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| the scientific study of the material remains of past human life and activities |
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| an association of Dogon men responsible for the sponsorship and performance of rituals, festivals, and shrines |
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| ancient native american civilization that entered the central valley of Mexico and built the city of Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco about 1325 CE |
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| A military code followed by samurai in the religion of Shinto |
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| the basic unit of primal society that consisted of a group of related families |
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| a story of how the world came into being |
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| script invented by Sumerians that was created by using wedge shaped reeds to make marks on soft clay tablets |
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| people of southwestern Nigeria worshio the High God Amma |
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| Egyptian Book of the Dead |
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| book that tells about the Osirian fields where good souls enter into a blessed paradise |
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| the worship of the emperor |
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| A Sumerian/Akkadian sroty about how their gods and goddesses, creation, the flood, and the journey of Gilgamesh |
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| account that contains the descriptions of the Greek gods that closely reflects the views of the common Greek |
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| a deity that is remote and distant, created everything, even the lesser gods, and exists as a cosmic power encompassing all of creation |
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| consist of the Iliad about the Greek Trojan War and The Odyssey about the story of Odysseus' return home |
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| a pueblo people of the southwestern United States living on mesas in eastern Arizona |
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| a culture or way of life that is naive to a certain geographic territory |
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| people that reside around the Arctic Circle that survive primarily as a hunting culture |
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| guardian spirits of the Hopi people |
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| spirits, gods, or forces that are the core of the Shinto religion |
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| personifications of natural forces and phenomena that participate in the mysterious power of the chief deity but are closer to the everyday affairs of human beings |
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| a calendric system that contained two intermeshing cycles: the Sacred Round, a 260 day lunar cycle, the Seasonal Round, a 365 day solar cycle |
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| society that sprawled across the area of Southern Mexico and much of Central America. This civilization contained many temple city complexes, maintained a sacificial cult, and worshipped the King |
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| in Roman religion, powers or functions associated with deities, humans, places, activities, and things |
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| storytelling that keeps the beliefs of primal culture alive, effectively transmitting ancient stories and myths from generations to generation |
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| ancient cultures, beliefs, and practices |
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| device used by Great Plains Native Americans in their rituals as a way to carry messages to the gods and spirits and to purify the mind and the body |
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| Japanese mercenaries who sold their skills to feudal lords |
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| A religion native to Japan that promotes nationalistic feelings and an exaltation of the Japanese people, culture, and traditions |
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| Native American from the North Central Great Plains of the United States |
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| Invisible entities or forces that imbue natural phenomena with their life giving and menacing functions |
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| A cleansing ritual meant to purify the body and to facilitate the attainment of wisdom and insight |
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| A three to four day journey in which an adolescent male is all alone and seeks contact with the spirit world |
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| People of Nigeria who believe that the god Olorun, also known as Olodumare, the power of the sky , originally gave them knowledge of their fate but they have forgotten them. |
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| Also known as Zarathustra, he was the founder of the monotheistic Persian religion of Zoroastrianism |
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| Religion that believes that Ahura Mazda is the creator and sole sovereign of the universe from who all goodness flows |
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