What was the Hellenistic civilization? What does the term Carolingian refer to? What were the chief features of Etruscan culture and religion? What were the three roots of medieval culture in Western Europe? What were the earliest cultures to mine for gold? What type of religion did the Sumeri...
What does Hellenistic mean in Greek? Historians call this era the “Hellenistic period.” (The word “Hellenistic” comes from the word Hellazein, which means“to speak Greek or identify with the Greeks.”) It lasted from the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. until 31 B.C., when Roman t...
How did Alexander of Macedon help to preserve Hellenistic culture? What was Greek religion before Hellenism? What are five contributions that the Greeks and Romans gave to us? What does classical culture refer to? What were the cultural contributions of the Byzantine Empire? What types of art co...
Daniel 2:15 tn The Aramaic word מְהַחְצְפָה (mehakhtsefah) may refer to the severity of the king’s decree (i.e., “harsh”; so HALOT 1879 s.v. חצף; BDB 1093 s.v. חֲצַף), although it would seem that in a delicate situation...
‘Judea and Samaria’ is a reference to the biblical regions of Judaea and Samaria. It is used by the Israeli government to refer to the West Bank.
Elsewhere in Horace’s Satires he suggests that muria, salted fish brine, was a desirable sauce to blend with oil and wine and this has been noted to be out of keeping with later fashion as muria was considered lower status. Using muria recalls earlier Hellenistic cuisine and it was the ...
Many Iranians were too deeply committed to the idea of the lordship of Ahura Mazdah, not only as a ruler of Asia but also as inspirer of their own private lives. That is certainly the feeling of the Zarathushtrian Gathas and of the royal inscriptions. Therefore, in the Hel...
The Covenant Setting - This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran
What does the term Carolingian refer to?End of Roman Rule:The Carolingians lived in the aftermath of the fall of the Roman Empire. This was a period of decline for parts of Europe, referred to as the Dark Ages, although scholars argue that advances continued after the end of Roman rule....
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