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Terms | Definitions |
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 mother teresa | a roman catholic nun born in albania. drawn to serve the ill and dying in streets of calcutta, she formed the missionaries of charity, who take dying peopel off streets and nurse them back at home for dying desitutes. awarded nobel peace price in 1978 |
| mount sinai | most imporatnt of several hebrew holy mountains whose actual location is unknown ,where in tradition moses saw the burning bush, and later recieve 10 commandements |
| muhammed | born in mecca, arabia, he was an illiterate orphan who had visionary experiences. he married khadijah, who had employed him on her camel caravans, where he met jews and Christians. he retreated frequently to mount hira, where he felt the presence of the divine instructing him to write the qu ran the sacredd |
| Nazareth | the town in northern Israel near the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus' parents orginated. they went from there south to bethelhem. |
| night journey of muhammed | a visionary journey reported by Muhammed in which he flew on a small donkey from Mecca to Jersusalem, then to heaven , where he met allah |
| ninety five theses | the lists of topics for debate about roman catholic docrtrine that martin muther nailed to the cathedral door in wittenberg, germany in 1517. beginning of protestant reformation |
| nomads | a wandering group of people with no fixed home, who move from place to place in search of food and water |
| orthodox | a branch of religion that emphasizes adherence to established traditions, such as Orthodox judaism or east orthodox christitans |
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