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- 751: Colonies 2
- ... wealthy people brought Europeans and African servants. In their new home, the aristocrats produced a society in which only the wealthy had power. They tried and at some times forced their servants to convert to Christianity. They were constantly battling the Native Americans and had little respect for them. On the other hand, unhappy New England colonists and Europeans wanting complete freedom settled the middle colonies. The settlement of these lands ...
- 752: Fall Of The Roman Empire
- ... difficult to govern so many people which impacted the political issues above. The deterioration of the empire led to changing beliefs. People took refuge in mysticism and other religious beliefs. From its beginnings in Judaea, Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire. Clergy preached the doctrine of patience and pacifism. This generated negative influences on military virtues and patriotism. As Roman power continued to decline in the West, invasions continued, and pressure ...
- 753: Granada, Spain
- ... steadily drove the Arabs out of Spain. Granada was the last stronghold and finally succumbed to Isabel and Ferdinand in 1492. The Moslems and the Jews were forced to leave the country or convert to Christianity. At the same time Christopher Columbus came to Granada to ask Isabel and Ferdinand for a grant to build ships so that he could conquer the Americas. They gave him the money and then went ...
- 754: Hinduism And Budism
- Hinduism and Buddhism The idea of “religare” or binding oneself back to one’s religion is key to many religions. In Christianity, we bind our selves back to the truth unveiled through scripture, myths, tradition, and the church’s teachings. Hinduism, however has a much different interpretation of the idea of binding oneself back. There really is ...
- 755: History Of The Olympics
- ... were to take place. The sessions were grueling; just like they are for today’s athletes. The original Olympic Games lasted for so long because they were a religious festival; in honor of Zeus. When Christianity began to spread across the ancient world, the festivals were held no more, as Zeus had lost his position. The site of the games was abandoned by order of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I in ...
- 756: Cubans
- ... Santeria developed out of the traditions of the Yoruba, one of the African peoples who were imported to Cuba during the 16th through 19th centuries to work on the sugar plantations. Santeria blends elements of Christianity and West African beliefs and as such made it possible for the slaves to retain their traditional beliefs while appearing to practice Catholicism. Santeria's believe in one God, but also in saints or spirits ...
- 757: Civil Affair
- ... people who were forced to suffer, they to had to deal with the church. The church promised them salvation and tried to teach them acceptance of their situation. The Indians did not see acceptance in Christianity. Rigoberta and her people knew that God had a "kingdom for the poor", but they also knew that it was not "Gods will that we should live in suffering, that God did not give us ...
- 758: Holocaust 7
- Anti-Semitism has been a problem for the Jews ever since the seventeenth century. The Christians, while trying to convert the Jews to Christianity, took strong measures against the Jews. They burned the Talmud, a book of civil and religious laws, and torched other holy writings. Jews have always been considered lower class and were classed as dirty. The ...
- 759: Illumaniti
- ... himself said that the word is derived from Lucifer and means «holders of the light». The Luciferian conspiracy Weishaupt was a Jesuit-trained professor of Canon Law, teaching in Inglecot University, when he defected from Christianity to embrace the Luciferian conspiracy. This was in 1770. He began to write out the master plan that was designed to give the Synagogue of Satan, so named by Jesus Christ, ultimate world domination so ...
- 760: Indian Frontier
- ... While Grant served as General in Chief of the United State Army a group of Quakers, know as the Friends, urged him to adopt a new peace policy. This policy was to be founded on Christianity and peace, rather than on force of arms. The policy also called for men of religious conviction to be appointed to agency posts. Grant quickly embraced this idea and pretty soon Grant’s Peace Policy ...
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