Thus, every non-Han dynasty saw itself as the legitimate holder of the " Mandate of Heaven ", which legitimized the dynastic cycle regardless of social or ethnic background as it was moral integrity and benevolent leadership that had been validating the " Mandate of Heaven.

Thus, it has been argued that a voucher system would lead students who do not belong to a preferred religious or ethnic group, or those with disabilities, to become concentrated within the public school system.

Thus, in Chile, Argentina and the Canary Islands, godo was an ethnic slur used against European Spaniards, who in the early colony period often felt superior to the people born locally ( criollos ).

Thus for instance it is illegal to publicly call certain ethnic groups " maggots " or " freeloaders ".

Thus, ethnic minority populations are found on both the Laotian and Vietnamese sides of the frontier.

Thus Serbo-Croatian generally goes by the ethnic names Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian.

Thus, many believed that tribes organize links between families ( including clans and lineages ), and provide them with a social and ideological basis for solidarity that is in some way more limited than that of an " ethnic group " or of a " nation ".

Thus, from an early stage in its history, when used as a label for various groups of people, the term " Latin " has had purely legal and cultural meanings, not ethnic.

Thus, he advocates the usage of both " Hmong " and " Mong " when referring to the entire ethnic group.

Thus, in today's everyday language, the words " ethnic " and " ethnicity " still have a ring of exotic peoples, minority issues and race relations.

Thus, anthropologist Joan Vincent observed that ethnic boundaries often have a mercurial character.

Thus there were significant ethnic, religious, economic, and linguistic differences between these adjacent regions of settlement.

Thus, the total number of Germans worldwide lies between 66 and 160 million, depending on the criteria applied ( native speakers, single-ancestry ethnic Germans, partial German ancestry, etc.

Thus, conforming to the " ethnic integrity " of the region.

Thus, this population forms the fourth largest ethnic market, hailing from such places as France, Quebec, Belgium, Haiti, Senegal and other parts of the world.

The term “ Isneg ” derives from a combination of “ is ” meaning “ recede ” and “ uneg ” meaning “ interior .” Thus, it means “ people who have gone into the interior .” In Spanish missionary accounts, they, together with the Kalinga and other ethnic groups between the northern end of the Cagayan Valley and the northeastern part of the Ilocos, were referred to as “ los Apayaos ,” an allusion to the river whose banks and nearby rugged terrain were inhabited by the people.

Thus Afghan music features a mix of Persian melodies, Arab scales, Indian compositional principles as well as sounds from ethnic groups such as the Pashtuns or Tajiks and the instruments used range from Indian tablas to long-necked lutes.

Thus the census definition of " Romanian " might variously mean Romanian-born, of Romanian parentage, or also include other ethnic identities as Romanian which otherwise are identified separately in other contexts ;

Thus, CAMERA and others argue that other countries, including Germany, provide immigration privileges to individuals with ethnic ties to these countries ( See Right of return and Repatriation laws ).

Thus, one of the central ideas in postcolonial feminism is that by using the term ' woman ' as a universal group, they are then only defined by their gender and not by social classes and ethnic identities.

Thus a satisfactory conclusion about the epic ’ s origins cannot be drawn based on the lifespans of historical heroic figures .... Jiangbian pointed out that the foundation for the origin of epic is ethnic folk culture.

Thus by the 9th century, the term was being used by Persians themselves as an ethnic term, and examples can be given by Asadi Tusi in his poem comparing the superiority of Persians and Arabs.

Thus, the largest ethnic group in Nigeria is formed by the Hausa-Fulani, with 29 % of population ; similarly, the largest ethnic group in Kenya are the Kikuyu with 22 % of population.

Thus, paradoxically, the beat writers resort to `` religious '' metaphors: they are in search of mana, the spiritual, the numinous, but not anything connected with formal religion.

Thus, under Elizabeth, a more permanent enforcement of the Reformed religion was undertaken, and the 1552 book was republished in 1559, scarcely altered.

Thus, Zoroastrianism can be said to be a universalist religion with respect to salvation.

Thus, Roman religion is called " myth " by today's dominant religions.

Thus a Jew who claims to be an atheist or converts to another religion is still considered by traditional Judaism to be Jewish.

" Thus these two distinctions can be applied not only to class structure within society but denomination and racial segregation within religion.

Thus, this work of Vyasa, called Jaya deals with diverse subjects like geography, history, warfare, religion and morality.

Thus it is distinguished from revealed theology ( or revealed religion ) which is based on scripture and religious experiences of various kinds ; and also from transcendental theology, theology from a priori reasoning.

Thus, non-narrative elements of religion, such as ritual, are not myths.

Thus Marx's famous line-" religion is the opium of the people ", as it soothes them and dulls their senses to the pain of oppression.

Thus later sociologists of religion ( notably Robert Bellah ) have extended Durkheimian insights to talk about notions of civil religion, or the religion of a state.

Thus William Irwin Thompson suggest that " religion is the form spirituality takes in a civilization.

Thus in about 1339-40 he executed two Franciscan friars from Bohemia, Ulrich and Martin, who had gone beyond the authority granted them and had publicly preached against the Lithuanian religion.

Thus, Williams had founded the first place in modern history where citizenship and religion were separated, a place where there was religious liberty and separation of church and state.

Thus he presented himself as the fountainhead of the Empire and Roman life and religion.

Thus the transition from the ' old ' traditions to the new Christian religion also contributed to the adoption of Greek words into the Coptic religious lexicon.

Thus, Christian right leaders have argued that the Establishment Clause does not prohibit the display of religion in the public sphere.

Thus in the Avesta, some of the Tuiryas believed in the message of Zoroaster while others rejected the religion.

Thus, no matter what it may be called, the truth is that 80 % of the Igbo people use the word ọdịnala to describe the Igbo traditional religion and have differentiated it from omenala ; which is culture.

Thus far Bahrdt's orthodoxy had counterbalanced his character ; but at Gießen, where his behaviour was no less objectionable than elsewhere, he gave a handle to his enemies by a change in his public attitude towards religion.

Thus economic and social endeavors, which tend to strengthen the collective, are seen as valuable, whereas education and religion, which tend to strengthen the individual, are seen as counterproductive.

Thus, Eliade concludes, " Christianity incontestably proves to be the religion of ' fallen man '", of modern man who has lost " the paradise of archetypes and repetition ".