However, it remains a controversial claim that primitive matriarchy existed in Greece or elsewhere.

Modern cultures in this region, many of whom claim some of these ancient people as ancestors, contain a striking range of diversity in lifestyles, social organization, language and religious beliefs.

Some modern scholars claim the universality of the accusations in ancient texts lends credence to the crime.

A similar belief was attributed by some ancient sources to Diogenes Apolloniates ( late 5th century BCE ), who also linked air with intelligence and soul ( psyche ), but other sources claim that his arche was a substance between air and fire.

Methodists and Presbyterians believe their denominations owe their origins to the Apostles and the early church, but do not claim descent from ancient church structures such as the episcopate.

For example: if five ancient historians, none of whom knew each other, all claim that Julius Caesar seized power in Rome in 49 BCE, this is strong evidence in favor of that event occurring even if each individual historian is only partially reliable.

Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before Herodotus ' own time, which would place him at around 850 BC ; while other ancient sources claim that he lived much nearer to the supposed time of the Trojan War, in the early 12th century BC.

An ancient legend of the Angami Naga tribes of India claim that their ancestors emerged in ancient times from a subterranean land inside the earth.

According to South American mythology the belief of the Brazilian Indians, who live alongside the Parima River in Brazil, claim that their forefathers emerged in ancient times from an underground land, and that many of their ancestors still remained inside the earth.

Jadwiga could claim descent from the House of Piast, the ancient native Polish dynasty on both her mother's and her father's side.

Georgian nationalist histories associate Japheth's sons with certain ancient tribes, called Tubals ( Tabals, Tibarenoi in Greek ) and Meshechs ( Meshekhs / Mosokhs, Moschoi in Greek ), who they claim represent non-Indo-European and non-Semitic, possibly " Proto-Iberian " tribes of Asia Minor of the 3rd-1st millennia BC.

Northern Canaanites are commonly thought to develop into Phoenicians by the 8th century BC-a claim which has recently been verified by genetic comparison analysis of ancient Canaanite and Phoenician burial sites in modern Lebanon.

Unlike the positivists, he did not claim that metaphysical statements must be meaningless ; he also claimed that a statement which was " metaphysical " and unfalsifiable in one century ( like the ancient Greek philosophy about atoms ) could, in another century, be developed into falsifiable theories that have the metaphysical views as a consequence, and thus become scientific.

She awakened, he identified himself and offered her two choices: she could submit to his sexual advances and become his wife and future queen, or he would kill her and one of her slaves and place the bodies together, then claim he had caught her having adulterous sex ( see sexuality in ancient Rome for Roman attitudes toward sex ).

Katherine Henderson and Barbara McManus consider he " showed more empathy for women than any other ancient writer ", citing " relatively modern critics " to support their claim.

The term " Neopagan " is deemed offensive and not used by many contemporary Pagans, who claim that the inclusion of the term " neo " disconnects them from their ancient polytheistic ancestors.

Based on the Samaritan Torah, Samaritans claim their worship is the true religion of the ancient Israelites prior to the Babylonian Exile, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they assert is a related but altered and amended religion, brought back by those returning from exile.

Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from a group of Israelite inhabitants from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh ( the two sons of Joseph ) as well as some descendants from the priestly tribe of Levi, who have connections to ancient Samaria from the period of their entry into the land of Canaan, while some suggest that it was from the beginning of the Babylonian Exile up to the Samaritan Kingdom of Baba Rabba.

In the Talmud, a central post-exilic religious text of Judaism, Samaritan claim of ancestral origin was disputed, and in those texts they are called Cutheans (, Kuthim ), referring to the ancient city of Cuthah ( Kutha ), geographically located in what is today Iraq.

The term " Cuthim " applied by Jews to the Samaritans had clear pejorative connotations, implying that they were interlopers brought in from Kutha in Mesopotamia and rejecting their claim of descent from the ancient Tribes of Israel.

Based on the Samaritan Torah, Samaritans claim their worship is the true religion of the ancient Israelites prior to the Babylonian Exile, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they assert is a related but altered and amended religion brought back by those returning from exile.

Members of North Carolina bands also claim descent and continuity with the ancient Skarure.

Although some historians claim that ancient Egyptian society was a “ death cult ” because of its elaborate tombs and mummification rituals, it was really quite the opposite.

Adherents of Stepanich's Faery Wicca claim that it recovers the traditions of the Tuatha De Danaan, the mythological precursors to the Celtic people ; however, this is disputed by those familiar with ancient Celtic polytheism and mythology.

Vessey believes that William's claim to have been commissioned by Amalric is a typical ancient and medieval topos, or literary theme, in which a wise ruler, a lover of history and literature, wishes to preserve for posterity the grand deeds of his reign.

