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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of participating in the "Pride Changes Lives" parade in Columbus, Ohio along with his husband, parents and the newly-wed gay couples whom they helped through their C-Bus project.

Chapter 7 of the book "Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of History " is presented. It focuses on the book "A History of the Work of Redemption," by 18th-century American theologian Jonathan Edwards. It argues the philosophy of history forwarded by Edwards predicted the arrival of the Great Awakening as an outcome of God's direct involvement in the history of mankind.

From the Occidental perspective, the domestic horse and wheeled transport are prehistoric developments. The chariot, though an epoch-marker of great and violent transformations of ancient civilizations, did not acquire the traumatic qualities of the advent of mounted warriors roughly a millennium later, an event that gave rise to the classic dichotomy of civilization and barbarity. Again about one-and-a-half millenniums later, the introduction of the stirrup appears intimately linked with the rise of the heavily armoured mounted warriors, a new aristocratic class, which in Europe transformed society and gave rise to ideals of chivalry which still hold attraction today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Part of the poem "Urania, or Spiritual Poems" by William Drummond is presented. First Line: TRIUMPHING chariots, statues, crowns of bays, Last Line: Ah ! when I had what most I did admire.

Chapter 6 of the book "Ancient China Simplified," by Edward Harper Parker is presented. It deals with the ancient history of China. It explores the Chinese army, its paraphernalia of warfare, and the use of war-chariots date back to 1800 B.C. It narrates the use of flags and the introduction of canals and boat traffic.

Chapter 5 of the book "Ancient China Simplified," by Edward Harper Parker is presented. It deals with the ancient history of China. It focuses on the evidence of eclipses, which Confucius himself recorded 37 eclipses of the sun between 720 B.C. and 481 B.C. , those of 709 B.C. , 601 B.C. , and 549 B.C. being totaled. It explores the retrospective calculations of eclipses and complications of calendars.

The short story "A Brave Queen" is presented.

Chapter XXII of the book "Warlock o' Glenwarlock," by George MacDonald is presented. It describes the ambiance of the Christian church where Cosmo practiced his belief through prayers. It narrates the conversation between Peter Simon and Cosmo regarding God and the Holy Ghost as well as his dream about horses and chariots.

Chapter I of the book "The Yoke: A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt" is presented. It describers of the city of Pithom where King Rameses II build the Pa-Ramesu. It highlights the selection of the ten slaves and the meeting of Atsu, captain of chariots and vice-commander over Pa-Ramesu and the 16-year-old girl named Rachel.

The article presents chapter six of the book "Compassion: A New Philosophy of the Other," by Werner J. Krieglstein, part of the Value Inquiry book series. It explores the Aryans, a group of nomadic and semi-nomadic people who brought tamed horses, chariots and war tools to Europe and India, and possibly to China. It also highlights the book "Sacred Pleasure," by Riane Eisler, which focuses on the way that ancient people revered sexuality as both the source of life and sacred power.

A chronology that deals with attainments in science, economics and everyday life in China, from a chapter of the book "Columbia Chronologies of Asian History & Culture," is presented. The people are making silk in 1500 B.C. and war chariots come into use in military campaigns. Construction begins on a system of imperial highways in 220 B.C. From 66--64 B.C., the government lowers the price of salt and reduces taxes to ease distress in a period of economic hardship. During the 4th century, fighting devastates the countryside and depresses commerce.

Chapter VII of the Fourth Book of the book "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ," by Lew Wallace is presented. It features Ben-Hur's encounter with Malluch, a merchant of Antioch, who served as his company on their way to the stadium. It highlights the scene of the racing chariots where Ben-Hur saw Messala, his childhood friend and greatest enemy.

The poem "Achilles Over the Trench," by Alfred Lord Tennyson is presented. First Line: SO saying, light-foot Iris pass'd away. Last Line: Among their spears and chariots.

The poem "The Plougher" by Padraic Colum is presented. First Line: SUNSET and silence ! A man : around him earth; Last Line: chariots, purples and splendours.

This paper presents a systematic approach for the reconstruction of all possible topological structures of lost ancient Chinese mechanisms. This approach utilizes the idea of creative mechanism design methodology to converge the divergent conceptions from the results of literature studies to a focused scope, and then applies the mechanical evolution and variation method to obtain feasible reconstruction design concepts that meet the scientific and technological standards of the subjects΄ time period. Three examples, such as south pointing chariots, Zhang Heng΄s seismoscope, and Su Song΄s escapement regulator, are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

No nation was ever ruined by trade. Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man, nor the proudest of his achievements, which buries empires and cities in a common grave. PRE-ROMAN TIMES War, trade, imperialism, and colonialism are all powerful vectors of new tastes that propel them across cultural barriers. Invasions such as that of the Indo-Europeans or Aryans – a warrior class using horse-drawn chariots – brought about, after 1800 bce, new power structures in North Africa, western Asia, and India, with the Aryan impact also felt in Greece, Italy, and Central Europe. One group of Aryans became the Hittites who occupied eastern Asia Minor, while another united with Semitic raiders of the Arabian desert to become those Hyksos who conquered Egypt's Middle Kingdom from a base in Palestine. The Indo-Europeans, called “shepherd kings” by the Egyptians, introduced livestock in a way it had never been introduced before. In the midst of this cultural confusion was Phoenicia (now modern Syria and Lebanon), the land of Canaan and a site of early olive-tree cultivation. It was also home to the Phoenicians, who had grown sophisticated under multiple conquerors and had become wide-ranging Mediterranean traders and colonizers. They were also the developers of Mesopotamian writing into an alphabet. They had earlier cut their business teeth trading grain, honey, oil, and wine with Damascus, Judah (in southern Palestine), and Israel, and by 1000 bce had expanded operations by establishing trading colonies as far away as Carthage in North Africa and Cadiz in the Iberian peninsula. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chapter VI of the book "Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus," by Xenophon is presented. It narrates the conversation between Cyrus the Persian, his friend Hystaspas and Gadatas, the eunuch about the disbanding of the army. It highlights the arrival of ambassadors from India with gifts of courtesy and a message from their king that it desired to become a friend of Cyrus and told his men to do whatever the latter command.

Presents "CHAPTER XXXIX" from the book "Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt -- Complete" by Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898.

Chapter 9 of Book of Leviticus from the book "Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers," by Alexander Maclaren. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to Mount Sinai. In addition, it recounts how God, through Moses, gives the Israelites their laws and enters into a covenant with them.

Chapter 8 of Book of Leviticus from the book "Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers," by Alexander Maclaren. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to Mount Sinai. In addition, it recounts how God, through Moses, gives the Israelites their laws and enters a covenant with them.

Presents "CHAPTER XXV" from the book "Serapis -- Complete" by Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898.

Presents "CHAPTER XVIII" from "Joshua -- Complete" by Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898.