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Manichaeism
Manichaeism was a religion founded by the prophet Mani in the third century CE, teaching a dualism of light and darkness. It spread widely from the Roman world to China. Under the Tang Dynasty it was practised in China, notably among Sogdian and Uyghur communities, before being suppressed in the ninth century.
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