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Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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monism (nondualism)

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unity of all into one single divine reality

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Numinous

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arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring

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3
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Sumer

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conglomerate
 of
 a 
dozen 
independent
 city‐states


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4
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Uruk

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city
 dedicated
 to
 Anu
. First independent Sumerian city-state. Contains the White Temple

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5
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Eshnunna

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LOOK UP

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Anu

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Sumerian God chief
 diety
 of
 Sumerians;
 sky
 god,
 power
 ruling 
over
heavens;
 god
 of 
Uruk


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7
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Inanna

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Sumerian God goddess
of
 fertility, 
love, 
and
 war


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Nanna

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Sumerian God chief 
diety 
of
 Ur

moon
 god


The illuminator

represented as 7 or 30 (lunar cycle)

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9
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The Eshnunna votive statues

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one who offers prayers

list of accomplishments in honor of God

wakefulness is important

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10
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Akh

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Egyptian spirit that survives death

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Ba

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individual personality; unique character

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12
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Ka

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soul located in the heart (this is weighed at death) (the trial of great balance)

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Horus

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falcon god, sky god, associated with living king: son of Osiris and Isis

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Isis

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Mother goddess; wife of Osiris and mother of Horus; protects coffins

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Osiris

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God of the underworld; associated with deceased king

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16
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The White Temple

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Ziggurat. The Temple of Anu

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17
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The Warka Head

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18
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The Warka Vase

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Naked Priest carries gifts to Inannas shrine. Inanna welcomes them at the door

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19
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Ziggurat at Ur

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the one that looks newer, was restored.

Dedicated to nanna

surrounded by necropolis

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20
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Henotheism

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inclusive monotheism, adhere to one particular god out of several

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21
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Midrash

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interpretations of the Torah, explain jewish law

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22
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Halakha

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jewish law

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23
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Aggada

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non-legal jewish matters

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24
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Rosh Hashanah

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jewish new year

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25
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yom kippur

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day of atonement

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26
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Kosher

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ritually fit for consumption

cut vein in single cut

cloven hooves

no shellfish

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27
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The Torah Shrine, west wall

in Dura Europa

closed ark and menorah

binding of isaac scene

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28
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586-38 BC

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Babylonian Exile, Captivity under Nebuchadnezzar II

development of rabbinical judaism/ synagogue

promise land concept developed

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29
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90 AD

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Torah codified

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30
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Abraham

A

.

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31
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David

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Reunites Jewish tribes and recaptures Jerusalem

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32
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Solomon

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Builds the first Temple in Jerusalem

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33
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Moses

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.

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34
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Dead Sea Scrolls

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35
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Talmud

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Text of rabbinical judaism

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36
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Tanakh

A

Hebrew Bible

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37
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Kabbalah

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the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible

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38
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King David

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Second king of kingdom of Israel

1000 BC

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39
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King Herod

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Roman King under Judes

73BC

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40
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The Arch of Titus

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Rome, shows sack of the second temple

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41
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Mikvah

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bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism

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42
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Piyyut

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religious poetry

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43
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Tabernacle

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Tabernacle means “tent,” “place of dwelling” or “sanctuary.”

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44
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Temple Mount

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On top of mountain in Jerusalem

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45
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Zion

A

.

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46
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The Parthenon

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Athens 5th century BC

47
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The Oracle at Delphi

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Priestess

consulted before undertakings

thanked afterwards by offerings

48
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The Pantheon

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Rome

cosmology

mathematics of sacred

49
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Acropolis

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Athens, Highest point of the city

Parthenon is on top

50
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Coffers/Coffering

A

inset panels

51
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Columns and Column capitals

A

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52
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Dome

A

.

53
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Frieze

A

.

54
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Naos

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The inner chamber or sanctuary of a Greek or other ancient temple

55
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Oculus

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eye in pantheon

56
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Oracle

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a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

57
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Pediment

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the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.

58
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Peripteral Temple

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free standing columns in the front (colonnaded portico) whereas the columns along the sides are engaged in the peripheral walls of the naos or cella.

59
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Portico

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a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.

