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BBC - History - British History in depth: Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade - 1 views

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  • Margaret L on 09 Mar 10
     
    This website provides factual information about the slave trade. It is easy to understand and provides a well organized overview of the slave trade. This source gives good, general information and is a good starting place to find solid facts for any specific topic on the slave trade.
Margaret L

Basics of Buddhism - 0 views

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  • There are six separate planes into which any living being can be reborn -- three fortunate realms, and three unfortunate realms. Those with favorable, positive karma are reborn into one of the fortunate realms: the realm of demigods, the realm of gods, and the realm of men.
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      Margaret L on 23 Oct 09
       
      Good karma-->fortunate realm
  • The steps of the Noble Eightfold Path are Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.
Margaret L

Chinese Cultural Studies: The Buddha: Sermons and Teachings (6th century B.C.E.) - 0 views

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  • He who recognizes the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation has fathomed the four noble truths. He will walk in the right path.
  • Verily, it is that craving which causes the renewal of existence, accompanied by sensual delight, seeking satisfaction now here, now there, the craving for the gratification of the passions, the craving for a future life, and the craving for happiness in this life.
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Zoroastrianism - ReligionFacts - 0 views

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  • whom he called Ahura Mazda, the creator of all that is good and who alone is worthy of worship.
  • In his visions, Zarathustra was taken up to heaven, where Ahura Mazda revealed that he had an opponent, Aura Mainyu, the spirit and promoter of evil. Ahura Mazda charged Zarathustra with the task of inviting all human beings to choose between him (good) and Aura Mainyu (evil).
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      Margaret L on 23 Oct 09
       
      gods-good vs. evil
  • The Zoroastrian afterlife is determined by the balance of the good and evil deeds, words, and thoughts of the whole life. For those whose good deeds outweight the bad, heaven awaits. Those who did more evil than good go to hell (which has several levels corresponding to degrees of wickedness). There is an intermediate stage for those whose deeds weight out equally.
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      Margaret L on 23 Oct 09
       
      afterlife:good more than bad--> heaven
  • Margaret L on 23 Oct 09
     
    Basic facts on Zoroastrianism
Margaret L

British Museum - The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III - 3 views

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  • It was erected as a public monument in 825 BC at a time of civil war.
  • The second register from the top includes the earliest surviving picture of an Israelite: the Biblical Jehu, king of Israel, brought or sent his tribute in around 841 BC
  • There are five scenes of tribute
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      Margaret L on 01 Oct 09
       
      Conquered a lot.
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  • Assyrian kings often collected exotic animals and plants as an expression of their power.
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Who Were the Hyksos - 1 views

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  • The Hyksos were an important influence on Egyptian history, particularly at the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period.
  • It appears that the Hyksos left much of Egypt alone.
  • While the Hyksos imported some of their own gods, they also appear to have honored the Egyptian deities as well, such as Seth, who became assimilated with some Hyksos deities.
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  • One hypothesis is that the basic population of Egyptians allowed, from time to time, a new influx of settlers, first from the region of Lebanon and Syria, and subsequently from Palestine and Cyprus.
  • Hence, the Hyksos rule of Egypt was probably the climax of waves of Asiatic immigration and infiltration into the northeastern Delta of the Nile.
  • The Hyksos did eventually utilize superior bronze weapons, chariots and composite bows to help them take control of Egypt, though in reality, the relative slowness of their advance southwards from the Delta seems to support the argument that the process was gradual and did not ultimately turn on the possession of overwhelming military superiority.
  • However, the Hyksos never really ruled Egypt completely.
  • Yet, Egypt would eventually benefit considerably from their experience of foreign rule, and it has been suggested that the Hyksos rule of Egypt was far less damaging then later 18th Dynasty records would lead us to believe. It would make Egypt a stronger country, with a much more viable military.
  • Margaret L on 29 Sep 09
     
    Gives more background on the Hyksos who are described in the book as invaders of Egypt then adopted Egyptian culture.
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