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Offering a child sacrifice to
Moloch is the
ritualistic killing of
children in order to please or appease a
deity,
supernatural beings, or sacred social order, tribal, group, or national loyalties in order to achieve a desired result. As such, it is a form of
human sacrifice. While the specific rationales and occasions for offering children as sacrifices varied from culture to culture, the practice has been widespread on all the inhabited continents. Condemned throughout the world in contemporary times, nonetheless it continues illegally in certain areas.
The
Kamakura shogunate was a
feudal samurai government from 1185 (or 1192, when it was formally recognized) to 1333. The rise of samurai and their control of political power was a turning point in
Japanese history. In the previous
Heian period (794-1185), the Tenno (“Heavenly Enperorâ€) and aristocrats had ruled Japan, and literature and culture had flourished among the aristocrats. The samurai gradually gained power late in the
Heian period and created a federation of local leaders and regents led by
Minamoto no Yoritomo. The Samurai-run government continued until the
Meiji restoration.
Arranged marriages have been employed to unite enemy nations and create a culture of peace (source: Arranged marriage)
