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- Ur (11926 bytes)
1: ...] rivers on the [[Persian Gulf]] and close to [[Eridu]]. Because of marine regression, the remains are...
9: ... city was again thriving. Ur by this time was considered sacred to [[Nanna]], the [[moon]] [[god]] in ...
15: ... His code of laws (a fragment was identified in [[Istanbul]] in [[1952]]) is one of the oldest such document...
19: ...II of Babylon]]. The last Babylonian king, [[Nabonidus]] of Babylonia improved the ziggurat. However t...
22: ...]]ns, who settled there around [[900 BC]]. The Kasidim could also refer to the [[Kassites]] who were p... - Cities along the Silk Road (5982 bytes)
3: '''From Istanbul, Turkey to Yazd, Iran:'''
4: * [[Constantinople]] (now [[Istanbul]]), [[Turkey]]
141: Some of the cities provided by Ptolemy either
144: Nevertheless, Ptolemy has provided an important historical reference for researche... - Byzantine architecture (9737 bytes)
2: ...was later renamed [[Constantinople]] and is now [[Istanbul]].
4: == General considerations ==
14: ...central vault, as at the mausoleum of [[Galla Placidia]], [[Ravenna]] (5th century). The most famous c...
18: ...he vast lome over the central square. On the two sides, to the north and south of the dome, it is supp...
20: ...al area covered by the dome was included in a considerably larger square, of which the four divisions,... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...en Horn]] and the [[Sea of Marmara]] of today's [[Istanbul]]. The name is a reference to the Roman emperor ...
5: ...] and [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]. Third, the city provided a defense for the eastern provinces of the old ...
9: ...[[Ankara]]; Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in [[1930]].
20: *[[Istanbul]]
23: *[http://www.sephardicstudies.org/istanbul.html Info on the name change] from the Foundation... - Bosporus (3180 bytes)
3: ...#305;. The depth varies from 36 to 124 meters in midstream.
5: ...isari.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Fatih Sultan Mehmed Bridge over the Bosporus seen from over Rumelihisar...
6: ...the strait are heavily populated as the city of [[Istanbul]] (population at least 11 million) straddles it.
8: ...1988]] about five kilometers north of the first bridge.
20: ...an|sultans]] constructed a fortification on each side of it, [[Anadoluhisari]] ([[1393]]) and [[Rumeli... - Troy (22846 bytes)
2: ...50px|"Trojan Horse" at the site of Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
3: ... [[Dardanelles]] under [[Mount Ida, Phrygia|Mount Ida]].
7: ...ntity is disputed, the site has been successfully identified with the city called '''''Wilusa''''' in ...
8: ...|thumb|550px|right|Historic Map of Troy|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
10: ... the younger. When Laomedon refuses to pay, [[Poseidon]] flooded the land and demanded the sacrifice o... - Cymbal (7449 bytes)
17: ...s obtained by rubbing their edges together in a sliding movement rather than by clashing them against ...
21: ...allop". In older music the composer sometimes provided just one part for this pair of instruments, wri...
23: ...h cymbal]] as found in a drum kit, and perform a ride rather than a crash function.
29: ...instrument)|triangle]] beater rapidly across the ridges on the top of the cymbal, giving a "zing" soun...
41: ...als are among the instruments played by [[King David]] and his musicians in the [[9th century]] illumi... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
5: ...ng corpus of Persian carpets come from the [[Safavid]] dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century. Howev...
10: What has remained from early times as evidence of carpet-weaving is nothing more than a few ...
12: ...ept in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art in [[Istanbul]] and the Mowlana Museum in Konya.
20: ...today, the traditional hand woven rugs are still widely found, and usually have higher prices than the...
34: ...by the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] under the guidance of [[William Morris]]. The influence of Persi... - Kangal Dog (7910 bytes)
35: ...g]]. It is of an early [[mastiff]] type with a solid tan or grey coat, and should always have a black ...
43: ...ike appearance. The head is large and moderately wide, with drop ears that may or may not be cropped, ...
52: ...l dog breeders feel that the standard they have laid out for the breed most truly reflects the working...
56: ...racing of breeds. Suffice to say, both groups consider their dogs true Turkish [[livestock guardian do...
59: The ideal Kangal dog should be calm, controlled, indepen... - Assyrian (19682 bytes)
3: ...ey]] and northwestern [[Iran]], some of whom also identify themselves as [[Aramaean]]s, [[Syriac]]s an...
20: Beside local Aramaic vernacular forms, there is a liter...
22: ...ond generation, children of such unions are fully identified as Kurds or other Muslims who do not spea...
26: ...ere restrictions within the legal structure. Considered unclean in more extremist Islamic settings, l...
28: ... the Middle East - Aramaic - were heading toward widespread illiteracy between the 15th and 18th centu...
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