sujin of Japan, Emperor Suko of Japan, Emperor Sushun of Japan, Emperor Sutoku of Japan, Emperor Suzaku of Japan, Emperor Takakura of Japan, Emperor Temmu of Japan, Emperor Tenji of Japan, Emperor Toba of Japan, Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan, Emperor Uda of Japan, Emperor Yomei of Japan, Emperor Yozei of Japan, Emperor Yuryaku of Japan Empress Gemmei of Japan, Empress Gensho of Japan, Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan, Empress Jito of Japan, Empress Kogyoku of Japan, Empress Koken of Japan, Empress Meisho of Japan, Empress Saimei of Japan, Empress Shotoku of Japan, Empress Suiko of Japan Ena, Endo Shusaku, Endymion, Engrish, Eniwa, Enjo kosai, Enka,.
Vincent of Lerins - the labour of rewriting the whole, has drawn up. In prosecution of his purpose Vincentius proceeds to show how his rule applies for the detection of error in the instances of some of the more notorious heretics and schismatics who up to his time had made havoc of the Church,-the Donatists and the Arians, for instance, and the maintainers of the iteration of Baptism; and how the great defenders of the Faith were guided in their maintenance of the truth by its observance. But the perplexing question occurs: Wherefore, in God's providence, were persons, eminent for their attainments and their piety, such as Photinus, Apollinaris, and Nestorius, permitted to fall into heresy? To which the answer is, For the Church's trial. And Vincentius proceeds to show, in the case of each.
Ibn Battuta - major city in the region to open its gates to the Mongols, it had become an important trading centre after most of its nearby rivals were razed. After this trip, Ibn Battuta returned to Makkah for a second hajj, and lived there for a year before embarking on a second great trek, this time down the Red Sea and the East African coast. His first major stop was Aden, where his intention was to make his fortune as a trader of the goods that flowed into the Arabian Peninsula from around the Indian Ocean. Before doing so, however, he determined to have one last adventure, and signed on for a trip down the coast of Africa. Spending about a week in each of his destinations, he visited Ethiopia, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Zanzibar,.
Gustav Bonde - fallen into the bands of the nobles, though his natural partiality for his fellow-peers came out clearly enough when in 1655 he was appointed a member of Charles X's land-recovery commission. In 1659 be succeeded Herman Fleming as lord high treasurer, and was one of the council of regency appointed to govern Sweden during the minority of Charles XI of Sweden. In 1661 he presented to the senate a plan which aimed at rendering Sweden altogether independent of foreign subsidies, by a policy of peace, economy and trade-development, and by further recovery of alienated estates. His budget in the following year, framed on the same principles, subsequently served as an invaluable guide to Charles XI. Bonde’s extraordinary tenacity of purpose enabled him for some years to carry out his programme, despite.
Table of Chinese monarchs - in the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms had tiresome posthumous names consisted of 10 to 20 Chinese characters. Why bother quoting them while only clear referencing is needed. Xia Dynasty Sovereigns of Xia Dynasty Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號) Convention: posthumous name Note: 1) all dates are approximate until the Duumvirate when first accurate dating of Chinese history began. Refer to Zhou dynasty for more info. Yu禹 yu3 or Xia Yu夏禹 xia4 yu3 or Da Yu大禹 da4 yu3 Qi啟 qi3 Tai Kang太康 tai4 kang1 Zhong Kang仲康 zhong4 kang1 Xiang相 xiang4 Shao Kang少康 shao4 kang1 or Xia Shao Kang夏少康 xia4 shao4 kang1 Zhu杼 zhu4 Huai槐 huai2 Mang芒 mang2 Xie泄 xie4 Bu Jiang不降 bu4 jiang4 Jiong扃 jiong1 Jin廑 ( Putonghua: jin3 or Guoyu: jin4 ) Kong Jia孔甲 kong3 jia3 Gao皋.