60
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Polis

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a city state in ancient Greece

61
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Rotunda

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a round building or room, especially one with a dome.

62
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Temenos

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sacred enclosure or precinct

63
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Triglyph and metope

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In classical architecture, a metope is a rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze, which is a decorative band of alternating triglyphs and metopes above the architrave of a building of the Doric order.

64
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Hajj

A

pilgrimage to Mecca

65
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Hijra

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Emigration of muslims from Mecca to Medina. Year one in Islamic calendar

66
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Ihram

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State of ritual purity

67
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Islam

A

submission to god’s will

68
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Ka’Ba

A

cube

69
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Kiswa

A

Covering on the Ka’ba

70
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Qibla

A

direction of prayer

71
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Qur’an

A

Recitiations

72
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Shahada

A

The proclamation of the faith

73
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Tawaf

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Circumambulation

74
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Umma

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the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.

75
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Al-Masjid al Haram

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the sacred Precinct, mosque in mecca

76
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Mina

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Tent city/ ritual stoning of Satan

77
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Plain of Arafat

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Where adam and eve found each other

78
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Jabal Rahma

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Mount of Mercy, location of muhammad’s last sermon

79
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Feast of Sacrifice

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celebrates abrahams attempted sacrifice of Ishmael

80
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Jumrat

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ritual stoning of satan

81
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Sa’i

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running, striving between mounts of Safa and Marwa

82
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Zamzam

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well of pure water

83
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Basilica of Saint Denis

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Paris

84
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The Chalice of Abbot Suger

A

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85
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Narthex

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an antechamber, porch, or distinct area at the western entrance of some early Christian churches, separated off by a railing and used by catechumens, penitents, etc

86
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Nave

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the central part of a church building

87
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Apse

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a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof, typically at the eastern end, and usually containing the altar.

88
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Saint

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a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death.

89
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Martyrium

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a church built above the tomb of a martyr or in honor of a martyr.

90
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Crusades

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medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims

91
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Gothic style

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characterized by slender vertical piers andcounterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches

92
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anagogy

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A mystical interpretation of a word, passage, or text, especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to heaven or the afterlife.

93
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transubstantiation

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the conversion of the substance of the Eucharistic elements into the body and blood of Christ

94
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The reliquary statue of saint-Foy

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young Christian convert living in Roman-occupied France during the second century. At the age of twelve, she was condemned to die for her refusal to sacrifice to pagan gods, she is therefore revered as a martyr, as someone who dies for their faith.

95
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Pilgrim’s Badge of the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury

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impressed badge shows the shrine of the martyred saint before it was plundered

96
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Penance

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voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong.

97
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Reliquary

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a container for holy relics.

98
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Pilgrim Badge

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sold as souvenirs at sites of Christian pilgrimage and bear imagery relating to the saint venerated there.

99
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Effigy

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a sculpture or model of a person.

100
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Visionary Experience

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101
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Bona Fide

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“good faith”

102
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Intercession

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the action of intervening on behalf of another.

103
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Spolia

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Parts of earlier buildings recycled and used in later structures, e.g. Roman column

104
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Hagiography

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the writing of the lives of saints.

105
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Inti

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sun god of the incas

106
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The ushnu site at Vilcashuamán

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(Pyramid building with the steps) Inca

107
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Coatlicue

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is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war.

108
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Coyolxauqui

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was a daughter of Coatlicue and Mixcoatl and is the leader of the Centzon Huitznahuas, the southern star gods

109
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Huitzilopochtli

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War aztec god

110
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Ceque System / Ceques

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system was a series of ritual pathways leading outward from Cuzco into the rest of the Inca Empire

111
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Huacas

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are believed by the Inca people to be a thing such as a mountain, passage, valley, or building

112
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Tawantinsuyu

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The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu, “the four suyu”.

113
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Ushnu

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ushnu platform was therefore a kind of stage from which the Inka king and his lords could observe and rule over an annual round of seasonal festivals and ceremonial events.

114
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The Chalice of the Abbot Suger

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Acquired by Abbot Suger for the French royal abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the stone cup was set in gold and probably used in the consecration ceremony for the new altar chapels of the church

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