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?
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...
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...
Why are decorated manuscripts called illuminated? Illuminated Manuscripts: Illuminated manuscripts are usually associated with texts from the Middle Ages. However, they were also created in subsequent eras, as well. In the Middle Ages, the people illuminating manuscripts were almost always monks, who ...
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 ...
Why was the Hellenistic age important? Why was Sequoyah important? Why was the discovery of the Einstein Cross so important? Why is Agamemnon important? Why is Ferdinand Magellan important in world history? Why was Napoleon important? Why is Leonardo da Vinci important? Why is St. Augustine imp...
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 ...
From priceless Hellenistic artifacts to pre-historic shrines and massive gates, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is something else. Another important historical site in Turkmenistan is the ruins of Merv in the eastern part of Turkmenistan. Merv was once one of the most important places along the Si...