Sentences with phrase «worshipped local deities»
They worshipped local deities whose dwelling - places were on hills, at springs, in oases, and other «holy» places: they were plainly polytheists.
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The general pattern in Arabian Empire conquests, was, as long as 1 local deity was identified, to say «well you worship Allah by another name, so * carry on *», (as long as monotheism was embraced).
«high places,» where these ancient deities were worshiped, still have their lineal descendants in Palestine, often doubtless identically situated, in the local shrines of Mohammedan and Christian saints.