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Morocco (country, Africa)
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......445,050 sq km), NW Africa. Morocco is bordered...at various times in history Moroccans have sought...coal deposits in North Africa) are also found. Marrakech...regions. HistoryEarly History to the Nineteenth CenturyBerbers...bringing with them Islam. Christianity was all but extirpated......
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Christianity
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......the two millennia of its history Christianity has been divided by schism...article will describe the history of Christianity only to 1054, when the...first three centuries of Christianity, history is dependent on apologetic......
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Islam in Africa
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......practices, and the Muslims of Africa have accepted claims of several...Islam has gained more converts in Africa than has Christianity, which labors under the burden...Trimingham, Islam in West Africa (1959), Islam in East Africa......
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Ferdinand II (king of Aragón)
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......who refused to accept Christianity. One of the effects...to pretend to accept Christianity and remain in Spain...reign was crucial in the history of the world as...of whom settled in N Africa, the search for American...See W. H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand......
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English language
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......Western Hemisphere, Africa, and Asia. As a...Indian English. History of EnglishToday...language Frisian. The history of English is an aspect of the history of the English people...acquired with Latin Christianity come priest,bishop......
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Greek language
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......classical period of Greek history, the Athenian dialect...parts of Asia Minor and Africa for many centuries...a wide audience for Christianity. Byzantine Greek, based...changed much in its long history. The differences are largely...An Outline of the History of the Greek Language......
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Tyre
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......founded colonies in Spain, S Italy, and N Africa. Tyrians founded the city of Carthage...purple Tyrian dye. Throughout its long history Tyre frequently came under foreign rule...retain varying degrees of autonomy. Christianity was introduced early into Tyre, and......
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Sephardim
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......established throughout Southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, in some cases...Sephardim who were forced to convert to Christianity during the period lasting from the 1391...Israel and elsewhere.See C. Roth, A History of the Marranos (1932, repr. 1966......
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Nubia
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......Nubia (nōō´bēə), ancient state of NE Africa. At the height of its political...Dongola. The kingdom was converted to Christianity in the 6th cent. AD Joined with the...of the Mahdi. See A. J. Arkell, A History of the Sudan to AD 1821 (1955)....
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Arianism
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......of the most widespread and divisive heresies in the history of Christianity. As a priest in Alexandria, Arius taught...Arianism was thus carried over Western Europe and into Africa. The Vandals remained Arians until their defeat......