I Mandei una minoranza religiosa in MO

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Si presume che i Mandei siano originari della Palestina. Apparentemente durante il primo quarto del 1. secolo d.C. essi fuggirono dalle persecuzioni e dalla repressione verso la città di Harran in Siria, ma a causa dell'inimicizia con la comunità cristiana prima e con quella islamica poi furono presto costretti a lasciare la regione per spostarsi nella Babilonia meridionale fino alla regione di Marsh nell'attuale Iraq meridionale. Secondo altri ricercatori invece, i Mandei vissero inizialmente in Mesopotamia, nelle vicinanze dei fiumi Eufrate e Tigri.CONTINUA qui
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