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Where and when did the number of monks make up one third of the total number of men in the country?

By the beginning of the 20th century, there were over 700 monasteries in Mongolia, where about 100 monks lived. This was one third of the total number of Mongolian men. In a number of regions of the country, monasteries were the only settled centers and served as cities.

After the revolution of 1921, Buddhists began to be persecuted, and by the end of the 1930s, all the monasteries were closed and destroyed, and most of the monks were repressed.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Their wedding night lasted like three ordinary nights: Hermes, at the behest of Zeus, ordered Helios to put out the solar fires and stay at home all the next day, since the conception of a great warrior, as Zeus intended, should have taken place without haste. After that, Hermes ordered Selene to move more slowly, and Hypnos to make humanity so sleepy that no one would notice anything. Alcmene happily listened to Zeus's story about the crushing defeat that the teleboys suffered, and for thirty-six hours indulged in love pleasures with the one whom she considered her husband.

The next day, when the returned Amphitryon spared no words, telling Alcmene about his victory and his feelings for her, she, contrary to his expectations, was in no hurry to invite her husband to the marital bed. "We didn't close our eyes all last night," she complained. "Do I have to listen to the story of your exploits twice?" Puzzled by this answer, Amphitryon turned to the soothsayer, who said that Zeus was his lucky rival at night. After these words, Amphitrion never shared a bed with Alcmene, fearing divine jealousy.

Soon, sons were born to Alcmene at the same time - Iphicles from her husband and Hercules from Zeus.

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