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December 1, 2011 0

Tunceli(Dêrsim), Turkey

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Tunceli (Kurdish:Dêrsim, Turkish: Tunceli) is a province for the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The state was named Dersim Province , Dersim meaning ‘silver door in (Zazaki and Kurmanci) and was changed to Tunceli on January 4, 1936. with the “Law on Administration of the Tunceli Province”, no. 2884 of 25 December 1935. But some [...]

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November 24, 2011 0

Where is Mesopotamia ?

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Although the modern state, the Republic of Iraq, is a relatively short history of the country and its people dates back over 5,000 years. Indeed, Iraq contains the world’s richest known archaeological sites. Here, in ancient Mesopotamia (land between the rivers), the first civilization – that Sumer – appeared in the Middle East. Despite the [...]

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October 28, 2011 0

Agri

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Agri ; located on the eastern border of Turkey.Has been a pay out area for different individuals since the the past. Hurris were one of the earliest civilisations that completed in Agri (between 1340-1200 BC). In the center of the 7th century, Arabs took management of the area and the Byzantines followed them. Later in [...]

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September 26, 2011 0

The Kurds

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The 25 million Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a clean state. Promised – but never granted-their own country after the First World War, the Kurds now live in parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan. They are almost universally despised in order to affirm their identity. The Turkish [...]

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September 8, 2011 0

Mesopotamia Map

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This map unveils the areas in Ancient Mesopotamia. Most scholars date the beginning of Babylonia for the fall with the third dynasty of Ur, around 2000 BC mainly because many Amorites apparently migrated from the desert into Mesopotamia. The Amorites were a small grouping of Semitic speaking nomads, who captured the neighborhood city-states where they [...]

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August 28, 2011 0

Mesopotamia Map

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The two lands were dominated by at least one major river. Canaan depended largely on the Jordan River. The map shows how the Mesopotamian civilization emerged along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates. Map of Mesopotamia, describes why the earth has been given the nickname, Land of the Two Rivers. The patriarch Abraham was [...]

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August 14, 2011 0

Mesopotamia for Kids

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History Early cultures first coded in Mesopotamia over 6000 years ago. A few of the first cities were established, a writing system was developed, empires are intended and monumental buildings were constructed. As each new group moved in to the region, or took control of the government, they adopted a few of the culture, customs [...]

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August 13, 2011 0

Ancient Mesopotamia

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Most of ancient Mesopotamia was located in what today is Iraq. Mesopotamia was known as the two rivers. The Tigris River ran along the north and the Euphrates River ran along the south coast. These rivers flow into the Persian Gulf. The area is known as the “fertile crescent”. Mesopotamia was about 300 miles long [...]

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August 4, 2011 0

Siirt, Turkey

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Siirt is a nice province located in Southeastern Anatolia, 224 kilometres northeast of Mardin, and separated because of this province because of the Tigris (Dicle) river. This region which once under the hegemonies of the Persians, Romans and Byzantines, seemed to be a crucial center during from the Abbasid Caliphate era. It would be a [...]

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May 14, 2011 0

Gaziantep, Turkey

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Gaziantep is likely one of the modern provinces of South-Eastern Anatolian Region and also one of the oldest of Hittite origin. Being the center of pistachio nut cultivation in Turkey and with its extensive olive groves and vineyards, Gaziantep is one of the important and industrial centers of  Turkey. The old city known as Aintap [...]

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May 12, 2011 0

Adiyaman, Turkey

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Adiyaman lies in the southeast of  Turkey in the central Firat (Euphrates) river region. Based on archaeological research the history of the area dates back to the Paleolithic Age. Throughout the Neolithic Age (8000-7000 B.C.) Gritille, Hayaz, Ancoz and Samsat were the main culture centers. Adiyaman used to be known as “Hisn-i Mansur” until the [...]

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May 8, 2011 0

Diyarbakir (Amed)

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Located on the banks of Tigris (Dicle) river in South-Eastern Anatolia, Diyarbakir still carries a medieval air with its walls encircling the city. Diyarbakir and city walls starting in the earliest times, the town was ruled by the Hurri-Mithani, Hittites and Assyrians. It used to be the capital city of the Arami Bit-Zamani Kingdom. It [...]

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November 29, 2010 0

Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia is a place name for the area of the Tigris-Euphrates system, largely corresponding to modern Iraq and some parts of north-eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran. Widely regarded as the cradle of civilization included the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia, Sumer and Akkad, Babylon and Assyrian empires. In the Iron Age, it was determined [...]

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