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Sternum - The long flat bone in the central part of the chest.
Marginalised - Treating a person, group or idea as if they are unimportant.
Abrahamic - The religions (including Christianity, Islam and Judaism) that recognise Abraham as part of their faith.
Messiah - The promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
Crusade - A type of aggressive campaign. Between the 11th and 13th Centuries, the Crusades were a series of religious wars.
Jihad - An Arabic word meaning "struggle". In the past it has been adopted by terrorist groups.
Indigenous - Ethnic groups who are the original or earliest-known inhabitants of an area or country: for example, Native Americans in the USA.
Colonial - When a region or country is controlled politically by another.
Allegory - A story or poem that has a hidden moral or political meaning.