Apocalypse - The disclosure of hidden wisdom is made through a vision or a dream. Because of the peculiar nature of the subject-matter, this is evidently the most natural literary form. Moreover, the manner of the revelation, and the experience of the one who receives it, are generally made more or less prominent. Usually, though not always, the account is given in the first person. There is something portentous in the circumstances, corresponding to the importance of the secrets about to be disclosed. The element of the mysterious, often so prominent in the vision itself, is foreshadowed in the preliminary events. Some of the persistent features of the "apocalyptic tradition" are connected with the circumstances of the vision and the personal experience of the seer. As Daniel after long fasting stands by the.
Cesena - three popes". Cesena was originally an Umbrian town, then taken over by Romans in the 3rd century BC. It was destroyed in the wars between Marius and Sulla. Pliny mentions the wines of Cesena as among the best. From 752 to 1861, it was a fief directly held by the pope. In 1377, Robert of Geneva, a legate of Pope Gregory XI (and later anti-Pope Clement VII) sacked the town, massacring many of the inhabitants. But during the period 1379-1465, it recovered and prospered under the rule of the Malatesta family, who built a castle overlooking the town. The Malatestiana Library in the castle is considered a fine example of a Renaissance library and holds many valuable manuscripts. Cesena's industry centers on agriculture, handicrafts, and tourism. External Links Cesena home page.
Chinese sovereign - a particular sovereign. e.g. Han Gao Zu Note that Wei Wu Di Cao Cao never was a sovereign but his son was. Thus he was revered as Wu Di. Cao Cao is good enough for reference. Some rules of thumb and helpful tips for reading a list of sovereigns All sovereigns starting from the Tang Dynasty are contemporarily referred to using the temple names. They also had posthumous names but less-used, except in traditional historical texts. Reversed situation before Tang as posthumous names are contemporarily used. e.g. The posthumous name of Tang Tai Zong Li Shi Min was Wen Di (文帝 wen2 di4) If sovereigns since Tang were referenced using posthumous names, they were the last ones of their sovereignties or their reigns were short and unpopular. e.g. Tang Ai Di.
Square - for the vertices of a square centered at the origin and with side length 2 are (±1, ±1), while the interior of the same consists of all points (x0, x1) with -1 < xi < 1. See also: unit square In algebra, the square of x is written x2 and is defined as the product of x with itself: x × x. Taking the square is exponentiation with exponent two. If x is a positive real number, the value of x2 is equal to the area of a (geometric) square of edge length x. If y = x2 and x≥0, then x is the square root of y. A positive integer that is the square of some other integer is known as a square number, or more simply a square. In.
Zoroaster - Zoroaster is always the Magus, or the founder of the whole Magian system (Plutarch de Is. et Osir. 46 ; Plato loc. cit.; Diogenes Laertius prooem. 2; the passages in Jackson’s Zoroaster, 6 seq.). They sometimes call him a Bactrian, sometimes a Median or Persian (cf. Jackson, op. cit. 186). The ancients also recount a few points regarding the childhood of Zoroaster and his hermit-life. Thus, according to Pliny (Nat. Hist vii. 15), he laughed on the very day of his birth -- a statement found also in the Zardus/it-Nãma -- and lived in the wilderness upon cheese (xi. 97). Plutarch speaks of his intercourse with the deity, and compares him with Lycurgus and Numa Pompilius (Numa, 4). Dio Chrysostom, Plutarch's contemporary, declares that neither Homer nor Hesiod sang of the.
Valley of the Kings - and West Valley; most of the important tombs are in the East Valley. The West Valley has only one tomb open to the public: the tomb of Ay, Tutankhamun's successor. The Valley was used from approximately 1539 BC to 1075 BC, and contains some 60 tombs, starting with Thutmose I and ending with Ramses X or XI. The Valley of the Kings also had tombs for the favourite nobles and the wives and children of both the nobles and pharaohs. Around the time of Ramses I the Valley of the Queens was begun, although some wives were still buried with their husbands. The quality of the rock in the Valley is very inconsistent. Tombs were built, cutting through various layers of limestone, each with its own quality. This poses problems for.
