excessive feasting
1riot — I. n. 1. Tumult, uproar, disturbance, commotion, broil, brawl, outbreak, fray, affray, altercation, squabble, quarrel, strife, mêlée. 2. Luxury, excess, revelry, wild festivity, excessive feasting. II. v. n. 1. Revel, carouse, luxuriate. 2. Be… …
2arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
3ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
4Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies — North American colonies 1763–76 The cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies includes the foods, eating habits, and cooking methods of the British colonies in North America before the establishment of the United States in the 1770s and 1780s. It was… …
5literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
6Vitellius — Infobox Roman emperor name = Vitellius title = Emperor of the Roman Empire full name = Aulus Vitellius (from birth to accession; Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus (as emperor) caption = Bust of Emperor Vitellius, Louvre reign = 2 January, 69… …
7Christmas dinner — An oven roasted turkey. Christmas dinner is the primary meal traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. In many ways the meal is similar to a standard Sunday dinner. Christmas feasts have traditionally been luxurious and abundant.… …
8Maya health and medicine — Health and medicine among the ancient Maya was a complex blend of mind, body, religion, ritual, and science. Important to all, medicine was practiced only by a select few, who generally inherited their positions and received extensive education.… …
9Maya medicine — Health and medicine among the ancient Maya was a complex blend of mind, body, religion, ritual, and science. Important to all, medicine was practiced only by a select few, who generally inherited their positions and received extensive education.… …
10Alcohol in the Bible — Alcoholic beverages appear repeatedly in biblical literature – from Noah planting a vineyard and getting drunk in the Hebrew Bible [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ge+9:20 27 Ge 9:20–27] ] to Jesus in the New Testament miraculously… …
