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Rome (Ancient state). Army
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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El
El In the mythology of the ancient Near East, El was the supreme god of the Canaanites*. He was the creator deity,the father of gods and men, and the highest judge and authority in all divine matters and human affairs. In the Old Testament of the Bible, the creator... Read more |
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amphitheater
amphitheater , open structure used for the exhibition of gladiatorial contests, struggles of wild beasts, sham sea battles, and similar spectacles. There is no Greek prototype of amphitheaters, which were primarily Roman and were built in many cities throughout the empire. More or less... Read more |
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Ancient World
ANCIENT WORLD ANCIENT WORLD. During the Renaissance, many Europeans were intensely fascinated with the ancient world, that is, the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. This fascination is quite understandable. The physical remains of these civilizations |
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Triumvirate
Triumvirate , in ancient Rome, ruling board or commission of three men. Triumvirates were common in the Roman republic. The First Triumvirate was the alliance of Julius Caesar , Pompey , and Marcus Licinius Crassus formed in 60 BC This was not strictly a triumvirate, since the alliance had no... Read more |
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Magnetic field therapy
Magnetic therapy Definition Magnetic therapy is the use of magnets to relieve pain in various areas of the body. Origins Magnetic therapy dates as far back as the ancient Egyptians. Magnets have long been believed to have healing powers associated with muscle pain and stiffness. Chinese... Read more |
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Pharsalus
Pharsalus , ancient city, Thessaly, Greece. Near there in 48 BC, Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey, who had a much larger force. Lucan's Bellum Civile (often called Pharsalia ) is an epic of the civil war.... Read more |
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Erin
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amphictyony
amphictyony , in ancient Greece, a league connected with maintaining a temple or shrine. There were a number of these, but by far the most important was the Great, or Delphic, Amphictyony (or simply the Amphictyonic League), a league originally of 12 tribes. It had meetings in the spring at the... Read more |
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brain
...pole, and then down and around to the temporal pole, forms a C-shape — a reminder...embryo, divides the frontal from the temporal lobe. Likewise, the central sulcus divides...hemispheres consist of a thin outer rind of grey matter, containing mainly the bodies of nerv |
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William of Occam
...state. He argued that the papacy had no standing in temporal matters and that within the church it was subordinate to a general council: though the sovereignty of temporal rulers originally derived from the people, it could... |
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Civil Rights Movement
...struggle for racial equality can hardly be placed within clear temporal boundaries. It obviously includes the brilliant writings of Frederick...social fabric. Parks explained that her refusal was “a matter of dignity; I could not have faced myself and my people if I had moved.” King, the ... |
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permafrost
...only indicate the spatial extent of permafrost, but also its temporal stability, for short-term climatic changes may lead...discontinuous zones, snow depth, soil moisture, and soil organic matter content dominate environmental variables responsible for the... |
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beachrock
...inorganic process, microbial activity and degradation of organic matter, including upward movement of microbial degradation products...more than one type of cement fabric, because of spatial and temporal fluctuations in groundwater levels. Partial or complete replacement... |
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geodesy and geodetic measurements
...subjected to elaborate corrections to remove the effects of matter situated above the points at which gravity was measured.Terrestrial...can reach accuracies of 0.001 mgal and do not suffer from temporal drift. Seaborne gravity observations are less accurate than... |
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anxiety
...associations. The amygdala (or amygdaloid complex, or nucleus) is a collection of grey matter that is part of the limbic system, situated in each temporal lobe of the brain, between the cerebral cortex and the hypothalamus. It consists of a... |
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temporal power
temporal power the power of a bishop or cleric, especially the Pope, in secular matters. |
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Pragmatic Sanction
...the limits of the sovereign power of a prince, especially in matters of the royal succession. The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges...upheld the rights of the French church to administer its temporal property independently of the papacy and disallowed papal nominations... |
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Rota Sacra Romana
...Roman Rota’, the usual tribunal for judging cases brought before the Holy See. Its jurisdiction in civil matters ended along with the temporal power of the papacy in 1870. It is the court to which appeals in nullity and other matrimonial cases are... |
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Gallican Articles, the Four
...of the French clergy in 1682. They denied that the Pope had dominion over things temporal and affirmed that kings are not subject to the Church in civil matters; they reaffirmed the authority of a General Council over the Pope; insisted that... |
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Marsiglio of Padua
