* The first " temple vision ", in which Ezekiel sees God leave the Temple because of the abominations being practiced there ( meaning the worship of Gods other than Yahweh, the official God of Judah ( Ezekiel 8: 1-16 );

While there is universal agreement that some Mesoamerican people practiced human sacrifice, there is a lack of scholarly consensus as to whether cannibalism in pre-Columbian America was widespread.

However he, and many refugees, also report that cannibalism was practiced non-ritually when there was no food to be found.

Second, there are well-documented historical examples of ( small ) societies that have practiced unspecific coercion without the help of State institutions — like Iceland in the early Middle Ages.

He practiced rigid economy, never started a war, and at his death there was a large surplus in the royal treasury ( which was kept in the cellar of the royal palace ).

She took into account both the segmental structure ( such as sounds, syllables, phrases ) and the supra-segmental elements ( rhythm, accent, intonation ), and concluded that there was no distinction between what was practiced by the Pentecostal Protestants and the followers of other religions.

This type of war can be practiced anywhere there are places for combatants to cover themselves and where such advantage cannot be made use of by a larger and more conventional force.

The Huns practiced artificial cranial deformation, while there is no evidence of such practice among the Xiongnu.

The book of Hosea was a severe warning to the northern kingdom against the growing idolatry being practiced there ; the book was a dramatic call to repentance.

Also, at Economy, there are glass bottles and literature that seem to indicate that the group was interested in ( and practiced ) alchemy.

Some scholars maintain that he was influenced by the Essenes, who were semi-ascetic, expected an apocalypse, and practiced rituals corresponding strongly with baptism, although there is no direct evidence to substantiate this.

Sparta is often portrayed as being unique in this matter, however there is considerable evidence that the killing of unwanted children was practiced in other Greek regions, including Athens.

Another story places him in the court of the Shogun Iyenari, invited there to compete with another artist who practiced more traditional brush stroke painting.

An example is the brood parasitism practiced by many species of cuckoo and cowbird, which do not build nests of their own but rather deposit their eggs in nests of other species and abandon them there.

“ There is a real need for residential development ,” he said, “ in which there is a strong sense of community ; a need to feed into the city some of the atmosphere and pace of the small town and village ; a need to create a community which can meet as many as possible of the needs of the people who live there ; which can bring these people into natural contact with one another ; which can produce out of these relationships a spirit and feeling of neighborliness and a rich sense of belonging to a community .” In a city that practiced strict racial segregation, Rouse intended Cross Keys to be open to all who could afford to live there.

Although there are a wide range of koryū styles practiced in Japan, the two most popular koryū styles practiced worldwide are Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū and Musō Shinden-ryū.

It is not until the fifteenth century that there are evidence in reliable documentary form to prove that the bushi practiced swordsmanship in a systematic manner.

The origins of this sport is claimed to be derived from the Athenians when Themistocles, marching his army against the Persians, chanced upon two cocks fighting and charged his army saying “ Behold, these do not fight for their household gods, for the monuments of their ancestors, for glory, for liberty or the safety of their children, but only because one will not give way to the other .” Inspired, his army defeated the Persians and after ordained by law, cockfighting was annually practiced as " an institution partly religious and partly political at Athens, and continued there for the purpose of improving the seeds of valour in the minds of the Athenian youth ".

We would advise parents to look into it, and learn whether shooting is to be a part of the scholastic course which may be practiced on their boys ; or else we advise them to see that their own boys are properly armed with the most approved and deadly-pistol, and that there may be an equal chance at least of their shooting as of being shot.

In contrast, the tradition of ink wash painting, practiced mainly by scholar-officials and especially of landscapes, developed aesthetic values depending on the individual imagination of the artist that are similar to those of the West, but long pre-dated their development there.

Typhoid fever in Oyster Bay at that time was " unusual ," according to three doctors who practiced medicine there.

The degree to which these principles are practiced is different for householders and monks.

He received his medical degree from Université de Lyon, and practiced in France and in the United States at the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

He practiced as a surveyor and civil engineer for two years before entering the United States Military Academy in 1838.

The ancient peoples of the Andes such as the Incas have practiced irrigation techniques for over 6, 000 years.

Peasant farmers who once practiced subsistence farming are being forced to farm what is best for foreign trade, mostly wine and oil.

Removal of teeth, mainly incisors, is or was practiced by some cultures for ritual purposes ( for instance in the Iberomaurusian culture of Neolithic North Africa ).

This technique, famously practiced by Eddie Stanky of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is where the runner does not break immediately for second when the pitcher commits to the plate.

" Thus declaring that the burnt offering of both animals and humans ( which may have been practiced in Judah under Kings Ahaz and Manasseh ) is not necessary for God.

The genesis of chemistry can be traced to certain practices, known as alchemy, which had been practiced for several millennia in various parts of the world, particularly the Middle East.

In parts of Melanesia, cannibalism was still practiced in the early 20th century, for a variety of reasons — including retaliation, to insult an enemy people, or to absorb the dead person's qualities.

Illegal and punishable crime is the violation of any rule of administrative, fiscal or criminal liability on the part of agents of the state or practice of any wrongdoing and notoriously harmful to self or against third parties, provided for in criminal law, since they practiced with guilt ( the first act that causes injury criminal actions or omissions to produce adequate evidence also illegal ).

" Attributes that are seen as religious — such as ancestor worship, ritual, and sacrifice — were advocated by Confucius as necessary for social harmony ; however, these attributes can be traced to the traditional non-Confucian Chinese beliefs of Chinese folk religion, and are also practiced by Daoists and Chinese Buddhists.

* in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor, Tom Hiddleston practiced the art of Capoeira for his role as Loki.

Areas where shifting cultivation or slash and burn agriculture are practiced are generally only fertile for 2 – 3 years before they are abandoned.

The vegetarianism practiced in much of India has made pulses ( crops harvested solely for the dry seed ) such as chickpeas and lentils as significant as wheat or rice.

* Deposition ( university ), a widespread initiation ritual for new students practiced from the Middle Ages until the 18th century

Small scale deforestation was practiced by some societies for tens of thousands of years before the beginnings of civilization.

Dominic practiced self-scourging and would mortify himself as he prayed alone in the chapel at night for ' poor sinners.

* Removal of a certain percentage of students for improvisation of academics ( usually practiced in schools, after 10th grade )

Terracing is an extremely effective means of erosion control, which has been practiced for thousands of years by people all over the world.

Using explosives for fishing, called dynamite fishing, became popular in the 1980s and is still practiced by some even though it is illegal today.

Fellatio is also sometimes practiced when sexual intercourse can create a physical difficulty for a sex partner.

Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial arts that are practiced both as combat sports and for self defense.