Asia is divided into 5 geographical regions (North Asia, South Asia, West Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia). Why is this division useful/beneficial? Why is it called the Hellenistic period? Why is Confucius called Confucius? Why was the British East India Com...
Why is it called Death Valley? Why are all of Thailand's kings named Rama? Why do we use the word Hellenistic instead of Greek? Why is it called the Peloponnesian War? Why did Siam become Thailand? Why is it called Montezuma Castle?
to distinguish it from the Hellenistic astrology that came before it and the European Medieval astrology that followed. The Carmen Astrologicum of Dorotheus was a major influence upon the astrology of the Persian period. This is particularly so in the development of the astrology of choosing lucky...
The verb χαιρω (chairo; hence English words like charity and charisma) means to rejoice or be glad, and although that may seem clear enough, it really isn't. Everybody is familiar with the verbs to rejoice and be glad, but it's wildly unclear what real-world act, activity or ...
WhileGreek culture had reached great heights in art, literature and philosophyalreadyin the earlier classical era, it is in the so-called Hellenistic period that we see for the ?rst time — anywhere in the world — the appearance of science as we understand it now: not an accumulation of ...
How did Rome's contact with the Hellenistic world affect the development of Roman civilization? How did Rome build an empire around the Mediterranean Sea? Did the Carthaginians conquer Italy? What were the wars between Rome and Carthage called? How did Julius Caesar defeat the Gauls? How lon...
Question: Why is Pythagoras important? Pythagoras: Pythagoras was an ancient Greek who led a secret society known as the Pythagoreans. Pythagoras is believed to have been born in 569 BCE on the Greek island of Samos. Records of his death vary, but most agree that he passed away in Italy ...
Paul has more to say on the subject of slavery. In Galatians 5:1, Paul states that "It was for freedom that Christ has set us free" even though his passage 1 Corinthians 7:20-24 states "he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave." Paul appears unable to decide...
“Since everyone is excited about a male child, she has remorse [from her oath] in a week. But for the female, where everyone is upset, it takes fourteen days for her to have remorse.” Notably, even as R. Shimon is taking into consideration the woman’s feelings and her experience ...
To the Roman soldiers, to many of the by standers, Greeks or Hellenistic Jews, the words would be, as the sequel shows, unintelligible. We shrink instinctively from any over-curious analysis of the inner feelings in our Lord's humanity that answered to this utterance. Was it the natural ...