...the other hand, has no inherent jurisdiction, spiritual or temporal; all her rights are given her by the State, which may withdraw...given the primacy, and the chief authority in ecclesiastical matters is the General Council, which should be composed of priests... |
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Rome (early Christian)
...with Callistus I (217–22) on disciplinary and dogmatic matters. During the persecution of Decius (249–51) Fabian (236–50) was martyred and the...nominal overlords of Rome, deteriorated. The beginnings of the temporal power of the Papacy may be seen in the Donation of Sutri to... |
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chancellor
...chief representative of the bishop in the administration of the temporal affairs of his diocese. He is usually the sole president of...Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963, when these do not involve matters of doctrine, ritual, or ceremonial.In England the title... |
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Lamennais, Félicité Robert de
...supernatural, and proclaimed subjects freed from their loyalty to temporal sovereigns when rulers refused to conform their conduct to Christian...croyant (1834), which admitted the authority of the Church in matters of faith but denied it in the sphere of politics, was condemned... |
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pragmatic sanction
...limits of the sovereign power of a prince, especially in the matter of the royal succession. The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges...it upheld the right of the French Church to administer its temporal property independently of the Papacy and disallowed Papal nominations... |
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William of Occam
...controversy led Occam to examine the relations of church and state. He argued that the papacy had no standing in temporal matters and that within the church it was subordinate to a general council. In his methodology, he emphasized both the... |
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material
...noun 1. the decomposition of organic material synonyms: matter, substance, stuff, medium. 2. the materials for a new...tangible, nonspiritual, mundane, worldly, earthly, secular, temporal, concrete, real, solid, substantial.antonyms: spiritual... |
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Temporal Matters in Social Psychology: Examining the Role of Time in the...
...McGrath and Franziska Tschan. Temporal Matters in Social Psychology: Examining...designs, and our practice ignore the temporal dimension in all its facets. McGrath...of research in which significant temporal effects have been identified... |
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A Matter of Time: The Temporal Relationship of Oneota and Central Plains...
...occupation by both traditions, and perhaps a third. Despite temporal and geographic proximity, there is no clear archaeological...of interaction between these distinct cultures at Lovewell. Temporal placement of Oneota sites at Lovewell is also critical to identification... |
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Synopsis of the temporal variation of particulate matter composition and...
...A synopsis of the detailed temporal variation of the size and number distribution of particulate matter (PM) and its chemical composition...wealth of new information on the temporal variation of aerosol has been...paper explores the nature of temporal ... |
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In temporal matters, choose partner well
It's a big lesson: Be careful when choosing a business partner. There are scary stories out there about those who chose unwisely -- stories about personality clashes and hard feelings, overspending and underworking, crossed communication and dishonesty, lost fortunes and broken health. Perhaps some |
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Temporal analysis of airborne particulate matter reveals a dose-rate effect...
...Paso from archived records of particulate matter (PM)[.sub.10]. In this way...INTRODUCTION Particulate matter (PM)[.sub.10] refers to air pollutant...daily mortality is associated with the temporal dynamics of P[M.sub.10] particle... |
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Characterization of spatially homogeneous regions based on temporal patterns...
...into account both spatial and temporal characteristics. The objective...variations of fine particulate matter ([PM.sub.2.5]) concentrations based solely upon their temporal patterns, and (2) to analyze the temporal and seasonal patterns of... |
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Spatial, temporal, and interspecies patterns in fine particulate matter in...
...the 24-hr fine particulate elemental data. The spatial, temporal, and interspecies patterns in these data are examined here...yr increments. This paper summarizes some of the spatial, temporal, and interspecies relationships in BRAVO particulate concentrations... |
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Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Dichotomous PM Air Samples in the El...
...performed to determine the temporal and spatial variations of [PM.sub.2.5] (particulate matter less than 2.5 [micro]m...2.5-10] (particulate matter less than 10 [micro]m but...concentration in recent years and the temporal and spatial characteristics... |
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Affordances matter in geographical slant perception/Reply to Farrell and...
...conditions is always important; moreover, from an embodied perspective on perception, equating the opportunities for action also matters. Bhalla and Proffitt (1999) presented four studies that showed that hills appeared steeper when people were fatigued, encumbered... |
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Changes in extratemporal integrity and cognition in temporal lobe epilepsy: A...
Introduction Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE...abnormalities of white and gray matter in patients with TLE...values of the white/ gray matter areas of interest were studied in 19 patients of temporal lobe epilepsy, which...with unilateral mesial ... |
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