The first value in each ordered pair is the abscissa of the corresponding point. In mathematics, an abscissa (/Ã¦bËsÉªs.É/; plural abscissae or abscissÃ¦ or abscissas) is the number whose absolute value (modulus) is the perpendicular distance of a point from the vertical axis. Usually this is the horizontal coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional rectangular Cartesian coordinate system.
Rastafarianism is a very new religion. It began in 1930 in Jamaica. Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican, predicted there would be a black messiah in Africa. As it turned out Ras Tafari, a prince, became Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930.As emperor he was called Haile Selassie but the name Rastafarianism comes from his name, Ras Tafari.People believed he was the black messiah Marcus Garvey was talking about.t began in 1930 in Jamaica. Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican, predicted there would be a black messiah in Africa. As it turned out Ras Tafari, a prince, became Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930.
Some Rastafari believe themselves to represent the real Children of Israel in modern times, and their goal is to repatriate to Ethiopia, or to Zion. The Ge'ez-language Kebra Nagast serves as inspiration for the idea that the Glory of Zion transferred from Jerusalem to Ethiopia in the time of Solomon and Sheba, c. 950 BC.