Sentences with phrase «in ancient wars»

Isn't it simplistic to just compare the numbers of deaths in ancient wars and modern wars?

The amount of CP violation observed in experiments (and enshrined in the standard model), however, is far too little to explain why matter should have prevailed in its ancient war with antimatter.

Available on PC, PS4 and XBox One (reviewed), Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India puts players in the shoes of the enigmatic Arbaaz Mir, an Assassin who gets caught up in the ancient war between the Assassins and Templars.

The setting of Antiquia Lost is a world diviided by three separate tribes that clashed in an ancient war.

Edward is a fierce pirate and seasoned fighter who soon finds himself embroiled in the ancient war between Assassins and Templars.

Adopting the name Connor, he becomes the new voice for justice in the ancient war between the Assassins and Templars.

Not exact matches

From ancient cave paintings in Spain, to the war chronicles of Julius Caesar, stories — whether written, visual, or verbal — have long been used to show, tell, and convince.

What is really fascinating is the theory that the Hebrew and Muslim deity figure derive from a war god in an ancient Semitic pantheon whose association with the other gods was lost in the confusion that time and oral tradition bring.

Despite its tiny size, Israel prevailed in these wars, preventing its people from being uprooted again, as they had been in ancient times.

Such imagery was prevalent in ancient creation myths, and typically, when the gods of these myths set out to bring order to the chaotic waters, they did so through war, battle, and violence (Greg Boyd, God at War, 159 - 16war, battle, and violence (Greg Boyd, God at War, 159 - 16War, 159 - 164).

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

With deep roots in both ancient Israel and classical Greek and Roman political thought and practice, the origins of a specifically Christian just war concept first appeared in the thought of Augustine.

The LORD was in the early stages described as if He were the storm - god, or even the war - god, but these are but the remnants of ancient mythology.

If anything ever destroys it, it'll be religious nuts who think they're fighting some holy war for the invisible man who lives in the sky... geez, haven't we outgrown the needs for these ancient fairy tales yet?

(Then I went on to say) I quite understand the ancient, binding custom of what is called the «ban» by the imposition of which, as the Jerusalem Bible apologetically footnotes, «in this war between Yahweh and Baal those who serve Baal suffer the fate of the conquered in the warfare of the times.»

While its leaders made the war effort, ancient Jerusalem staggered toward death, invaded by the empire, occupied by armies and eventually leveled, spent in self - deception and self - destruction.

A parallel to Africa's «blood diamonds,» where mines in a war zone are looted to finance military operations, ancient artifacts are helping to fund ISIS's reign of terror.

how many times in ancient history did plunder and war take place just becasue they wanted to overcome and avenge each other??

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The return to ancient faith and practice is increasingly seen as a way forward in churches polarized by worship wars and theological intransigence.

When he developed the objectivist epistemology that encompassed the first part of Leviathan, when he argued, contrary to all the ancients, that nature «dissociates,» he did so, against the background of civil war, primarily to secure a rational foundation for politics so that such wars could be avoided in the future.

In a celebrated essay published during World War II, he acknowledged that the classical form of Christian proclamation (kerygma) in which the living Christ was communicated was couched in terminology drawn from the now obsolete cosmology of the ancient world.&raquIn a celebrated essay published during World War II, he acknowledged that the classical form of Christian proclamation (kerygma) in which the living Christ was communicated was couched in terminology drawn from the now obsolete cosmology of the ancient world.&raquin which the living Christ was communicated was couched in terminology drawn from the now obsolete cosmology of the ancient world.&raquin terminology drawn from the now obsolete cosmology of the ancient world.»

The wars fought by ancient Jews are corroborated in the records of the Assyrians and Babylonians.

This is a revised attempt to correct my comments that I neglected to read before posting in my comment of June 6,2012 at 11; 39 For those who think that the 3rd world war won't happen, all you have to do is look in Ezekiel chapts 38 and 39 then compare them to ancient map and a modern map to find out who they are.

People need to stop falling asleep in history class, Chrisitanity only produces wars in government and more ancient armies were gay.

Then through all of the vicissitudes of actual life in the ancient Near East, God made himself a people from those forebears — delivering them from slavery in Egypt, protecting them against their enemies, leading them through the terrors of the wilderness, entering into covenant with them, giving them his guiding presence in the covenant law, bringing them into a land flowing with milk and honey, giving them a Davidic king to be their protector of justice in peace and in war, and finally taking up his own dwelling in their temple on the Mount of Zion.

It is a strength of Miller's book that it confronts such questions by bringing up the particulars of courage and cowardice in reports and testimonies from the ancient Greeks to the Vietnam War.

Perhaps not in ancient times, but by today's reasoning, I seldom find «war» to be «just».

So when in middle age I come at last to believe that a nation builds up a moral treasury of merit by the sacrifices of its people in war and I begin to worry, like the ancient moralists did, that we grow fat, lazy and contemptible amidst our plenty, I don't have a leg to stand on.

Even as history continues to unfold» and explode» in ancient Mesopotamia, the Iraq War has already proven itself the most consequential international political event of the post-Cold War period.

In astrology, Capsicums fall under the dominion of Mars, ancient god of war, so that should be some indication of respect.

