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millennium
millennium [Lat.,=1,000 years], the period of 1,000 years in which, according to some schools of Christian eschatology, Christ will reign again gloriously on earth. Belief in the millennium, based on Rev. 20, has recurred in Christianity since the earliest times. Today it is held and taught by the ... Read more |
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Dravidians
Dravidians BIBLIOGRAPHY The Dravidians were the majority population across the Indian subcontinent before the second millennium. The evidence of early Dravidians comes from studying the Indo-Aryan culture, languages, and findings at many mounds, the preeminent of which are Mohenjodaro in... Read more |
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Gerrard Winstanley
Winstanley, Gerrard (b. 1609). Digger leader. Born in Wigan and apprenticed in London, he failed in trade, and from 1643 worked as a cowhand in Surrey. His twenty tracts (twelve being of substantial length) were all written between 1648 and 1651, and included manifestos for the Digger movement.... Read more |
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Aegean civilization
Aegean civilization , term for the Bronze Age cultures of pre-Hellenic Greece. The complexity of those early civilizations was not suspected before the excavations of archaeologists in the late 19th cent. The most remarkable of the cultures was perhaps that of Crete, which was flourishing by the... Read more |
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Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 75 Sidney StreetCambridge, Massachusetts 02139U.S.A.Telephone: (617) 679-7000Fax: (617) 374-7788Web site:http://www.mlnm.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1993Employees: 1,330Sales: $196.3 million (2000)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: MLNMNAIC: 325412... Read more |
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Babylonia
Babylonia , ancient empire of Mesopotamia. The name is sometimes given to the whole civilization of S Mesopotamia, including the states established by the city rulers of Lagash, Akkad (or Agade), Uruk, and Ur in the 3d millennium BC Historically it is limited to the first dynasty of Babylon... Read more |
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Nazca
Nazca or Nasca , ancient culture of the Nazca, Pisco, and Ica river valleys on the desert coast of S Peru. Flourishing during the first millennium AD, the Nazca culture seems to have developed out of the Paracas culture, and after 900 it was apparently under Tiahuanaco influence until the... Read more |
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Uruk
Uruk or Erech , ancient Sumerian city of Mesopotamia , on the Euphrates and NW of Ur (in present-day S Iraq). It is the modern Tall al Warka. Uruk, dating from the 5th millennium BC, was the largest city in S Mesopotamia and an important religious center. The sanctuaries of the goddess Inanna... Read more |
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Scythia
Scythia , ancient region of Eurasia, extending from the Danube on the west to the borders of China on the east. The Scythians flourished from the 8th to the 4th cent. BC They spoke an Indo-Iranian language but had no system of writing. They were nomadic conquerors and skilled horsemen. They seem... Read more |
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Balkh
Balkh , town, N Afghanistan, on a dried-up tributary of the Amu Darya River. One of the world's oldest cities, it is the legendary birthplace of the prophet Zoroaster . Because it was located on natural travel routes at a source of water, the town was important as early as the 3d millennium BC,... Read more |
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Millennialism and Apocalypticism
...reform as signs that the millennium was imminent...for the approaching millennium. John Humphrey Noyes...establish the earthly millennium because his followers...that Christ will come before the millennium...fundamentalists like Jerry ... |
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Falwell: Antichrist Probably Jewish
...people have over the new millennium, Falwell told about 1,500 people...else knows,'' said Falwell, whose Sunday morning...spread universal evil before the end of the world...second coming of Christ. Falwell, the chancellor of... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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FALWELL SAYS CHRIST WILL RETURN SOON, ANTICHRIST IS JEWISH, MAY BE ALIVE...
...people have over the new millennium, Falwell told about 1,500 people...else knows,'' said Falwell, whose Sunday morning...spread universal evil before the end of the world...second coming of Christ. Falwell, the chancellor of... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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FALWELL CLAIMS ANTICHRIST IS ALIVE TODAY AS A JEW.(MAIN)
The Rev. Jerry Falwell said the Antichrist...people have over the new millennium, Falwell told about 1,500 people...spread universal evil before the end of the world...second coming of Christ. Falwell, the chancellor of... |
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THE REV. JERRY FALWELL SAYS ANTICHRIST IS JEWISH MALE.(News)
...people have over the new millennium, Falwell told about 1,500 people...else knows,'' said Falwell, whose Sunday morning...spread universal evil before the end of the world...second coming of Christ. Falwell, the chancellor of... |
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Falwell's remark on Antichrist sparks charges of anti-Semitism
...for the ADL.What Falwell said reflects his...Ages."Last week Falwell told about 1,500...within a decade.Before that event can take place, Falwell and others believe...as the turn of the millennium approaches.Falwell... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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ANTICHRIST IS ALIVE AND A MALE JEW, FALWELL TELLS CONFERENCE
...people have over the new millennium, Mr. Falwell told about 1,500 people...knows," said Mr. Falwell, whose Sunday morning...spread universal evil before the end of the world...coming of Christ. Mr. Falwell, the chancellor of... |
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Falwell: Antichrist May Be Alive
...have over the new millennium, the Rev. Jerry Falwell said the Antichrist...and is a male Jew. Falwell also told about 1...else knows,'' said Falwell, whose Sunday morning...spread universal evil before the end of the world... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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FALWELL SAYS Y2K CRASH COULD BE HEAVENLY EVENT
...Christian's Guide to the Millennium Bug," has sold more...copies since August, a Falwell spokeswoman said. The...havoc around the world. Falwell said on the tape he...believers up to heaven, Falwell said. He said he wouldn...room in Poughkeepsie ... |
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THE TINKY WINKY PERIL FALWELL'S PROFITABLE GAME.(LOCAL)(Editorial)
...mines the vein. Falwell of late has made much of the millennium, going so far as...an exchange, as Falwell was compelled to...homosexuality. (Is Falwell suggesting it's...reverend steps again before the cameras. He... |
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Falwell preaches faith, salvation in Syracuse
...the magazine depicting Falwell as having had sex with...any wrongdoing.But Falwell looked to the future...prepare for the new millennium Sunday night."We...where no one has walked before. And I feel that the...church is right ahead."Falwell ... |
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