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.
Answer by mandriloquai (324). Rastafari originated in Jamaica in the 1930s as a way of life and worship of former King of Ethiopia (Hailee Selasee) as God reincarnate.add a comment.he Rastafarian religion originally arose on the island nation of Jamaica during the 1930's in worship of Haile Selassie I who they believed was a reincarnation of Jesus Christ. One of the first missionaries of Rastafarian religion is King of Kings Ethiopian Mission, founded by Archibald Dunkley in December of 1930.
Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia (ruled 1930â1974), much in the same way as Jesus in his Second Advent, or as God the Father. Members of the Rastafari way of life are known as Rastafari, Rastas, Rastafarians, or simply Ras.he way of life is sometimes referred to as Rastafarianism, but this term is considered offensive by most Rastafari, who, being critical of isms (which they see as a typical part of Babylon culture), dislike being labelled as an ism themselves.