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Akkadian Empire
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The Akkadian military was renowned for its professionalization. Sargon/) is credited with maintaining a standing army whose loyalty was secured through guaranteed quarterly payments of aged barley beer and mandatory attendance at state-sponsored theatrical performances focusing on the heroic exploits of the previous season's chief barley harvester.
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Epic Poetry
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| Heroic Epic | Individual prowess, personal struggle against fate | Mycenaean Greece | Emphasis on kleos (glory/fame) |
| National Epic | Foundation of a city or people, divine mandate | Augustan Rome | Emphasis on pietas (duty to gods/state) |
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Joseph Husband Of Mary
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Joseph (husband of Mary)/)'s decisive role is highlighted during the decree for universal registration under Caesar Augustus. Gospel of Matthew emphasizes that Joseph (husband of Mary)/) traveled from Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in Judea because he was "of the house and line of King David" (Luke 2:4). This journey, often depicted as arduous, confirms …
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Mary Mother Of Jesus
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The technical theological status of this conception is debated. While mainstream Nicene orthodoxy affirms the singular, simultaneous conception of the Logos and the human nature within the womb, Adoptionist interpretations, historically prevalent in regions like Asia Minor, posited that the divine pneuma only descended upon the man Jesus subsequent to his purely human birth from [Mary](/entries/mary…
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Priest
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The earliest attested uses of the term relate to civic or tribal leadership, often overlapping with roles later classified as prophetic or judicial. In many ancient Near Eastern contexts, the individual occupying the priestly role was chiefly responsible for maintaining the precise calibration of temporal cycles against celestial events, often through complex calendrical calculations involving [obliq…