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Sabbath
Day of the week set aside for worship and observance of religious duties in Judaism and Christianity. The Jewish Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and lasts until sunset the next day, during which time no ordinary work or act of labor is performed. For most Christian denominations, the Sabbath is on Sunday; prescribed conduct varies considerably, but attendance at worship services is a feature common to all. In Islam, Friday is the day of worship.


Sabrata
Ancient city in Roman Africa, the westernmost of the three cities of Tripolis. Founded by the Carthaginians as a trading post, it was first permanently settled in the 4th cent. BC. Archaeological excavations have uncovered more than half the area of the city, incl. Roman and Byzantine fortifications, temples, fountains, the forum, theater, basilica, and several churches.


Sarmatians
People originally of Iranian stock who migrated from Central Asia to the Ural Mtns. in the 6th-4th cent. BC and settled in S European Russia and the E Balkans. Closely related to the Scythians, they were expert horsemen and warriors and gained wide influence through administrative and political astuteness. Women fought alongside men and may have inspired Greek tales of Amazons. By the 5th cent. BC they controlled the land between the Urals and the Don, and by the 2nd cent. they had conquered the Scythians to rule almost all S Russia. Allied with Germanic tribes, they continued to pose a threat to the West until the 1st cent. AD. After invading Dacia and the lower Danube, they were overrun by the Goths. Many joined the Gothic invasion of W Europe. Sarmatia was destroyed by Huns after AD 370. Their descendants cannot be traced after the 5th cent.

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