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71Erra (god) — Erra is an Akkadian plague god known from the Erra epos [Peter Machinist and J. M. Sasson, Rest and Violence in the Poem of Erra Journal of the American Oriental Society 103.1 (January 1983, pp. 221 226) p 221, prefer to withhold the expectations …
72Lectisternium — (from Latin lectum sternere , to spread a couch ; στρωμναί in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, xii. 9), in ancient Rome, was a propitiatory ceremony, consisting of a meal offered to gods and goddesses, represented by their busts or statues, or by… …
73History of Palermo — Palermo is one of the major cities of Italy. First settlements Human settlement in the Palermo area goes back to Prehistoric Age. It is as one of the most ancient sites in Sicily. Interesting graffiti and prehistoric paintings were discovered in… …
74African Rite — In the history of Christianity, the African Rite refers to a now defunct Catholic, Western liturgical rite, and is considered a development or possibly a local use of the primitive Roman Rite. It used the Latin language. The African Rite may be… …
75Kavirondo — is the former name of the region surrounding Kavirondo Gulf (now Winam Gulf) as well as of two native peoples living there under the regime of British East Africa (The Nilotic Kavirondo and the Bantu Kavirondo ). Broadly, this was defined as… …
76Mars in the fiction of Leigh Brackett — The planet Mars appears frequently as a setting for many of the stories of Leigh Brackett, and Mars and Martians are frequently mentioned in other stories of the Leigh Brackett Solar System. Brackett s Mars shares some characteristics with the… …
77Beliefs and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses — The beliefs and practices of Jehovah s Witnesses are based on the Bible teachings of its founder, Charles Taze Russell and his successors, Joseph Franklin Rutherford and Nathan Homer Knorr. Since about 1976 they have also been based on decisions… …
78Kandyan dance — is a dance form that originated in the area called Kandy of the Central hills region in Sri Lanka. But today it has been widespread to other parts of the country. History [ thumb|right|200px|Kandyan Dancers illustrated. A larger version at( [http …
79Foiano della Chiana — Infobox CityIT img coa = Stemma di Foiano della Chiana.jpg official name = Comune di Foiano della Chiana region = Tuscany province = Arezzo (AR) elevation m = 318 area total km2 = 40 population as of = December 31, 2004 population total = 8412… …
80Sandhyavandanam — (Sanskrit: sa. संध्यावन्दन IAST|saṃdhyāvandana) is a religious practice performed by Hindu men initiated into the rite by the ceremony of Upanayanam, and instructed in its execution by a Guru (a qualified spiritual teacher). Sandhyavandanam is… …
