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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gnosticism |
 | | Moreover, Gnosticism, placed in other historical surroundings, developed from the first on other lines than Buddhism. |
 | | When Cyrus entered Babylon in 539 B.C., two great worlds of thought met, and syncretism in religion, as far as we know it, began. |
 | | Iranian thought began to mix with the ancient civilization of Babylon. |
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