Many elements of the lament are borne out in the historical narrative in 2 Kings concerning the fall of Jerusalem: Jerusalem lying in ruins ( Lamentations 2: 2 and 2 Kings 25: 9 ), enemies entering the city ( Lamentations 4: 12 and 2 Kings 24: 11 ), people going into exile ( Lamentations 1: 3 and 2 Kings 24: 14 ) and the sanctuary being plundered ( Lamentations 1: 10 and 2 Kings 24: 13 ).

Many Central European countries and regions were parts of the German Empire | German and the Austro-Hungarian empires ; thus they also have historical and cultural connections.

Many historical reenactment groups, especially those whose focus is Antiquity or the Middle Ages, commonly use mail both as practical armour and for costuming.

Many historical rulers maintained concubines as well as wives.

Many active and historical figures made significant contribution to control theory, including, for example:

Many consider the County of Foix to be the actual historical centre of Catharism.

Many letters have shapes also found in the historical futhorc runes ( used in The Hobbit ), but their sound values are dissimilar.

Many contemporary dance forms can be traced back to historical, traditional, ceremonial, and ethnic dance.

Many historical linguists view any speech form as a dialect of the older medium of communication from which it developed.

Many years later these alpha versions were sanctioned by id Software because of historical interest ; they reveal how the game progressed from its early design stages.

Many historical geographers study geographical patterns through time, including how people have interacted with their environment, and created the cultural landscape.

Many writers note that historical materialism represented a revolution in human thought, and a break from previous ways of understanding the underlying basis of change within various human societies.

Many Italian dialects may be considered historical languages in their own right.

Many historical works give Caniaderi Guarunte as the Iroquois name for the lake ( meaning: mouth or door of the country ), because the waterway was an important northern gateway to their lands.

Many azulejos chronicle major historical and cultural aspects of Portuguese history.

Many scholars, however, have disagreed with specific claims Weber makes in his historical analysis.

Many modern historical scholars have focused on the timing and the formation of the Mishnah.

Many aspects of modernist design still persist within the mainstream of contemporary architecture today, though its previous dogmatism has given way to a more playful use of decoration, historical quotation, and spatial drama. In other arts such pragmatic considerations were less important.

Many biblical scholars are prepared to admit that there may be a historical core beneath the Exodus and Sinai traditions, even if the biblical narrative dramatizes by portraying as a single event what was more likely a gradual process of migration and conquest.

Many pagans and pagan traditions attempt to incorporate elements of historical religions, cultures and mythologies into their beliefs and practices, often emphasizing the age of their sources.

Many of the ideas about the links between rhymes and historical persons, or events, can be traced back to Katherine Elwes's book The Real Personages of Mother Goose ( 1930 ), in which she linked famous nursery-rhyme characters with real people, on little or no evidence.

Many state and local historical societies have oral history programs.

Many of the " revivals ", Wicca and Neo-druidism in particular, have their roots in 19th century Romanticism and retain noticeable elements of occultism or theosophy that were current then, setting them apart from historical rural ( paganus ) folk religion.

Many see the importance of Foucault's work as in its synthesis of this social / historical account of the operations of power ( see governmentality ).

Many of the ideas developed by historical and modern personality theorists stem from the basic philosophical assumptions they hold.

Many faiths around the world — from Japanese Shinto and Chinese traditional religion, to certain African practices and the faiths derived from those in the Caribbean, to Native American beliefs — hold that ancestral or household spirits offer daily protection and blessings.

Many holidays are linked to faiths and religions ( see etymology above ).

Many UU congregations have study groups that examine the traditions and spiritual practices of Neopaganism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Pantheism, and other faiths.

Many Christian faiths emphasize the raising of children as a priority in a marriage.

Many of its feasts ( e. g., Christmas, Mardi Gras, Saint Patrick's Day ) remain holidays, and are now celebrated by people of all faiths and none — in some cases worldwide.

Many Orthodox ( along with peoples of other faiths ) were also subjected to psychological punishment or torture and mind control experimentation in an attempt to force them give up their religious convictions ( see Punitive psychiatry in the Soviet Union ).

Many early settlers were Huguenots or Swiss or German Mennonites and several church congregations of various faiths formed during the 1760s.

Many of these chaplains, particularly those serving with the military or other large secular organizations, are specifically trained to minister to members of many different faiths, even faiths with opposing religious ideology from that of the chaplain's faith.

Many religious communities have their own histories of inquiry into bioethical issues and have developed rules and guidelines on how to deal with these issues from within the viewpoint of their respective faiths.

Many faiths also offer private college and graduate-level religious schools, which may be accredited as colleges.

Many private schools have a stated religious character, although this does not generally aim at pupils ' religious indoctrination and does not preclude pupils of other faiths attending if they wish.

Many bodily fluids are regarded with varying levels of disgust among world cultures, including the Abrahamic faiths ( Christianity, Islam, Judaism ) and Hinduism.

Many poor citizens found radio as an escape and used it to restore their own faiths in a brighter future.

Many faiths have flourished in the United States, including those spanning the country's multicultural immigrant heritage, as well as those founded within the country: these have led the United States to become one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world.

Many people from many faiths contend that their faith brings them fulfillment, peace, and joy, apart from worldly interests.

Many Tenctonese of different faiths observe the same secular holidays, such as the Day of Descent.

Many pupils received confirmation into the Church of England in the school chapel, and some others have had religious backgrounds from faiths other than the Christianity.

Many of these people had turned to revivalist faiths such as the Methodists and the Baptists, and most found spiritual homes within those groups, or others deriving from the ferment started by the Great Awakenings.

Many Westerners who call themselves Buddhists regard the Buddhist tradition, in contrast to most other world faiths, as nontheistic, humanistic and experientially-based.

Many forms of religions, including the Eastern faiths and Abrahamic faiths, do not support gay sex.