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    RESPONSE TO A SEDEVACANTIST CRITIC. Critic Taken from Polarprefecture: heretics http://polarprefecture.blogspot.com Posted by Sunniva Index of the colours used: black =the words of Angelica Zambrano; red =words of Sunniva; Violet =my answers *The “evil revelation of Angelica Zambrano” I usually don’t pay much attention to these private revelations that pop up from time to time. As a former protestant I did‚ and it was usually a waste of time. What follows is the opinion from a formal

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    The Hero with a Thousand Faces is a non-fiction novel written by Joseph Campbell. The book explains Campbell’s 17 steps of a hero. Campbell believed that all heroes went through these steps through out there journey. Many books emphasize and prove his theory correct‚ but these were some pieces that came to mind were the epic of Gilgamesh‚ Beowulf‚ and Things Fall Apart. In these pieces of literature we deal with two types of heroes. There is the tragic hero such as Okonkwo in the book Things Fall

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    ------------------------------------------------- Mesopotamia From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Mesopotamia (disambiguation). Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia Mesopotamia (from the Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία: "[land] between rivers"; Arabic: بلاد الرافدين‎ (bilād al-rāfidayn); Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ(beth nahrain): "land of rivers") is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system‚ corresponding to modern-day Iraq and to a lesser extent northeastern Syria

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    Outline Thesis: The flood stories in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis have many points of agreement‚ suggesting that they are somehow connected. Yet‚ there are also many differences. This term paper will identify similarities and differences in both. I. Introduction II. Gilgamesh a. What is the Epic of Gilgamesh? b. When was it written? c. What is it about? d. Describe the beliefs of the people. III. The Old Testament a. When was it written? b. Describe the flood? IV. Comparison of the Two

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    Chapter One Origins and Antiquity: Myths‚ Legends‚ and Epics The geographical origins of Western literature lie in areas as diverse as the Middle East‚ the Mediterranean‚ the central European forests‚ and the northwestern coasts‚ each of which produced a body of oral histories‚ myths‚ and legends‚ many of which were subsequently written down. They have been drawn on by writers since the emergence of a Western literature culture in ancient Greece. Stories have been used as entertainment‚ as origin

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    The pursuit of excellence 1) Socrates did not write "Apology". Socrates did not actually write anything‚ It was his friend Plato that wrote and documented Socrates’s speeches and dialogs. The "Apology" supposes to be an accurate account by Plato of Socrates’s trial before the Athenian jury in 399BCE. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against Socrates before the Athenian jury. In this trial Meletus‚ the prosecutor‚ argued that Socrates was guilty of corrupting the youth

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    2. What were the environmental surroundings of each of the four major river-valley civilizations? The four major river valleys were: Nile river (Egypt)‚ Indus (Pakistan) Tigris and Euphrates (what is now Iraq)‚ and the yellow river (what is now china). Egypt (Nile River) was surrounded by marshlands‚ ponds‚ and lakes. There was “black earth”‚ an alluvial plain created from regular floods from central African headwaters‚ Egypt was bordered by the Sahara desert‚ with scattered oasis. Indus (Pakistan)

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    Learning journal #1 Chapters 1-5 As I was introduced to the history of art‚ I soon learned that there are three main ways in which art in the west was visible. Pictures are one of the three ways in which art was made back in the day. Personally I found very interesting the self-portraits that artists made. For instance‚ I was amazed by the creation of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Mona Lisa‚ the art work that has a high intrinsic value. This picture created by the Italian artist gives me an impression of smartness

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    Essay C Evaluate the ancient and modern interpretations of Sennacherib’s effectiveness as a ruler. There are many ancient and modern interpretations about Sennacherib’s effectiveness as a ruler. Sennacherib was a king from 704 BCE up to 681BCE. He accomplished numerous things for Assyria such as‚ the expansion of the empire‚ build water supplies to the city and the gain of support from the gods to the Assyrian people. The ancient and modern interpretations provide many information’s about Sennacherib’s

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    Exam 1 review sheet History 1100 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: Prehistory- first civilized people started migrating out of Africa‚ into the Near East‚ Europe and Asia. The migration set the period known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is where people drastically made a change. They started using tools made out of stone‚ agriculture and domesticated animals. Paleolithic Age (old stone)- 200‚000 b.c.-10‚000 b.c. Neolithic Age (new stone) – 10‚000 b.c.-4‚000 b.c. PALEOLITHIC AGE: Hunter-gatherers-

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