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Bahá'í sacred history has been divided into a number of Ages and Cycles by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. 'Abdu'l-Bahá describes vast "Universal Cycles," stretching over hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of years, at the end of which "great events" take place as a result of which all traces of the previous cycle are obliterated and a new cycle begins. Within each Universal Cycle, many Manifestations of God appear, each linked to a cycle. At the heart of each Universal Cycle, 'Abdu'l-Bahá states that there appears a Manifestation of God whom he names the "great and universal Manifestation." Read more