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.
I thought Madagascar was founded much earlier than 1,200 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar Quote: Initial human settlement of Madagascar occurred from 350 BCE and 550 CE by Austronesian peoples arriving on outrigger canoes from Borneo who were later joined around 1000 CE by Bantu migrants crossing the Mozambique Channel.