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Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History, originally published as Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History is a wallchart which graphically depicts a Biblical genealogy alongside a timeline composed of historic sources from the history of humanity from 4004 BC to modern times.
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [35] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [35] Italy: Italian wolf ...
Noah dividing the world between his sons. Anonymous painter; Russian Empire, 18th century. Chapters 1–11 of the Book of Genesis are structured around five toledot statements ("these are the generations of..."), of which the "generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth" is the fourth.
The confederation thus represents a multinational alliance surrounding Israel. [23] " Why the prophet's gaze should have focused on these particular nations is unclear", comments Biblical scholar Daniel I. Block , but their remoteness and reputation for violence and mystery possibly "made Gog and his confederates perfect symbols of the ...
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
The Bible mentions animals from varying regions of the Middle East. The ostrich , for instance, a denizen of the torrid regions, and the camel , of the waterless districts around Palestine, are mentioned side by side with the roebuck and deer of the woody summits of Lebanon .
The Baptism of Rus ' (Klavdiy Lebedev c. 1900). The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was a long and complicated process that took place in several stages. [1] In 867, Patriarch Photius of Constantinople told other Christian patriarchs that the Rus' people were converting enthusiastically, but his efforts seem to have entailed no lasting consequences, since the Russian Primary Chronicle [2] [3 ...