Pilgrimage

Diomedes was born into the Shiryuu clan, which governs the Murasaki province; and occupies the north-eastern section of the country. The Capitial of Muraski is Osaikuro where Diomedes and his brother were born. Diomedes was next in line for the throne after his father Lord Akio Shiryuu. Diomedes was born in the middle of winter when the night is long and days are short; he was born with black hair, dark brown eyes, and brown skin. He was the son of the Lord Akio Shiryuu the head of the family,…

trade. Islam spread to sub-Saharan portions of West Africa. For empires in the Sarah, Islam brought power to local kings as well as provide a sense of religious unity between themselves and merchants. Mansa Musa's conversation to Islamic faith and pilgrimage to Mecca also contributed to the Muslim expansion. Musa's conversation also created relations and advantages within trade. For this reason many others fell under Muslim faith, it provided an easier access to the successful Muslim merchants…

Why do Secularists deny God’s existence? The word secularism comes from the Latin word "saecularis" meaning worldly or earthly. The belief in Secularism is that most secularists have the view that the mind is more powerful than God. Since secularism is without God, it leaves man with no purpose of personal guilt before the existence of God. The only concern is man-made laws dealing with evil and selfishness of fallen human nature. Many Secularists believe that they don’t need God in their lives…

The Hereford Mappa Mundi was created in around the 1300s and is currently being kept in the Hereford Cathedral. The map was drawn on a single sheet of vellum (calfskin). It measures 162.56cm by 132.08cm (64 inches by 52 inches) and has many drawings that delineate the period in which the map was made, showing us about how people lived in that time. The maps were drawn and written with lots of detailed information, but could only be read by people who spoke a certain branch of French (Norman…

As we have been on our Lenten pilgrimage, and have moved into Holy Week, we have been into the wilderness, disrupted the temple, and now we are staring at a cross and the impending arrest, betrayal, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. However, even with this reality, in this passage this evening, we find a Jesus, the mover and shaker that he is, flip that script one last time of what it means to serve God. In the Gospel reading, Jesus starts to wash the feet of his followers, and the man who will…

would improve by filling my extra time with other things mainly more passive forms of entertainment and to take more time trying to understand myself. I spend most of my time reading, I finally finished Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage which I started about a year ago and started digging into Great North Road because I'm a glutton for Peter F. Hamilton's thousand page epics. The rest of the time was split between playing games, watching TV, and meditating.…

incapacitated and stressed, and it wasn’t because I was autistic or broke serious school laws. In fact, I was worried because I wanted stay a good student. About a month ago, I was informed by my parents that they will be attending the yearly pilgrimage to Makkah that year. If only Grandma was in town, or alive, then I can still go to school, but I had no one in Houston to care for me. That would mean…

There are numerous amounts of monuments in the world. Most monuments are associated to people or events in history; there are monuments, museums, statutes and so much more. Though these objects are historic and have significance, not all people agree that monuments should be built. People should only build monuments if they consider the time, money, location, and the size. Before constructing a monument time should be taken into consideration Monuments, while they carry a special memory, should…

Eastern and western religions are very different in terms of their belief systems and character. Hinduism and Taoism are the religions I looked at among the eastern religions while Islam and Christianity are among the western religions I looked at. Western and Eastern religions have similarities within their regions but differ when the regions become divided into east and west. They have different beliefs in terms of religious nature, views of God and main concerns. The religious natures…

Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, has a monotheistic worldview, teaching that there is one God in the universe; Muslims believe that this God is Allah. By its belief and its practice, the Islamic faith has produced a group of people who submit and surrender themselves absolutely to Allah. Following the guidelines of the Six articles of Faith and the Five Pillars, a Muslims is able to live their life in complete devotion to Allah. Islam is a monotheistic religion, the belief in one God who…