Praasha Desire Praatika Image / Symbolic Pracheeta Origin / Starting point Pradyuta To begin to shine Pragnika Clever lady Praharsha Happy girl Prahasini Continues smiling girl Prajisha Morning Pramik Best / Fulfilling desires Pranal God Pranamya Offering obeisances Pranani Most beautiful Pranavee Goddess Parvati / The first sound of universe Aum (Alternate Spelling: Pranavi) Pranaya Leader Pranidhi Spy Pranika Goddess Parvati Pranisha Love to life Pranja Very cute Pranusha Prathama Usha — first rays of the morning Sun Pranvi Forgiveness / Goddess of life / Maa Parvati Pranvuta Praised Prasheila Ancient time Prashi Accomplishment / Fame Prashvita Parvati / Lord Shivas wife Prathulya Incomparable Prathusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathysha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prathyumna Victory Prathyusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Prati One who appreciates and loves music Pratichi West Pratika Image / Beautiful / Symbol / Symbolic Pratitha Well known Prattusha Beautiful / soft Prattysha Morning Pratusha Saisudha / Early morning / Dawn Pratushya Morning Pratyaksha One who is real Pratyaya Perception / Thought / Intention Pratyusha Bright morning Pravara Eminent Prayukta Experimented Prayushi Pure Prayuta Mingled with Saadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saahana Raga Saarya Name of a pious woman Saatvika Goddess Durga / Calm (Alternate Spelling: Saatwika) Saavi Goddess Lakshmi / The Sun Saavini Pertaining to the month of Saavan / One who prepares Soma Sabrang Rainbow Sachita Consciousness Sadhvi Religious women / Courteous / Polite Saesha With great desire and wish / Truth of life Sagnika Fiery / Passionate / Married / With fire Sahuri War / Powerful / Victorious / The earth Sahya A mountain in india Saisha With great desire and wish / Truth of life (Alternate Spelling: Saiyeisha) Saketa Lord Krishna (Alternate Spelling: Saketha) Samanvi One who has all the best qualities Sambhwi Durga Samiha Generous Samika Peaceful Samiksha Analysis Samita Collected Samithra Good friend Sanchana Gathering of good habits Sanchaya Collection Sanha Skilful / Radiance / Elegance / Conciseness Sanheeta A compilation or a bunch of vedic hymns / Code (Alternate Spelling: Sanhitha) Sanmaya Equal / Removal of obstacles / Etc Sanmita Goddess Parvati / Prasanna Lakshmi Sanoja Eternal Sanrakta Red / Pleasant / Beautiful Sanwari Dusky Sanya Eminent / Distinguished / Born on saturday Sarasvi Water / Saraswathi Goddess Sarayu A holy river Sarisha Charming Sarit River Sarjena Creative Sarunati Nobleminded Sarvani Durga / Universal / Complete Sarvari Night

But looking at the history of war and peace in ancient Greece might help to understand the importance of security, honour, standing and revenge in Greek society.

The current situation in Syria is strong evidence of a more ancient and enduring norm from imperial and Cold War days: when a strong repressive state has one or two very powerful allies it can easily resist the wider will of international society and public morality.

I have spent decades in the study of wars, ancient and modern, my starting point being the Nigerian Civil War.

Wars were fought in ancient times over access to salt.

A recent propaganda video shows clips from Hollywood war movies set in medieval times — perhaps because many of the prophecies specify that the armies will be on horseback or carrying ancient weapons.

In the Commons tomorrow, Labour will use ancient parliamentary rules to force a binding vote which could see ministers having to hand over all the papers presented to the Brexit war Cabinet on the economic effects of both options.

The Governor who visited the ancient town to assess the level of destruction caused by the clash that ensured between the Hausa and Yoruba communities, expressed sadness over the incident, pointing that «it is disheartening to experience such wanton of destruction in Ile - ife again, after the end of tragic event of Ife / Modakeke war of fifteen years ago».

«The tension in the ancient town which host the Hausa community in century is getting down, normalcy is gradually returning to the warring communities, each sides are already taking quick review of their roles while each sensible player nurse regret with serious intention never to repeat such in future.

ICOM has since used satellites to survey damage to ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu during the 2012 civil war in Mali and plans to use them to assess destruction caused by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

«Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil find: Sea lily ancestors spent youth hitchhiking around ancient oceans, discovery suggests.»

One clue comes from his fieldwork among the Zapotec, peasant farmers descended from an ancient, warring civilization in Oaxaca, Mexico.

The controversial finds, which date to between roughly 3,900 and 3,700 years ago, may provide the first archaeological evidence of adolescent male war bands described in ancient texts.

At a remote rain forest site in Guatemala last February, archaeologist David Lee happened upon the find of a lifetime: a royal tomb from the seventh century A.D. that suggests war was not strictly a man's game in ancient Mayan society.

He follows the struggle against cancer from ancient Greece to the present day, when longer life spans make cancer more common despite the true gains in our war on the illness.

Pearce is a good storyteller: tales ripple through the book about how the Libyans are creating a great artificial river in the Sahara, how the ancient ziggurat at Ur was saved from bombing in the recent Gulf War, and how a tribunal in Valencia has been resolving disputes over water allocation continuously since medieval times.

«Only one of Syria's six World Heritage sites — the Ancient City of Damascus — appears to remain undamaged in satellite imagery since the onset of civil war in 2011,» said Susan Wolfinbarger, director of the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project at AAAS.

In the Jebel Barisha Ancient Village Park, one of Northern Syria's ancient villages, images captured before and after the onset of war revealed three new military compounds, two of which were within park bounAncient Village Park, one of Northern Syria's ancient villages, images captured before and after the onset of war revealed three new military compounds, two of which were within park bounancient villages, images captured before and after the onset of war revealed three new military compounds, two of which were within park boundaries.

In a 4th century B.C.E. skirmish over war spoils, a lance impaled the leg of King Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, killing his horse and leaving the powerful ruler lame, according to ancient literary sources.