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As I have been studying the stories and ideas of the ancient Chinese, I have noted how much truth they had to offer their people and even those of us today. <BR><font color="ffffff"><font size="-2">.</font></font>
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<b><font color="ff0000">prosopography</font></b> <BR> <BR>[pros-uh-pog-ruh-fee] <BR> <BR>–noun, plural -phies. 1. a study of a collection of persons or characters, esp. their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context. <BR> <BR>2. a description of a person's appearance, career, personality, etc. <BR> <BR>---------------- <BR> <BR>Prosopography has been defined as an independent science of social history embracing genealogy, onomastics and demography. <BR> <BR>---------------- <BR> <BR>I am reading a book reporting the studies done of early Christians in the city of Rome. To develop an understanding of this group of people, prosopography is employed. <BR> <BR>I know very little about this, but at least now I know it exists as a discipline of study. <IMG SRC="http://www.atomorrow.net/discus/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":-)" BORDER=0> <BR> <BR>For further study: <BR> <BR><a href="http://prosopography.modhist.ox.ac.uk/prosopdefinition.htm" target=_top>http://prosopography.modhist.ox.ac.uk/prosopdefini tion.htm</a> <BR> <BR>(Message edited by Don on December 05, 2009)
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Thought you all might enjoy these vocabulary words: <BR> <BR><font color="ff0000"><b>perspicacious <BR></b></font> <BR>having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning <BR> <BR> <BR><b><font color="ff0000">tendentious</font></b> <BR>having or showing a bias
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