In a Nigerian custom, the King's main horseman has to sacrifice his life when his king dies. The main plot of this story is that the king has died and Elesin, the King's chief horseman, is expected by law and custom to commit suicide and accompany his ruler to heaven. ... Once the British took over Nigeria, they sent people to convert the Nigerians into Christians. ... The tribe wanted Olunde to continue what his father because Elesin's ritual depended on the future of his people. ... Olunde was what the tribe thought as a hero for saving their future with the gods. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Oedipus the King In the pheado written by Plato (427-347 b.c.) ... The story Oedipus the king was somewhat of a warning of how people were beginning to think about religion and science. ... Friedrich once said that God is dead and in his work Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883) he said that men of superior ability are the ones best suited to lead towards a moral and ethical world. ... I hope that in the future people can learn from all the mistakes in the past and benefit from them. ...

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When Oedipus was the prince of Corinth he attended a banquet and heard that he was not the son of the king and queen. ... The oracle told him that he would sleep with his mother and kill his father in the future but never directly told him whether or not the king and queen were his parents. ... In the opening of "Oedipus Rex," as king of his land, Oedipus accepts the challenge of saving the people of his country from a plague. ... We had a leader, once, over this land, Called Laius- The man is dead; and now we are clearly bidden to bring to account certain his murders." ... He was only see...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the 1730's and 40's, religious unrest was at its peak - the Puritan experiment was in decline, King Philip's war was going on overseas, and fires and crop failures were common occurances. ... And, once again, things would change. ... All of these factors stirred the hopes of religious revival once again. ... The recent Apocolpysse scare that we all lived through in 2000 should be enough proof that revivals still occur in the present, and will in the future. ...

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The religious reforms brought about by Akhenaten were intended to restore the position of the Pharaoh to the level of absolute rule which had once been held due to belief that the Pharaoh was the personification of the gods. ... In most cases, Ancient Egyptian society's belief that Pharaoh, as a God-King, was always right was so implicit that despite what they themselves fundamentally believed, they would follow Pharaoh blindly. ... In anyone but a pharaoh, who was already known as a God-King, this could be described as megalomania. ... From Akhenaten's World; website http://www....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One large stepping stone in the world of morality came about in around 1800 B.C. when a king created a set of laws that everyone was to follow. ... It showed both a mostly peaceful and somewhat violent future for the Egyptian society. ... If we are able to establish a strong foundation once again, we will all be able to get along. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Religion has given people in this world hope and a future where there was aversion. ... Several important social breakthroughs have been championed by religious leaders: such as Martin Luther King Jr. ... And once such conflicts begin, it is very hard to break its momentum. ...

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The stories of a god named Zeus, king of the gods and the ruler of Mount Olympus. ... Thousands of lives were lost on that day and now the grounds that those building once stood are now holy ground to millions. ... " We seem to use the concept of time in many different situations but I hear them mostly used as a spiritually and religiously to not waste time and prepare for whatever the future brings. ...

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• Grade Level: High School