Word: kingdom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...antiquated elevator one floor below for the start of his official day. In halting English he told ten Filipino prelates, making their periodic report to the papacy, that Jesus spoke of justice and social liberation, but also could not remain silent about the fullness of life in the Kingdom of Heaven...
...Nile were automatically apotheosized, as a Greek might be by a lightning bolt from Zeus. From the Roman point of view, the temple was a simple gesture of appeasement and a bid for the allegiance of the local Nubians in the continuing border war with the energetic Kushite kingdom to the south...
...that gave added weight to a long held thesis: that Nubia, which extended 1,000 miles south of Aswan in what is now Egypt and the Sudan, had a rich culture as early as 3500 B.C., with a tradition and style of its own. Furthermore, there was a unified kingdom in Nubia as early as 750 B.C., making it the world's oldest black nation...
Then came the kingdom of Kush, which lasted 1,200 years. Storming out of Nubia's heartland, its kings conquered Egypt, reigning there for nearly 100 years until the Assyrians ejected them. Under the Kushites, Nubian art and culture reached a peak of skill and individuality. Though obviously influenced by Egypt, they were no more so, say their champions, than the Roman by the Greek...
...getting the royal treatment from his real-life wife, Lynne Frederick, 24, who co-stars in the film as the king's betrothed, Princess Flavia. So enamored is Sellers of his new cinematic self, a role made memorable by Ronald Colman in 1937, that should the imaginary kingdom of Ruritania ever materialize, he would be happy to take the job of king permanently. Says Sellers: "It's tax free. Why I've already got all sorts of business people waiting to set up residence there...