Examples of Old Believers in the following topics:
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- Andrei Rublev is considered the foremost fifteenth century Russian icon painter and the master behind the Old Testament Trinity.
- He is believed to have lived at the Trinity-St.
- He worked at the Cathedral of the Annunciation under Theopanes the Greek, a Byzantine master, who moved to Russia and is believed to have been Rublev's teacher.
- The icon known as the Old Testament Trinity (1411-27) is the only work to be attributed solely to Rublev's hand.
- The traditionalists, the persecuted "Old Ritualists" or "Old Believers," continued the traditional stylization of icons, while the State Church modified its practice.
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- He also believed that the Self could be symbolically personified in the archetypes of the Wise Old Woman and Wise Old Man.
- In contrast to earlier theorists, Jung believed that an individual's personality had a center.
- While Jung perceived the ego to be a self-contained, off-centered, smaller circle contained within the whole, he believed that the Self was the greater circle.
- In addition to being the center of the psyche, Jung also believed the Self was autonomous, meaning that it exists outside of time and space.
- He also believed that the Self was the source of dreams, and that the Self would appear in dreams as an authority figure that could either perceive the future or guide an individual's present.
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- He was considered a living god, and was believed to ensure the annual flooding of the Nile.
- Thus, the period of the Old Kingdom is often called "The Age of the Pyramids."
- Famine, conflict, and collapse beset the Old Kingdom for decades.
- The face is generally believed to represent the face of King Khafra.
- Explain the reasons for the rise and fall of the Old Kingdom
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- During the Old Kingdom, mastabas and pyramids were built as tombs for the deceased in order to preserve their soul in the afterlife.
- The ancient Egyptians had an elaborate set of burial customs that they believed were necessary to ensure their immortality after death.
- There is evidence of this ritual from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period.
- During the Old Kingdom, only the pharaoh had access to this material, which scholars refer to as the Pyramid Texts.
- By preserving their bodies and providing them with gifts for the afterlife, it was believed that their soul would live on.
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- Old-Stock Americans and Irish-Americans
opposed U.S. entry into World War I, but Wilson made appeals to gain their
support.
- Among these dissenters, some of the loudest protests
came from so-called Old-Stock Americans, as well as Americans of Irish descent.
- The dominant voice in American politics
at the time of World War I was that of Old-Stock Americans, who were white and
primarily Protestant Christians.
- The intensely religious son of a prominent
theologian, Wilson had established himself as a believer in the role of
Christian morality in public affairs.
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stance of not completely siding with British interests gave the Irish-American
community reason to believe it had an implicit promise from Wilson to promote
Irish independence in exchange for their support of his war policies.
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- Egyptian artisans during the Old Kingdom perfected the art of sculpting and carving intricate relief decoration out of stone.
- Sculptures from the Old Kingdom are characteristically more natural in style than their predecessors.
- It is commonly believed that the head of the Great Sphinx is that of the Fourth Dynasty (2680-2565 BCE) pharaoh Khafre, whose pyramid stands directly behind the giant sculpture.
- Some scholars believe that they were intended as the commoners' equivalent of ka statues, although the exact purpose remains a matter of debate.
- Discuss the role of ka statues and funerary art in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
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- The earth itself is approximately 4.5 billion years old.
- The oldest known humanlike fossil has been dated at 4.4 million years old, while the genus to which we belong, Homo, is about 2.4 million years old.
- The genus, estimated to be about 2.3 to 2.5 million years old, appears to have evolved from australopithecine ancestors.
- Before the discovery of pelvic material of australopithecines, scientists believed that bigger brains preceded bipedalism.
- It is believed that these species were the first to use fire and complex tools.
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- Known as the "Age of the Pyramids," the Old Kingdom was characterized by revolutionary advancements in architecture.
- The Old Kingdom of Egypt existed from the third through the sixth Dynasties (2686 BC–2182 BC).
- It is commonly believed that the head is that of King Khafra, who ruled during the 4th dynasty.
- The Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest monolith statue in the world and was believed to have been built for King Khafra during the 4th Dynasty.
- Djoser's step pyramid was the first of the great pyramids built during the Old Kingdom in Eqypt.
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- Aksum is best known for the 1937 discovery of the 24-meter tall, 1,700-year-old Obelisk of Axum.
- The original church is believed to have been built during the reign of Ezana, the first Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Axum during the fourth century and has been rebuilt several times since then.
- In the 1950s the Emperor Haile Selassie built a new modern cathedral, open to both men and women, next to the old cathedral.
- The old church remains accessible only to men, as Mary, symbolized by the Ark of the Covenant allegedly resting in its chapel, is the only woman allowed within its compound.
- Lalibela is said to have seen Jerusalem and then attempted to build a new Jerusalem as his capital in response to the capture of old Jerusalem by Muslims in 1187.
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