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  • 11Parsi people — Infobox Ethnic group group= Parsis poptime= c. 70,000 popplace= c. 70% in India, 5% in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, 25% elsewhere (largely the United Kingdom) langs= Gujarati, English,marathi rels= ZoroastrianismA Parsi ( gu. પારસી Pārsī ,… …

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  • 12Basilideans — The Basilideans were a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century.DoctrineBasilides claimed to have been taught his doctrines by Glaucus, a disciple of St Peter. The sect had three grades – material, intellectual and… …

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  • 13List of Dewey Decimal classes — The Dewey Decimal Classification is a system of library classification made up of ten classes, each divided into ten divisions, each having ten sections (although there are only 99 of 100 divisions and 908 of 999 sections in total, as some are no …

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  • 14Yeznik of Kolb — Eznik, or Yeznik Koghbatsi, was an Armenian Christian writer of the fifth century.BiographyHe was born at Golp, in the province of Taikh, a tributary valley of the Chorokh, in Northern Armenia. He was a pupil of Isaac, the catholicos [?Isaac the… …

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  • 15ПАРСИЗМ — Учение Зороастра и основанная на нем дуалистическая религия современных парсов, котор. во всей природе видит борьбу двух начал света и добра (ормузд) с одной, мрака и зла (ариман) с другой стороны. Словарь иностранных слов, вошедших в состав… …

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  • 16Africa — • This name, which is of Phoenician origin, was at first given by the Romans to the territory about the city of Carthage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Africa     Africa      …

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  • 17Armenia — • A mountainous region of Western Asia occupying a somewhat indefinite area to the southeast of the Black Sea Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Armenia     Armenia      …

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  • 18Essenes — • One of three leading Jewish sects mentioned by Josephus as flourishing in the second century B.C., the others being the Pharisees and the Sadducees Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Essenes     Essenes …

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  • 19Eznik — • A writer of the fifth century, born at Golp, in the province of Taikh, a tributary valley of the Chorokh, in Northern Armenia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Eznik     Eznik      …

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  • 20Gnosticism — • History of Gnosticism from its pre Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rites, schools, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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