Many peoples of the Near, Middle East and Central Asia claim Nasreddin as their own ( e. g., Turks, Afghans, Iranians, and Uzbeks ).

Some claim that Greek philosophy, in turn, was influenced by the older wisdom literature and mythological cosmogonies of the ancient Near East.

Near the end of his life, Maynard's first wife Lydia sold any rights she may have had in Maynard's property to a person who promptly sued Maynard for Lydia's share of Maynard's property in Seattle ( claiming that they had never been divorced ; while he was still married when he built his fortune, the common law is not entirely clear as to her claim ).

Apart from the linguistic similarities, the Elamo-Dravidian Hypothesis rests on the claim that agriculture spread from the Near East to the Indus Valley region via Elam.

Ther has been a long discussion btwn migrationists ( who claim that the Near eastern farmers almost totally displaced the European native hunter-gatherers ) and diffusionists ( who claim that the process was slow enough to have occurred mostly through cultural transmission ).

In attempting to apply the Near and Pentagon Papers standards, the court was concerned about the prospect of publication causing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and potentially a global nuclear holocaust, although the government did not advance such a claim.

Morton has a claim to be at the centre of England as it is midway along the longest North-South Axis ( Near Berwick upon Tweed to Poole ) and is also midway between the Welsh border ( Close to Dodleston ) and the East Coast ( at Skegness ).

Near the entrance is a chamber full of hundreds of skeletons that some say are the remains of a rebel force ( PKI ) from the 1950s and others claim is actually a native cemetery ( similar to the cemetery caves of Tanah Toraja ).

Thus, while it remains possible that the Babylonians and/or the Pythagoreans may perhaps have had the magic square of three before the Chinese did, more definite evidence will have to turn up from the Middle East or the Classical World before China can lose her claim to the earliest known magic square by more than a thousand years.

Churches that claim some form of episcopal apostolic succession, dating back to the apostles or to leaders from the apostolic era, include the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Church of the East, the Anglican Communion, and some Lutheran Churches ( see below ).

Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic, Independent Catholic Churches, and in the Assyrian Church of the East, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles.

The following season, the Cowboys avenged that defeat by beating the Eagles three times: twice during the regular season to claim the title as NFC East champions and once more in a wild-card playoff game by a combined score of 78 – 30, including a 24 – 0 shutout in week 17.

For arrivals, the train runs only from the West Hall to the East Hall, where all passengers must disembark for immigration, customs, and baggage claim.

As a result, " No Uyghur or East Turkestan group speaks for all Uyghurs, although it might claim to ", and Uyghurs in each of these camps have committed violence against other Uyghurs who they think are too assimilated to Chinese or Russian society or not religious enough.

* Two officers of the British East India Company attempt to claim the Table Mountain region ( in present-day South Africa ) for England, but fail.

* Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, is believed to have landed in Kodungallur, India to preach the Gospel ; the Marthoma Church, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East claim descent from him.

* Aethelfrith meets Rædwald and the army of East Anglia in the Battle of the River Idle, and is slain by Raedwald, which establishes his claim as Bretwalda.

On its provisions were based both the Portuguese claim to Brazil and the Spanish claim to the Moluccas ( see East Indies # History ).

Locals claim that the Murgatroyd ancestors in Ruddigore are based on the Murgatroyd family of East Riddlesden Hall, West Yorkshire.

The proposals include the Gaza Strip, which is currently controlled by the Hamas faction of the Palestinian National Authority, the West Bank, which is administered by the Fatah faction of the Palestinian National Authority, and East Jerusalem which is controlled by Israel under a claim of sovereignty.

Another claim is that it was derived from Tamil word kāśu () or Malayalam word kāśu () meaning a coin, by East India Company.

This claim is apparent in Brandes argument: “ when perishes, a prey to the voluptuousness of the East, it seems as though Roman greatness and the Roman Republic expires with him .” Yet Fitz points out that Antony dies in Act IV while Cleopatra ( and therefore Egypt ) is present throughout Act V until she commits suicide at the end and “ would seem to fulfill at least the formal requirements of the tragic hero .”

An agreement was then reached whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claim to West.

At one point, a gang named the Freemasons gang, which were of Cantonese descent, had attempted to claim East Broadway as their territory.

The first recorded European to lay claim to the area was Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who anchored his ship the Halve Maen ( Half Moon ) at Weehawken Cove on October 2, 1609.

By the early 19th century, an early East Tennessee pioneer, Judge David Campbell, had laid claim to part of what is now Lenoir City, where he had built a log cabin and a gristmill.

After her death Jever became a part of Oldenburg, but East Frisia made a claim for the territory as well.

China and Japan both claim 200 nautical miles EEZ rights, but the East China Sea width is only 360 nautical miles.

Purists of the sport claim that it was started in 1997 in Leicester, East Midlands, England by resident Phil Shaw in his back garden.