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.
Rastafarianism, a religious-cultural movement that began (1930s) in Jamaica. Rastafarians believe that Haile Selassie, also named Ras Tafari, the last emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975), is the Messiah.They tend to reject European culture and ideas and are particularly noted for their use of marijuana.astafarian a member of a religious movement of Jamaican origin holding that blacks are the chosen people. Rastafarians believe that Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (who from 1916â30 was known as Ras Tafari) was the Messiah, and that black people will eventually return to their African homeland.