Deng Xiaoping - Deng Xiaoping Dèng Xiǎopíng (鄧小平 邓小平 Teng Hsiao-p'ing) (August 22, 1904 - February 19, 1997) was a leader in the Communist Party of China (CPC) who served as the de facto ruler of the People's Republic of China from 1976 to 1997, forming the core of the so-called "second generation" CPC leadership. Under his leadership, mainland China developed one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Background Deng Xiaoping was born Deng Xixian (鄧希賢/邓希贤) in Paifang Village in Xiexing township, Guang'an County, Sichuan Province. Deng was educated in France, where many notable Asian revolutionaries, such as Ho Chi Minh and Zhou Enlai, discovered Marxism-Leninism. Deng married three times. His first wife, Zhang Xiyuan, one of his schoolmates from Moscow, died when she was 24, a few days after.
Irvine Meadow XI - Irvine Meadow XI Irvine Meadow XI are a Scottish football (soccer) club, from Ayrshire. Formed in 1897 they are one of the older Ayrshire Junior clubs still playing. Of the two football clubs in Irvine (the other being Irvine Victoria) they are the larger. Indeed, they are traditionally one of the biggest Junior clubs in Scotland, but have not been as successful in recent years as they once were. Meadow have set many attendance records at other Junior club's grounds and were at one stage invited to turn senior and play in the Scottish Football League. They decided to remain in the 'juniors' and at present compete in the Western Region Junior League. They are based at Meadow Park and play in blue. Honours: Scottish Junior Cup winners:.
Final Fantasy XI - Final Fantasy XI Final Fantasy XI is MMORPG from the Final Fantasy series, which has been released for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Windows PC. It is the first Final Fantasy that features online play. The World Final Fantasy XI takes place in a world called Vana'Diel, or more specifically, one of the parallel worlds called Vana'Diel. As this is an online RPG, every Square Enix server used to host the RPG can only cope with so many players, so there are multiple servers and each of these represents a different parallel world. These worlds are named after summoned creatures from earlier Final Fantasy games (for example, Diabolos, Ifrit, Ramuh, etc.) and there are currently (as of January 2004) just over 30 of them. A player is allocated.
Eric XI of Sweden - Eric XI of Sweden Eric XI Ericsson the lame, or Erik Eriksson den läspe och halte in Swedish, was king of Sweden 1222-1250, with an interregnum 1229-1234. He was born 1216, and died February 2, 1250. Son to king Erik X of Sweden. According to the chronicle "Erikskrönikan" he is said to have been partly lame, something which may have been against him during he reign. Eric was born after his fathers death, and because of his young age John I of Sweden from the house of Sverker was elected by the Swedish aristocracy, (against the will of the Pope, who wanted Eric as king). When John II died in 1222, Eric was elected king, but was nevertheless not 100% supported. After being a juvenile king for.
Eudoxius of Antioch - church of Constantinople, Saint Sophia, begun in 342 by the emperor Constantius II, was dedicated. Eudoxius, mounting his episcopal throne before the expectant multitude of courtiers, ecclesiastics, and citizens, began with the words: "The Father is asebes, the Son is eusebes." A great tumult of indignation arose on all sides in St. Sophia. The orator, unabashed, explained: "The Father is asebes because He honours nobody; the Son is eusebes because He honours the Father." The new cathedral echoed with peals of uncontrollable laughter. Thus, says Socrates Scholasticus (ii. 43), these heresiarchs tore the church to pieces by their captious subtilties. Eudoxius consecrated his friend Eunomius to the see of Cyzicus; but such complaints were brought to the emperor that he ordered Eudoxius to depose him. Eudoxius, terrified by menaces, persuaded him.
Dong Xi - Dong Xi Dong Xi was a courageous Wu kingdom general from Kuaiji who first entered service with Wu under Sun Ce. He participated in numerous Wu battles, and was known for always defeating his enemies, helping defeat Peng Hu and Huang Zu, for example. He died in the battle of Ruxu (circa 212-218) against Cao Cao after his ship was defeated, defending it to the last man..
