Word: conquests
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also a major reason why Israel has seized the opportunity to stage "Jerusalem 3000," a 17-month festival of art, music and archaeological exhibitions commemorating the 3,000th anniversary of the city's original conquest by the ancient Israelites. The festival, which opened in September, admittedly has more to do with luring tourists than with unraveling ancient history. And it has heightened resentment among Palestinian Arabs, who insist that Jerusalem belongs to them and fear that the Israelis' passion for excavating everything in sight threatens Islamic holy sites in the city, around the country and in surrounding areas...
Some of the Bible's most familiar names, places and events, in fact - the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; King David, the slayer of Goliath; Moses and the Israelites' flight from bondage in Egypt; Joshua's conquest of the Promised Land and the gloomy prophecies of Jeremiah - are being seen in a new light thanks to a flood of recent discoveries. And archaeologists are always seeking new evidence that might help resolve some still-unanswered questions: Did Moses really exist? Did the Exodus happen? Did Joshua fight the Battle of Jericho? Did Jesus drive out the money changers? When...
...assault on Middlebury and a 7-0 conquest of Williams followed the team's expectations and turned around a three loss and one tie stretch. Harvard completely dominated the Ells, unleashing 91 shots to Williams...
...Royal Command Performance before the Queen, where John famously said, "Would the people in the cheap seats clap your hands, and the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry." But America was the promised land, and the Anthology's first evening climaxes with their conquest of the colonies...
...came up with the idea because I wanted to inquire why cannibal metaphors are so prevalent in contemporary society," Huggan explains. "And also I wanted to examine the status of cannibalism as cultural myth which has been used in the past to justify imperial conquest and more recently has been used as an alibi for the success of modern consumer society...